Anabella Castro Sierra is a Colombian

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, social communicator and a

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titleholder. She was appointed as Miss International Colombia 2018 by

Miss Colombia Miss Colombia (Formally ''Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia'', English: ''"National Beauty Contest of Colombia"'') is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia. The current Miss Colombia is Sofía Osío Luna of Atlántic ...

pageant (Concurso Nacional de Belleza). She represented

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Miss International 2018 Miss International 2018, the 58th Miss International pageant, was held on November 9, 2018, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kevin Liliana from Indonesia crowned her successor Mariem Velazco from Venezuela at the end of the event. T ...

pageant and became the 4th Runner-up.

Early life

Anabella Castro was born on November 10, 1996 in

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. ...

, Cesar. Her father is Ciro Castro Álvarez and her mother is Rosa Lila Sierra Vergara. She studied social communication and Journalism at

University of La Sabana The Universidad de La Sabana is a private university in Colombia, supervised by the Colombian Ministry of Education. It was founded on September 21, 1979 by the Asociación para la Enseñanza Aspaen, its predecessor was the INSE "Instituto Su ...

in Chía, Cundinamarca. She speaks Spanish and English.

Pageantry

Señorita Colombia 2017

Anabella represented the

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at the national beauty contest, Señorita Colombia 2017 held on 20 March 2017. She ended up placing in the Top 10 finalists and also bagged the 'Elegancia Prímatela' and 'Reina de la Policía' titles.

Miss International 2018

Anabella was appointed as Miss Colombia International 2018 by

pageant (Concurso Nacional de Belleza) on 29 June 2018. She then represented

at the

pageant held in

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on November 9, 2018, where she became the 4th Runner-up making Colombia's placement after three years of consecutive unplacement through 2015 to 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Anabella Living people 1997 births Miss Colombia winners Colombian female models Colombian beauty pageant winners Miss International 2018 delegates University of La Sabana alumni