Pennelope Jimenez, Miss March, 2003

March, 2003

Pennelope Jimenez is nomadic by nature. "I was born in San Diego, but my entire family is from Ensenada," she says. "I lived there for a few years and then moved to Mexico City just before the big earthquake. I lived in Garden Grove, California for three years and then went to junior high and high school in Corona before settling in Huntington Beach." The 24-year-old's ethnic background is just as colorful. "I'm a mutt," she says. "My father's family is Spanish...