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María Bibiana Uribe Amaro (San Miguel Tenango, Huauchinango, Puebla, 1905 - November 23, 1999) was an Indigenous Mexican woman who gained national fame after winning Mexico's India Bonita beauty pageant in 1921. Born near Necaxa, Puebla, Uribe was sixteen when she won the contest. The India Bonita beauty pageant was founded in January 1921, when Félix Palavicini [es], the founder of El Universal, decided to celebrate the Mexican Centennial by hosting a contest to "bring greater attention and sympathy toward Indians as part of Mexico." The judges of the contest were Jorge Enciso (a pro-Native Mexican artist), Manuel Gamio (the Mexican anthropologist), and Rafael Pérez Taylor (the future head of Mexico's Federal Department of Fine Arts). The judges were advised to select the contest winner based on how closely she resembled the "Native ideal," including "dark skin, rounded facial features, [and] heavy eye-lids."