Alejandra Marrero (née: Espinoza Cruz;^[12] born March 27, 1987) is a Mexican-American beauty queen, model, and TV presenter. She won the first year^[2] of Univision's beauty contest/reality television show Nuestra Belleza Latina^[3] on May 22, 2007.^[4]

Prior to participating in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007, Espinoza competed in the Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2006 pageant, finishing as 3rd Runner-Up.^[5]

Espinoza competed against 11 other finalists on Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007. On the final show hosted by Giselle Blondet, she competed against five remaining finalists with a live performance by Cristian Castro.^[6]

In 2007, after winning a contract with the Univision network she joined the show El Gordo y la Flaca as a correspondent and guest co-host. In February 2008, Espinoza became a model and co-presenter on Univision's hit show Sabado Gigante starring Don Francisco. In July 2014, after 6 years of working at Sabado Gigante and appearing in 333 weekly shows, she left the show to pursue other projects in Los Angeles. In 2014, she served as co-host of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014.

In July 2014, Univision announced that she will be the host of a new reality show and singing competition called La Banda scheduled for 2015.^[7] She is represented by MC2 Model Management in Miami.^[1]

Espinoza was born in Tijuana and comes from a family of ten children.^[6] Her mother's name is Rosa María^[8] and she emigrated with her family to San Ysidro, California in 2001. Espinoza worked at a fast food restaurant and participated in beauty pageants in her free time.^[2][9]

in 2011, Espinoza wed boyfriend Aníbal Marrero.^[10] In 2015, the couple welcomed their first child, son Matteo.^[11]