In 2013, de Montecristo auditioned in
Los Angeles to be a part of
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, a Latina beauty pageant reality show broadcast on
Univision. During the competition, her mentor was Venezuelan
Osmel Sousa. She was ultimately selected as one of the twelve finalists, and progressed each week until being declared as the winner. After Trump sold the organization to
WME-IMG, de Montecristo announced that she would compete in the
Miss El Salvador 2018 competition. She won and was crowned Miss El Salvador 2018. She went on to represent El Salvador at
Miss Universe 2018, where she was unplaced. ==References==