Latina-themed virtual world for tween girls Hip Chicas has announced that it has opened registration for its beta trial.

The first 100,000 people to register for the Hip Chicas beta are to receive a Hip V.I.P. membership as a reward, as well as unique online badges within the world.

In Hip Chicas, registered members follow the Hip Chicas -- five Latina characters from different parts of the U.S. that are in a popular band on tour. Their mission while on tour is to "Help Improve the Planet" at each stop.

Registered members will be able to navigate from place to place using an interactive map of North and South America and visit places such as Mexico, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, New York, Cuba, Miami Beach, the Amazon or the Everglades. They will be able to choose between a moderated open chat and canned multi-lingual chat, which features a “chat translator” that allows members to use multiple languages to communicate with each other in real time.

“Hip Chicas is a brand for the 21st Century, updated for a digitized, multi-screen and multi-lingual world, in order to be everywhere the audience is,” sated the creator of Hip Chicas, Lazaro Fuentes. “We are proud of our efforts and feel confident that it will meet with the parents’ approval, and most importantly the users’. That is a must if you are going to succeed in digital media today.”