A meet and greet fundraiser was held for Miss Cicero 2022-2023 Natalie Baeza. Baeza is the first Miss Cicero to ever compete in the Miss Illinois Pageant. The goal is to get Baeza to the 103rd Miss Illinois competition. “I’m running for the Miss Illinois title because I feel like it’s a great opportunity for me. Sometimes you have to take risks in life when there’s new opportunities that open up for you,” said Miss Cicero Natalie Baeza. “I also want to be an example for the new generation coming especially for little girls that come up to me and they’re like ‘I want to be like you someday’,” said Baeza. “This is a big opportunity for Natalie Baeza,” said Cook County Commissioner Frank Aguilar. Commissioner Aguilar co-founded the Miss Cicero pageant along with the Cicero Mexican Cultural Committee.   “This is tremendous because this is the first time Cicero is competing in a major pageant which has been around for over a hundred years and she’s the only Latina in the group. Most of the women that run for this pageant come from very wealthy families very affluent families,” stated Commissioner Aguilar.  Baeza will be competing for the Miss Illinois title in June in Marion, Illinois.

Photo Credit: The Town of Cicero