Mónica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo (born September 30, 1984 in

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, Antioquia) known as Mónica Jaramillo, is a Colombian

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, model and former beauty pageant contestant.

Biography

Her parents are Hernando Jaramillo and Nora Giraldo, who have together two more children, Juan Fernando and Adriana, respectively. Jaramillo, David. "Mónica Jaramillo: La mujer detrás de las noticias." ''Revista Impacto'' Ed. 16 p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2016 Mónica studied at the

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, where she majored in Social Communication and Journalism. Years after, she got a master's degree in Political Science at the University of Los Andes in 2013.

Career

She participated in Miss Colombia 2003, as

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contestant. In the final night, she was elected as second runner-up. Jeymmy Vargas and Catherine Daza were the first runner-up and winner, respectively. Later, in 2004, she competed in the international beauty pageant

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, in

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, and became first runner-up. Formerly, Mónica won the crown in the Reina Bolivariana pageant, in

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. In March 2004, she began her career in journalism, hosting the weekends edition of ''Teleantioquia Noticias'', while she finished her journalism studies at college. Two years later, she hosted the primetime edition, and held that position until 2009, when she became the hostess of ''Un Café con Alonso'' (institutional program of the Mayor's Office of

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) and the central edition of Telemedellín news. In the second half of 2010, she began working in ''Día a día'', a morning TV magazine on

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, as reporter of the show from Antioquia's capital. Subsequently, she became an anchor of international edition of CM& news. In 2013 she joined ''

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'', as ''First Edition'' reporter, presenting 15-minute-news-capsules across the morning news. Since 2014, Mónica has worked as radio hostess, in the morning radial magazine ''Mañanas Blu 10 AM'', broadcast by Blu Radio, along with Catalina Plata, Esteban Hernández and William Calderón. Currently, Mónica co-host the noon edition of ''Noticias Caracol'', alongside

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and directs ''Vive Medellín''.

Personal life

Mónica is married with Luis Eduardo Valencia,

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's son. They have a son together, Joaquin (born May 4, 2016). Mónica has said that her workmate Jorge Alfredo Vargas and the former

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presenter

Claudia Palacios Claudia Isabel Palacios Giraldo (born October 1, 1977 in Cali) is a Colombian journalist and newscaster. She is best known as the weekend news anchor on CNN en Español, a position she held from 2004 through 2012. She is currently both a news ...

, have been great influencers on her career, as well as the Pakistani activist

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. She was honoured by the Brazil government, with the ''Rio Branco'' medal distinction, due to her participation in the memorial ceremony to the deceased people of the Chapecoense team plane crash, held in Medellin in December 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaramillo, Mónica 1984 births Living people Colombian television journalists Colombian women journalists Colombian television presenters Colombian beauty pageant winners People from Antioquia Department Colombian women television journalists Colombian women television presenters Colombian reporters and correspondents