Andrea Aguilera Arroyave (born 10 March 1997) is a Colombian model, TV presenter, and

beauty queen A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...

. She is the winner and holder of the titles Miss World Colombia 2021 and Miss Earth Colombia 2022. She represented Colombia in

Miss World 2021 Miss World 2021 was the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2022. The coronation was originally scheduled to be held on 16 December 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Col ...

where she managed to be part of the Top 13. She also represented her country in

Miss Earth 2022 Miss Earth 2022 was the 22nd Miss Earth pageant, held on November 29, 2022, at the Okada Manila in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. Destiny Wagner of Belize crowned Mina Sue Choi of South Korea as her successor at the end of the event. T ...

, achieving the title of Miss Earth Fire 2022.

Early life and education

Aguilera was born on 10 March 1997, in the city of

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Antioquia. She grew up in a very artistic and active environment, participating in singing competitions, learning to play different instruments and also taking acting courses. She is a graduate of social communication and journalism from the

Luis Amigó Catholic University Luis Amigó Catholic University ( es, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó) is a private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic university located in Medellín, the second-largest city of Colombia. The university also has offices in A ...

of that city.

Pageantry

Miss World Colombia 2021

Aguilera competed as the great favorite to win the contest, the final took place on August 14, 2021, in

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where 18 candidates from different departments and districts competed for the title and crown of the contest.

Miss World 2021

She represented Colombia in the 70th edition of the

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contest, which took place on March 16, 2022, in

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at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico where she placed in the Top 13, being the winner the Polish

Karolina Bielawska Karolina Bielawska (born 11 April 1999) is a Polish model, television presenter, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2021. She became the second titleholder from Poland, the first one being Aneta Kręglicka who won the pageant in 1989. ...

Miss Earth Colombia 2022

On 10 September 2022, Aguilera was appointed by the

Miss Earth Colombia Miss Earth Colombia or Miss Tierra Colombia is a title given to a woman who is selected to represent Colombia at Miss Earth, an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The current Miss Earth Colombia is Andrea Aguil ...

organization to represent her country in

to be held in the

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Miss Earth 2022

She represented Colombia in the 22nd edition of the

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contest, competing with 86 delegates from various countries and territories. which was held on November 29, 2022, at

Okada Manila Okada Manila ( ja, オカダマニラ, Okada Manira) is a casino resort and hotel complex located on the Entertainment City gaming strip in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. In 2007, with a total construction cost of about 250 billion Yen ...

Parañaque Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to t ...

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, Philippines. At the end of the event, she was crowned Miss Earth Fire 2022 by Jareerat Petsom of

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. The winner of the contest was the South Korean

Mina Sue Choi Mina Sue Choi () is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2022. She is the first Korean to win the Miss Earth title, and the first to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. Early life a ...

. Awards * Darling of the Press (Americas) *Best Eco Video (Americas) *Miss Photogenic (Fire Group) *Best in Swim-Wear (Fire Group) * Swimsuit Competition (Americas) * Beach Wear Competition (Fire Group) * Long Gown Competition (Fire Group) * Ms. Spotlight

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguilera, Andrea 1997 births Living people Miss World 2021 delegates Miss Earth 2022 contestants Colombian female models Colombian beauty pageant winners Luis Amigó Catholic University alumni People from Medellín