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Our winners:                                         Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez
 Miss Florida Teen Latina 2007, Stephanie Gilbert
 Samaria Martinez
 
 
 
Samaria Martinez was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba and immigrated at the age of sixteen along with her family to the U.S.A. Because of her personal experiences she decides take up a career in the world of the business by entering Miami Dade College in order to study this subject.
As a child, Samaria was an avid participant of the arts of singing, performing, dancing and being master of ceremonies at various school events. However, it was not until arriving to the U.S.A. that her dream of becoming a beauty queen became a reality. In September of 2007 Samaria Martinez participated in her first beauty pageant, becoming the winner and titleholder of the Miss Florida Latina Pageant.

For Samaria the world of the arts and modeling is not everything. Her goal is to continue her studies in order to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business. Her ambition is to become an important executive of a mayor company. Samaria’s favorite authors and books reflect her enthusiasm for business, since she prefers to read books by Robert Kiyosaki and Walter Riso. Her favorite personality in history is Queen Cleopatra, because with her beauty and intellect she was able to lead one of histories most important and influent empires.

Samaria is bilingual in English and Spanish. She combines her studies with a job as an assitant for a brokerage company in the Miami Business Distric and her commitments as Miss Florida Latina. Her pastimes include listening to ballads, dancing salsa “casino style” and belly dancing, learning about new places and their history and enjoying the company of her family.
 Stephanie Gilbert
 
 
 
  
 
Seventeen year old Stephanie Gilbert of Tampa is the titleholder for the Miss Teen Florida Latina pageant.She is of Colombian heritage and lives in Tampa, Florida.

Stephanie is a High School Senior who plans on attending University of South Florida in the fall. She belongs to her Church Youth Group organization, Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT), Human Rights Club and Drama Club.
 
Among her ambitions is to become the next Miss Teen Latina US. "My platform would be to advise young Latinas to respect themselves. No one will respect you, unless you respect yourself and that to me is the most important thing. I also want to continue my education, because without that I can not conquer my dreams of working in the media as a news anchor. I love to give news and communicate with people."
 
Stephanie wants to work in the media as a news anchor. She is proud of knowing two languages (Spanish and English) and her two cultures. Other honors include scoring higher than 3.0 on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), being a cast member in her school's theater production of Cinderella and being chosen by her peers in a school of over 2,000 students as Homecoming Princess and later Homecoming Queen of 2007.
 
Stephanie pastimes include spending time with my friends and family, "the best gift I have received is their love for me". "I also enjoy reading novels and information on current events, horseback riding, volleyball, shopping, modeling, Beauty Pageants and helping the elderly."