Catalina Paz Cáceres Ríos (born May 16, 1990), simply known as Catalina Cáceres, is a Chilean model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Nuestra Belleza Chile Nuestra Belleza Chile is an annual beauty pageant in Chile. The winner of Nuestra Belleza Chile obtains the right to represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant, an annual international major beauty pageant that advocates for environmental ...

and

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in 2016. She represented

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at the

Miss Universe 2016 Miss Universe 2016 was the 65th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines on January 30, 2017. This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped an entire year, ...

pageant.

Personal life

Catalina is an interior designer and was raised in

Huechuraba Huechuraba () is a city and commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Huechuraba has a mild mediterranean climate: relatively hot dry summers (November to March) with temperatures reaching up to on the hotte ...

. Her father is an engineer and her mother is an artist. Caceres volunteers for Alzheimer Chilean Corporation and supports

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. Her answer after being asked about LGBT adoption and marriage rights during Miss Universo Chile made international headline news. Catalina is a vegetarian and she speaks English.

Pageantry

Nuestra Belleza Chile 2014

Catalina won the Nuestra Belleza Chile title in 2014, succeeding the previous winner Natalia Lermanda. She bested 21 other finalists in the said pageant. As part of her responsibilities, Catalina attended the "Green Fair" event that was held at Mapocho Station on September 7, 2014.

Miss Earth 2014

After winning Miss Earth Chile, Catalina flew to the

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in November to compete with nearly 100 other candidates to be

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's successor as

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. However, she failed to place. Miss Earth 2014 was won by

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of the Philippines.

Miss Universo Chile 2016

She was crowned as Miss Universo Chile 2016, making her Chile's representative for the

pageant in the

Miss Universe 2016

As Miss Universo Chile, she competed at the

pageant but was ultimately unplaced.

References

Living people People from Santiago Miss Earth 2014 contestants Chilean beauty pageant winners 1990 births Chilean female models Miss Universe 2016 contestants Miss Universo Chile winners {{Chile-bio-stub