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| 2008 Miss Florida Latina 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.
Samaria Martinez | | 2008 Miss Teen Florida Latina Saydelis Rodriguez 
Sixteen year old Saydelis Rodriguez of Tampa is the titleholder of the Miss Teen Florida Latina pageant. She is of Cuban heritage and lives in Tampa, Florida. Saydelis is a High School Sophomore at Leto High School who majors in Criminal Justice and Law. She is also an Honor Roll student, who has received awards for her work in Math and Language Arts courses, medals for her participation in her school’s chorus and recognitions for Flamenco Dancing and Color Guard. Among her ambitions are to enter Law School in order to combine a legal career with a career in modeling, to become a wife and mother to three children someday and of course to become the next Miss Teen Latina US. "My platform would be to advise young Latinas to follow their dreams and reach for the sky because if you don’t believe in yourself no one else will.” Saydelis who is fully bilingual in Spanish and English, plus is learning French and Sign Language, is proud of her Latina heritage and attributes in part her success of being crowned Miss Teen Florida Latina to the support of her family. “The best part about being Latina is having a family that will support you. I feel so blessed to have a family that cares about me and has always something positive to say.” Saydelis pastimes include spending time with her family and friends, going boiling, roller-skating and talking on the phone with the person she admires the most; her brother Sanders, who is currently serving his country overseas in the military. “Sanders has taught me that you have to appreciate what you have in life, because someone out there may have less than what you have or may be in worse conditions than you. We are so lucky here in the US to have education, food, shelter, water and other everyday things that we might take for granted. If I was chosen as Miss Teen US Latina I would like to tell young adults everywhere to appreciate life’s gifts and everyday moments.” A year in the life... | |
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October 17th, 2009
A year in the life...
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Pageant Cast News Desk
Monday, September 22, 2008 - Pageant Cast News Desk Florida Latinas will compete with Twenty-eight Latinas from around the United States for the crown of Miss Latina US and Miss Teen US Latina during the 2009 National Pageant Finals taking place in San Antonio for the first time. Representing Florida State, our state pageant delegates will arrive Friday, September 26 for preliminary competitions and activities, culminating on Sunday, September 28 with their presentations in national heritage dress, swimsuit, fashion wear and evening gown at the Jo Long Theater for the Performing Arts.
September 2008 -- Turn For The Judges  TFTJ Winner's Court Celebrating the winner's from across the globe. 
Samaria MartinezMiss Florida Latina 2008 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. 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 in business, since she prefers to read books by Robert Kiyosaki and Walter Riso. Samaria is bilingual in English and Spanish. She combines her studies with a job as a stock broker assistant 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 2008 -- Turn For The Judges
TFTJ Winner's Court Celebrating the winner's from across the globe. 
Saydelis RodriguezMiss Teen Florida Latina 2008 Sixteen year old Saydelis Rodriguez of Tampa is the new titleholder of the Miss Teen Florida Latina 2008 pageant. She is of Cuban heritage and lives in Tampa, Florida. Saydelis is a High School Sophomore at Leto High School who majors in Criminal Justice and Law. She is also an Honor Roll student, who has received awards for her work in Math and Language Arts courses, medals for her participation in the school’s chorus and recognitions for Flamenco Dancing and Color Guard. Among her ambitions are to enter Law School in order to combine a legal career with a career in modeling, to become a wife and mother to three children someday and of course to become the next Miss Teen Latina US. "My platform would be to advise young Latinas to follow their dreams and reach for the sky because if you don’t believe in yourself no one else will.” Saydelis who is fully bilingual in Spanish and English, plus is learning French and Sign Language, is proud of her Latina heritage and attributes in part her success in being crowned Miss Teen Florida Latina to the support of her family. “The best part about being Latina is having a family that will support you. I feel so blessed to have a family that cares about me and has always something positive to say.” Saydelis pastimes include spending time with her family and friends, going boiling, roller-skating and talking on the phone with the person she admires the most; her brother Sanders, who is currently serving his country overseas in the military. “Sanders has taught me that you have to appreciate what you have in life, because someone out there may have less than what you have or may be in worse conditions than you. We are so lucky here in the US to have education, food, shelter, water and other everyday things that we might take for granted. If I was chosen as Miss Teen US Latina I would like to tell young adults everywhere to appreciate life’s gifts and everyday moments.”
September 22, 2008 Representantes para Miss Latina US 2008 Samaria Martínez y Saydelis Rodríguez son las nuevas Miss Florida Latina y Miss Teen Florida Latina respectivamente. Elegidas como las jóvenes más bellas de ascendencia hispana en la Florida, representarán al estado en el certamen nacional Miss Latina US y Teen Latina US el 27 de septiembre en San Antonio, Texas. Las dos jóvenes fueron elegidas como las más bellas de la Florida el 30 de agosto en la edición celebrada en Orlando. La señorita Martínez, de veinte años, herencia cubana y residente en Miami, estudia negocio internacional en Miami Dade College. Por su parte, la señorita Rodríguez estudia justicia criminal y Derecho en Leto High School y sus pasatiempos incluyen bailar flamenco, baile de ‘color guard’ y estudiar francés y lenguaje de señas. Dos buenas representantes de la ideología del concurso de belleza: difundir el orgullo de las raíces hispanas y trabajar en el liderazgo de estas jóvenes.
Representantes para Miss Latina US 2008 Orlando, Florida. 31, agosto, 2008 Samaria Martínez y Saydelis Rodríguez son las nuevas Miss Florida Latina y Miss Teen Florida Latina respectivamente. Elegidas como las jóvenes más bellas de ascendencia hispana en la Florida, representarán al estado en el certamen nacional Miss Latina US y Teen Latina US el 27 de septiembre en San Antonio, Texas. 
July 2008 ---- Best wishes from our friends at Puppy Fantasy!! *Congratulations Samaria!!! You are not only pretty in the outside but, you also have a big heart. Keep on your good job! We admire you here too. We know you will do great in "Miss Latina USA" and we are praying for you.
Miss Florida Latina as host of City of Miami TV
Samaria Martinez, mourns the loss of a young boy
May 31, 2008  MIAMI ― A Venezuelan couple spent their life savings to bring their child to South Florida to live a few comfortable months before dying from cancer. Despite treatment, doctors said the 3 year old had a few months to live. Ricardo Echenique died on Thursday.
On his second birthday, doctors in Venezuela diagnosed Ricardo Echenique with hepatoblastoma--liver cancer. A year after, chemotherapy took all of his hair; his condition got worse, and Venezuelan doctors gave up hope.
"They told everyone to give him the best quality of life and to enjoy as much as he can because there was nothing else [the doctors] could do for him," said Samaria Martinez, Miss Florida Latina 2007.
Samaria visited Ricardo at the Children’s Hospital with a donation for Ricardo's treatment and joined his parents and friends in the hopes that doctors would find a miracle.
"We are very sad for this loss," said Martinez.
MISS FLORIDA LATINA SAMARIA MARTINEZ at Emeshel's Grand Opening
Thursday, April 24, 2008 Award winning second-generation crystal designer Emeshel is renown for high quality, individuality, creativity and a total commitment to handmade production. Following the successful establishment of Emeshel in Europe, the designer has now opened its first showcase branch in Miami. The grand opening featured Miss Florida Latina, Samaria Martinez, as well as a showcase Emeshel's art masterpieces.    
MISS FLORIDA LATINA SAMARIA MARTINEZ will remember Cachao, the great maestro. March 27, 2008 A crowd of about 800 had filled St. Michael's Catholic Church, by 8 p.m. Wednesday, when Cachao's band was scheduled to play two of the artist's danzones -- the stately yet funky compositions that led to his creation, along with his brother Orestes, of the mambo. It was a mostly Cuban crowd, many of them artists and celebrities who remembered Cachao from Cuba.
Among them was our very own Miss Florida Latina, Samaria Martinez. Samaria had meet and exchanged words with Cachao recently at a opening of the Ache Night Club an event sponsored by La Cosa Nostra’s TV Show on America TV.
''We meet less than a month ago, and I was very surprised to hear of his passing. He will be remembered by my family and all as a great Cuban icon,'' Samaria recalled. 
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 Músico Cubano, Israel “Cachao” López, Recordado ~ Cuban Musician
Israel "Cachao" López, Remembered English Version El músico Cubano de mambo, bajo y compositor, Israel “Cachao” López. falleció el 22 de Marzo en Coral Gables, Florida de complicaciones renales. Tenia 89 años. Nacido en La Habana, Cuba, López. llamado simplemente”Cachao” ayudó a hacer la música de mambo popular en los Estados Unidos al principio de los años 50 y era considerado como un maestro de descarga (sesiones Latinas de jazz). A travéz de su carrera musical, López ganó varios Grammy Awards, y fué honrado con su propia estrella en el Walk of Fame (Camino de Fama) de Hollywood. Miss Florida Latina, Samaria Martinez, dice que ella recordará al gran maestro. “Nos conocimos hace menos de un mes y me sorprendió mucho oir de su muerte. El será recordado por mi familia y todos como un gran personaje Cubano” dijo Samaria. Samaria conoció y platicó con Cachao recientemente en la inaguración del Ache Night Club, un evento patrocinado por el Show de Televisión de La Cosa Nostra en la televisión americana. ~ Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer, Israel "Cachao" López died on March 22 in Coral Gables, Florida of complications from kidney failure. He was 89 years old. Born in Havana, Cuba, Lopez, also called simply as "Cachao" was known to help make mambo music popular in the U.S. in the early 1950s and considered to be a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions). Throughout his musical career, Lopez won several Grammy Awards, and was honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Miss Florida Latina, Samaria Martinez, says she will remember the great maestro. ''We meet less than a month ago, and I was very surprised to hear of his passing. He will be remembered by my family and all as a great Cuban icon,'' Samaria said. Samaria had meet and exchanged words with Cachao recently at a opening of the Ache Night Club an event sponsored by La Cosa Nostra’s TV Show on America TV. ^^^Go to Top of Page^^^ | | © 2006 Latino Media Gulf Coast, Inc., La Costa Latina, Pensacola, FL |
City of Miami TV Channel 9, The Rythm of Miami TV Show February 14, 2008
 Samaria being interviewed by the cameras of the City of Miami TV's Channel 9, The Rythm of Miami TV Show.
MISS FLORIDA LATINA is a guest at the opening of Ache Night Club
February 9, 2008
Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez, was a special guest at the Ache Night Club opening, an event sponsored by America Teve, Miami’s Chanel 41.
Miss Martinez greeted guests and was photographed with Miami celebrities’ and cast members from the TV show La Cosa Nostra.
  
MISS FLORIDA LATINA is a guest at the Miss Sunset Place USA & Teen USA Pageant, Pageantry Seminar January 27, 2008
Miami, FL,
Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez, was a special guest at the final Pageantry Seminar for the contestants of this year’s Miss Sunset Place USA & Teen USA Pageant.
Samaria greeted contestants and was photographed with Miss Miami Tropic Teen USA 2008 and Miss South Miami USA 2008. Samaria enjoyed reviewing Pageantry Techniques such as wardrobe selection and make-up application as part of her preparation for the nationals.
Miss. Martinez will also be a special guest at the upcoming Miss Sunset Place USA & Teen USA Pageant to be held at Sunset Place, Miami, Florida.
Miss Florida Latina en Coronacion de la reina del Carnaval de Colombia en Miami
sabado, 26 de enero, 2008.
MISS FLORIDA LATINA is a guest at the coronation of the Queen of the Colombian Carnaval in Miami
Miami,FL,
Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez, was a special guest at 2nd annual coronation of the Queen of the Colombian Carnaval in Miami. Miss Martinez greeted guests and was recognized on stage for her achievement as the Florida Latina Queen. She was photographed with the judges, local Miami celebrities and with Daniela Jaramillo Queen of the Colombian Carnaval in Miami. Jaramillo, a 20-year-old business student at Miami's Florida International University, opened the pre-carnival festivities while our very own Samaria Martinez greeted Daniella on stage in order to congratulate her in the name of all Latinos.
 Miss Florida Latina coopera con una noble causa
miercoles, 12 de diciembre, 2007
SAMARIA MARTINEZ y otras embajadoras de belleza internactionales presentes en Séptima Gala ANF
Miami, FL,
Samaria Martinez, Miss Florida Latina 2007, Xiomara Blandino, Miss Nicaragua 2007 y Cristiana Frixione, Miss Nicaragua 2006, dijieron presente durante la séptima gala anual del American Nicaragua Foundation (ANF), el pasado primero de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida.
A ellas se les unió Miss México 2007 y Miss República Dominicana 2006, diciendo presente a la noble causa de ANF.
ANF es una organizacion sin fines de lucro, que con la colaboración de cientos de individuos y corporaciones, aspira a trascender los propósitos tradicionales de la caridad, asegurándonos de tal manera de crear condiciones en lo cual cada beneficiario del ANF so podrá apoyar en una red de apoyo cuyo propósito es brindarles autonomía y autodependencia. Con esta meta en mente, ANF ha creado programas que buscan fomentar y promover una mayor oportunidad, autosuficiencia y dignidad para los sectores más pobres de Nicaragua.
 Miss Florida Latina en Nuestra Belleza
miercoles, 28 de noviembre, 2007
MISS FLORIDA LATINA is a guest at the Nuestra Belleza Pageant
Palm Beach,FL,
Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez, was a special guest at the Miss Nuestra Belleza Hispana 2007 Pageant of Palm Beach Florida, an un-official preliminary to the Miss Florida Latina US Pageant.
Miss Martinez greeted guests and was recognized on stage for her achievement as a Florida Queen. She was photographed with the judges and local Miami celebrities’ at the Palm Beach Pageant.
Miss. Martinez continues her preparation for the nationals in order to become the next Miss USA Latina. Her routine involves fitness workouts, salsa dancing, stage training, reading different materials and keeping in touch with current affairs. She combines her pageant efforts with her studies as a business and research mayor at Miami Dade University.
The Miss US Latina selection will take place early next year. The chosen candidate will represent the USA at the Miss America Latina Pageant.
MISS FLORIDA LATINA is a guest at the Cuban-American Scholarship Pageant
sabado, 17 de noviembre, 2007
Miami,FL,
Miss Florida Latina 2007, Samaria Martinez, was a special guest at 22nd annual Miss Cuban-American Pageant in Miami Florida.
She was photographed at the event with the judges and local Miami celebrities’ such as TV’s personality Maria Laria.
Samaria has developed such an acute eye for pageantry, that she was one of the few people who predicted the winner of the Miss Cuban-American Pageant from early on. Miss. Martinez continues her preparation for the nationals in order to become the next Miss USA Latina. The chosen candidate will represent the USA at the Miss America Latina Pageant.
Septiembre, 2007  Ganadores del Concurso Miss FLorida Latina y Miss Teen Florida Latina del 2007 ~ The 2007 Miss
Florida Latina and Miss Teen Florida Latina Pageants Winners English Version Ganadoras del Concurso Miss Florida Latina y Miss Teen Florida Latina del 2007 Samaria Martinez de Miami, Fl. de 18 años y Stephanie Gilbert de Tampa, de 17 años son las nuevas ganadoras del concurso de Miss Florida Latina y Miss Teen Florida Latina. Los Concursos de Miss Florida Latina y Teen Florida Latina son los preliminares para los nacionalmente reconocidos Concursos Miss Latina USA y Miss Teen US Latina. Son los concursos más famosos y de mayor prestigio para Latinas en los Estados Unidos. La Srta. Martinez es una estudiante de negocios e investigación en la Universidad de Miami Dade cuyas aficiones incluyen bailar salsa al estilo "casino", escuchar baladas y disfrutar de su familia. |
October 2007 -- El Heraldo de Broward Events & Entertainment The Miss Florida Latina and Teen Florida Latina Pageants are Preliminaries to the Nationally Recognized Miss Latina US and Miss Teen US Latina Pageants - The Most Famous and Prestigious Pageants for Latinas in the USA. Miss Martinez, is a business and research student at Miami Dade University whose hobbies include salsa dancing 'casino' style, listening to ballads and spending time with her family, while Miss Gilbert is a recent High School graduate who belongs to her Church Youth Group organization and ambitions a career in communications. The Miss Florida Latina and Miss Teen Florida Latina Pageant is a beauty contest and scholarship program dedicated to showcasing the beauty and talents of young women of Hispanic ancestry, between the ages of 14 to 17 for the Teen Division and from 18 to 27 for the Miss Division, living in the State of Florida. Our objective is to instill cultural pride, self esteem and leadership qualities among these young women. This pageant provides an opportunity for Latinas to advance in their careers and personal goals by learning of their heritage, developing self esteem and networking.
September 2007 -- Pageant News Bureau  Samaria Martinez, 18, of Miami has been crowned Miss Florida Latina. ...[and] will compete in the Miss Latina US pageant.
September 2007 -- Turn For The Judges
Samaria Martinez, 18, of Miami has been crowned Miss Florida Latina. ...[and] will compete in the Miss Latina US pageant. | |
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