Margarita Henríquez is the winner of the third season of Latin American Idol

Latin American Idol

Latin American Idol is the Latin American edition of the popular British franchise of Idols, well-known for its American version American Idol. The show aims to discover the pop idol of the Latin American region...

 which she won on October 9, 2008.

Biography

Margarita became the youngest contestant to win and the third one since Carlos Peña (singer)

Carlos Peña (singer)

Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana is a Guatemalan singer, winner of the second season of Latin American Idol.- Biography :...

. Margarita just beat off 1-runner up María José Castillo

María José Castillo

María José Castillo is a Costa Rican singer. She is best known for her participation in Latin American Idol. On the show she ended as the runner-up, losing to Margarita Henríquez. Her debut album, "María José", was released on November 25, 2008. The album had lots of success debuting on the Costa...

 for the title. She released her first album under the Sony BMG label on December 1, 2008. It has been very successful on Panama. It contains six songs that she perform during the TV Show, her song "Vuela" has been very successful on the Panamenians radio stations.