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María Alejandra López
María Alejandra López Pérez (born September 2, 1994) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Mundo Colombia, Miss World Colombia 2015 and Miss Grand Colombia 2023. She represented her country at Miss Grand International 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and placed 2nd Runner Up. She also represented the department of Risaralda Department, Risaralda in the Miss Colombia 2013 pageant, where she obtained the title of Primera Princesa Nacional. Early life and education López was born in 1994, in Pereira, Colombia, Pereira, Risaralda Department, Risaralda, Colombia. She considers herself a spiritual and calm woman. She studied scholarship Industrial engineering at the Sergio Arboleda University of Bogotá, Bogotá D.C, and she speaks three languages: Spanish, English and French. She is fond of mathematics and the music of the Colombians singer-songwriter Shakira and Joe Arroyo. Her mother was also queen, in a local reign of Risaralda in 1990. As ...
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Pereira, Colombia
Pereira () is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the " Coffee Axis". Pereira, alongside the rest of the Coffee Axis, form part of UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia"."Colombia green guide Michelin 2012-2013."
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It is the most populated city in the Coffee Axis. Pereira is also part of the Central West Metropolitan Area, which has 709,322 residents and is composed of Pereira and the neighboring cities of Dosquebradas and

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Joe Arroyo
Álvaro José Arroyo González (also known as Joe Arroyo or El Joe; 1 November 1955 – 26 July 2011) was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. He was considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country and Latin America. Life and career 1955–1971: Early life Joe Arroyo was born and raised in the neighborhood Nariño in Cartagena. Arroyo's singing career began very early, when at the age of eight he sang in brothels in Tesca, a red-light zone in his hometown. In the beginning he sang with groups like "Los Caporales del Magdalena", "Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta", "La Protesta" and "Super Combo Los Diamantes", in 1971 he recorded with "La Promiscua". As is mentioned, pronounced, remarked, and showed by him in some of his songs "...''En la Plaza de Majagual, Sincelejo''..." Joe did concerts as a young singer in this city, place, downtown. 1971–2000: Early career In 1971 Arroyo had his biggest opportunity of beco ...
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Miss Grand International
Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries. The current Miss Grand International titleholder is Isabella Menin of Brazil, who was crowned on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Sentul City, West Java, Indonesia. History Miss Grand International was founded in 2013 by Nawat Itsaragrisil, a Thai television host and producer. The pageant was founded in Thailand amidst a political crisis, inspiring the organizers to use the slogan '''No mob, Stop the Wars''' as part of its identity, later rephrased to '''Stop the Wars and violence''' in the following year. The pageant aims to promote peace by being against all kinds of conflicts. The pageant has primarily been focusing on humanitarian issues with the reigning titleho ...
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Canal 1
Canal 1 ( en, Channel 1; pronounced "Canal Uno") is a Colombian state-owned television channel. It is owned by the Government of Colombia and managed by Plural Comunicaciones, S.A.S, a private company. From 1957 to 2017, the channel was administered by private programming companies known as ''programadoras'' (television production companies; literally, "programmers"), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state. History Canal 1 started broadcasting on 13 June 1954 as Canal Nacional on channel 8 VHF in Bogotá and was operated by the National Radio of Colombia. In 1963, it was operated by Inravisión (Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión), the now-former Colombian public broadcaster. Under Inravisión, the channel's frequency was moved from channel 8 to channel 7 VHF in Bogotá. Until 1966, when private local channel Teletigre was officially launched, Canal Nacional was the only television channel in Colombia. In 1972, it became the Primera cadena (First Network) ...
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Colombian Coffee Growing Axis
The Colombian coffee region ( es, Eje Cafetero), also known as the Coffee Triangle ( es, Triángulo del Café) is a part of the Paisa region in the rural area of Colombia. It is famous for growing and producing the majority of Colombian coffee. There are four departments in the area: Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda and the north municipalities of Tolima and Valle del Cauca. The most visited cities are Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, and Ibagué. History of coffee Coffee was first grown commercially in Colombia in Salazar de las Palmas, north of Santander, and over the twentieth century grew to be Colombia's primary export. When coffee was first brought into the country, the leaders tried to push the farming of coffee beans, but was met with resistance from the people because it takes about 5 years until the first harvest of the bean. In 1999 coffee revenues represented 3.7% of gross domestic product (gdp) and 37% of agricultural employment. The main coffee-producing departments ...
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Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena ( , also ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, bordering the Caribbean sea. Cartagena's past role as a link in the route to West Indies provides it with important historical value for world exploration and preservation of heritage from the great commercial maritime routes. As a former Spanish colony, it was a key port for the export of Bolivian silver to Spain and for the import of enslaved Africans under the asiento system. It was defensible against pirate attacks in the Caribbean. The city's strategic location between the Magdalena and Sinú Rivers also gave it easy access to the interior of New Granada and made it a main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire, establishing its importance by the early 1540s. Modern Cartagena is the capital of the Bolívar Department, and had a population of 1,028,736, according to the 2018 ce ...
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Valeria Ayos
Valeria Maria Ayos Bossa (born 20 March 1994) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Colombia 2021. She represented Colombia at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant in Israel where she finished as a Top 5 finalist. She was the third Miss Colombia of African descent after Vanessa Mendoza and Andrea Tovar. Ayos was previously crowned Miss Earth Colombia 2018 and finished as Miss Earth – Water 2018 at the Miss Earth 2018 pageant which was held at MOA Arena, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Early life and education Ayos was born in Cartagena and raised in San Andrés Island. Her father is Colombian of Spanish and Italian descent while her mother is Afro-Colombian of Trinidadian descent. Ayos completed her her elementary in San Andrés Island and her high school education at Instituto Alberto Merani in Bogotá. She earned her bachelor's degree in international relations from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia ...
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Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China. According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, living in an area of . Nevertheless, its built-up (or metro) area encompassing Haitang and Jiyang Districts was home to 801,020 inhabitants as of 2020. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination, also serving as the training site of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Sanya is home to small concentrations of Utsul people. Sanya is also the location of Yulin Naval Base, a major military facility on the South China Sea which is home to the People's Liberation Army Navy ballistic nuclear missile fleet. History Known in ancient times as Yazhou, postal romanization: Aichow (), literally "cliff state or prefecture", Sanya's history dates to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE). Due to its r ...
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Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square patchwork with the (top left to bottom right) diagonals forming colored stripes (green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, white, green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, from top right to bottom left) , other_symbol = , other_symbol_type = Dual flag: , image_coat = Escudo de Bolivia.svg , national_anthem = " National Anthem of Bolivia" , image_map = BOL orthographic.svg , map_width = 220px , alt_map = , image_map2 = , alt_map2 = , map_caption = , capital = La Paz Sucre , largest_city = , official_languages = Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages ...
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Miss Universe 2014
Miss Universe 2014 was the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, held at the FIU Arena in Florida, United States on January 25, 2015. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the pageant was not during the year the title was awarded for. However, the pageant was still known as the 2014 pageant. At the end of the event, Gabriela Isler of Venezuela crowned Paulina Vega of Colombia as Miss Universe 2014. It is Colombia's first victory in 56 years, and the second victory of the country in the pageant's history. Contestants from 88 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Thomas Roberts and Natalie Morales, with Jeannie Mai as backstage correspondent. Prince Royce, Nick Jonas, and Gavin DeGraw performed in this year's pageant. The competition also featured the debut of the new DIC Crown, which is composed of 311 diamonds, 5 pieces of blue topaz, 198 pieces of blue sapphire, 33 pieces of heat—fired crystals, and 220 gra ...
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Atlántico Department
Atlántico (, en, Atlantic) is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River. It is the third-smallest of the country's departments but its population of 2,535,517 makes it one of the most densely populated. Its capital is Barranquilla. Other important cities include Sabanalarga, Soledad and Malambo. Governors Politics Administrative divisions Municipalities # Baranoa # Barranquilla # Campo de la Cruz # Candelaria # Galapa # Juan de Acosta # Luruaco # Malambo # Manatí # Palmar de Varela # Piojó # Polonuevo # Ponedera # Puerto Colombia # Repelón # Sabanagrande # Sabanalarga # Santa Lucía # Santo Tomás # Soledad # Suán # Tubará Tubará is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. References External links Tubara official ...
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Paulina Vega
Paulina Vega Dieppa (; born 15 January 1993) is a Colombian television host, model and beauty queen crowned Miss Colombia 2013 and Miss Universe 2014. Vega is the second Miss Universe from Colombia. Early life Paulina Vega Dieppa was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to Laura Dieppa and cardiologist Rodolfo Vega Llama. She has seven brothers and sisters. Ms. Vega is of Spanish and French descent the granddaughter of Colombian tenor Gastón Vega and Miss Atlántico 1953 Elvira Castillo, also a distant cousin of Miss Colombia 2014 Ariadna Gutiérrez who placed first runner-up at Miss Universe 2015. Vega completed her elementary and high school education between Colegio Karl C. Parrish and the German School of Barranquilla during her years living in the Caribbean city, after moving to the capital where she finished her last years at Deutsche Schule Bogotá. She also studied Business Administration at the Pontifical Xavierian University. Pageantry Miss Colombia 2013 Paulina Vega ...
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