2023-09-20 16:00:00
The participation of Latinas in Miss Universe tends to capture the attention of followers from all over the world of beauty pageants. The competition, which will take place on November 18, in El Salvador, will serve to choose the successor of the American R’Bonney Gabriel.
Learn a little more about the Latinas who will be participating in the competition here:
Argentina
Yamile Dajud, 27 years old
He was born in Argentina because his father, a Colombian doctor, was in that country working with his wife. There they had her and her brother, and when she was 11 years old they returned to Colombia.
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She is a Colombian-Argentine model, who in 2021 competed for the National Beauty Queen of Colombia, in which she managed to be among the five finalists, but did not reach the crown. Two years later she was offered to compete again, but this time in Argentina.
She is a social communicator with an organizational emphasis, from the Javeriana University of Bogotá. She started working at the District Institute of Recreation and Sports (IDRD), as a communications advisor, in February 2023, but she left it due to the reign. She was also studying Law in Colombia, but she also paused her studies because of the crown.
Bolivia
María Estefany Rivero, 26 years old
She is an architect and interior decorator. For years she has been working with the Armonía Foundation to preserve the Blue-throated Paraba, a bird endemic to Bolivia that is in danger of extinction.
Born in the city of Trinidad, she is an animal lover. Thus, she works on her project the Loro Parque Foundation because she dreams of rescuing street dogs. She has plenty of energy and she also enjoys baking, an activity with which she survived during the pandemic.
Brazil
María Eduarda Brechane, 19 years old
She is a journalism student, model and actress. The representative of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, she began her modeling career at the age of 8 and from the age of 15 she started a social work project in the field of education, mainly for victims of bullying. In addition to playing the piano and tambourine, she considers herself an artist, due to her mastery of painting, drawing and sculpture techniques.
Chile
Celeste Viel, 23 years old
She is a model and health coach, and she recently graduated in public relations from Florida International University. She is a holistic health coach. What she is most passionate about is trying to improve the social systems that have always been a part of her life, such as foster care and everything related to helping children.
The young woman has been modeling since she was 15, but she also has a deep connection with the catwalks, pageants and the world of entertainment thanks to her parents, the renowned Chilean presenter Felipe Viel and the model Paula Caballero.
Colombia
Camila Avella Montañez, 28 years old
Born in Yopal, Casanare, she is a social communicator, presenter and professional model, in addition to speaking Spanish and English. She became the first participant in the local pageant, being a mother and wife, and achieving the highest crown. In 2020 she married textile businessman Nassif Kamle, with whom she has a two-year-old daughter named Amelia.
In addition, he was a high-performance athlete playing field tennis in Casanare, thanks to this he obtained a 100% scholarship from the Colombian Tennis Federation at the University of Colorado.
She presented her social project ‘Women Transforming Realities’, focused on mothers who are heads of households, which was born with the purpose of providing a voice of support, encouragement and backing to the processes that allow communities to generate and transform social fabrics.
Costa Rica
Lisbeth Valverde, 28 years old
She graduated in Special Education from the National University. Likewise, she has extensive experience in beauty pageants inside and outside the country. Before the national contest, she made her way in these processes in the Reinado del Café, Miss Latin America or Miss Costa Maya International, and several others, where she stood out for her beauty, charisma and, above all, for her humility. . Her social project Manos Unidas is aimed at promoting education, inclusion and the planet.
Ecuador
Delary Stoffers Villon, 23 years old
He represented the city of Guayaquil. She is a Business Administration student and professional model. She participates in charity parades, is an animal rescuer and is determined to conserve the environment. Among her favorite activities is watching the sunset from the Las Peñas neighborhood, in her hometown.
She has already participated in other beauty pageants. She represented Ecuador as Continental Queen in 2018 in a pageant held in Mexico. Her caring side is shown through the volunteer work she does for the Vista para Todos Foundation, as well as her participation in the restoration of rural schools in Puerto López and in a women’s freedom prevention center in the south. from the city.
In addition to her dedication to the world of fashion, she is also an animal rescuer and collaborates in environmental conservation.
The Savior
Isabella García Manzo, 20 years old
He is a student of Business Administration in Hospitality at Les Roches, International School of Hotel Management and Tourism in Marbella, Spain. She represented San Salvador. Although she is the host of the international Miss Universe pageant, very little is known. Since she was crowned, she was rejected by her compatriots as she was not chosen as the favorite. She absented herself from social media completely, after her last post garnered a lot of negative comments.
Guatemala
Michelle Cohn, 28 years old
She is a businesswoman and graduate in public image and media, graduated from Galileo University. She became the first mother to compete in the Miss Universe 2023 pageant. She has a history in the world of beauty pageants, since in 2013 she was crowned Miss Grand Guatemala, was Miss Guatemala Latina 2013 and represented Guatemala in Miss Latin America of the World in the Dominican Republic, where he managed to be part of the Top 5.
Her husband is Andrés Matheu, whom she married in 2016 and had two children: a six-year-old boy named Andrés and a two-year-old girl named Bella.
Honduras
Zuheilyn Clemente, 23 years old
She works as a television presenter and is a renowned model in Honduras. She is originally from Tegucigalpa. Her adorable personality and statuesque body made her one of the most acclaimed faces on Honduran television. Her career in the media began in 2018, in a sports program and then she spent a year in an electronic lottery company. Years later, she joined the cast of the show “El Hilo.”
Mexico
Melissa Flores Godínez, 25 years old
He was born in Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán. She is a psychologist by profession, in addition to specializing as a professional in the branch of Cosmetology. At the end of August 2023, she completed a Leadership and Professional Image Projection diploma. Since 2022, she has been tourism secretary of the municipal government of Venustiano Carranza in Michoacán.
She has won other pageants in her nation such as Miss Earth Mexico 2018. She has stood out with her poise and elegance on the catwalks, in addition to being the face of several brands. She became known for a social project that fights against dating violence called “Don’t limit me”, for which she gives talks in different locations with the purpose of promoting healthy relationships between couples.
Nicaragua
Sheynnis Palacios Cornejo, 23 years old
The young woman has a degree in Social Communication and has experience in youth beauty pageants. Originally from the municipality of Diriamba, province of Carazo, she is the host of a program on Nicaraguan television, “Understand your mind,” which addresses different topics on mental health and was born from her personal experience in which she learned to cope with anxiety.
In 2016, when she was 16 years old, she won the Miss Teen Nicaragua pageant, in addition to participating in Miss Teen Universe 2017 and placed in the Top 10. In 2020, at the age of 20, she competed in Miss World Nicaragua, and won the crown. .
Panama
Natasha Vargas, 25 years old
She has a degree in Journalism from the Latin University of Panama and a model. She is currently a modeling teacher at the Physical Models agency and has managed to work with big brands in Panama.
She was the second princess of the Capital Carnival in 2017. This is not the first time she aspires to Miss Universe, since in 2020 she tried to participate in Miss Panama, but the pandemic prevented her from doing so.
Paraguay
Elicena Andrada Orrego, 28 years old
He has resided in Spain since his childhood. She has a degree in Fine Arts, she is a professional model and tattoo artist, she practices snowboarding, and she also took courses at Harvard University on child protection and law.
She participated in the Reinas del Paraguay contest in the 2022 edition, where she was the vice-queen of the Miss World title, but this year she returned for revenge and managed to establish herself as Leah Ashmore’s successor. At 16 she was part of a modeling school and at 17 she was a figure in several brands in Europe.
The first time in a beauty pageant was in 2017 for the Miss Latin America of the World pageant, where she won her first international crown. Her second great experience was her in the Miss Grand Paraguay 2021 pageant where she was second runner-up.
Peru
Camila Escribens, 25 years old
He was born in Lima and lived in the United States for several years. She has experience participating in beauty pageants. She represented the Peruvian community in the United States, in the national beauty pageant as Miss Peru USA. In 2019, she received the title of Miss Grand Peru and in 2021 she was named Miss Supranational Peru, although she withdrew from the competition in 2021 due to health problems.
She is a model and lived in California for several years. Before winning the current season, she was a finalist in Miss Peru 2019 and 2021. She has command of English and experience on the catwalk. She studied Business with the goal of opening her own Peruvian food restaurant in the United States.
Puerto Rico
Karla Guilfú Acevedo, 25 years old
She is a master’s student in psychological counseling and also works in the PAS line, of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA), so she tries to be a tool of “active listening, validation and being the hope for “That people understand that we can embrace them in the midst of the crisis they are experiencing.”
This year one of his achievements was to register his community project “Let’s Start Healing”, as a non-profit organization, with which he can fulfill his life purpose, serving and helping other human beings to improve their state of emotional health. and mental. Additionally, she is a yoga teacher.
Volleyball was a big part of her life, from the age of 10 until her high school degree, where she was able to represent the University of Turabo and also played professionally with the Polluelas de Aibonito for two years.
Dominican Republic
Mariana Downing, 27 years old
She is a philosophy student, model and actress. She performed at the local pageant with the theme of world hunger. She is the daughter of an Englishman and a Dominican, originally from the Sánchez Ramírez province. She was born in the United States and moved to Miami to start her career as a model, where she signed with the Wilhelmina agency. Her selection was criticized for not being fluent in Spanish.
He has collaborated with such famous brands as Calvin Klein and Chanel. In 2017, her name gained recognition in show business when she had a relationship of several months with the Puerto Rican salsa singer Marc Anthony at the annual gala of the Maestro Cares foundation.
Venezuela
Diana Carolina Silva Franco, 25 years old
He was born in the city of Caracas. He works as cabin crew. During his childhood he acquired multiple skills that allowed him to discover his passion for the performing arts, creativity, music and modeling. In 2012 she won her first beauty pageant when she was just 15 years old.
Since then he has participated in different national and international competitions, such as BM Venezuela 2015; Miss Tourism Venezuela and Miss Tourism World 2017 where she was the winner; She miss Earth Venezuela 2017 which she also won and Miss Earth 2018 where she finished as a finalist.
During his university years, he was not only able to explore acting through theater but also reinforced his command of English. He is currently studying and marketing.
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