Gámez was born in
Navojoa,
Sonora, and participated in the national
Nuestra Belleza México contest. The eighteen-year-old represented the state of Sonora in the
2005 edition of that event. A few years later, Gámez auditioned for
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010 in Los Angeles, and was selected to participate in that reality show. After weeks of competition and eliminations, she won the grand prize of US$250,000, a contract with Univision and the title "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010", making her the second Mexican woman to obtain the title, after
Alejandra Espinoza in
2007. Alejandra, Ana Patricia, and
Francisca Lachapel are currently the only winners of Nuestra Belleza Latina to never be in the Bottom 2 or 3. She also won the
50 Mas Bellos challenge and was featured among
People en Español magazine's 50 most beautiful people of 2010. ==Career and personal life==