Elsa Benitez (born on December 8, 1977) is a Mexican supermodel. Benitez was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and she got her modeling start after winning an international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, Benitez decided to follow her dream of modeling. Modeling opportunities opened up for Benitez soon after, first in Mexico, where she started out her career, and then in the United States and Europe.