Nastassja Isabella Bolívar Cifuentes (born October 24, 1988, in

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) is a Nicaraguan-American actress, TV host and beauty queen who won ''

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'' and was crowned

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and represented

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Early life

Nastassja Bolivar speaks English, French and Spanish. When she auditioned for Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011 she was studying

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at Miami International University of Art and Design. However, with the possibility of appearing in many programs for a year when Univision offered the contract, she decided to venture into television production .

Pageantry

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011

On May 22, 2011, Nastassja Bolivar from Nicaragua won the beauty pageant/reality show

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. After 12 weeks of competition, Nastassja won $250,000 in cash and prizes and a one-year contract with the Univision Network. She is the first (and so far only) winner who was born and raised in the continental United States.

Miss Nicaragua 2013

Nastassja Bolivar was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2013 at the 31st edition of Miss Nicaragua beauty contest. Farah Eslaquit (Miss Nicaragua 2012 winner) crowned Miss Nicaragua 2013 at the beauty contest that took place at the Ruben Dario National Theater on Saturday night of March 2, 2013. She was selected as Miss Universe Nicaragua 2013 and an official representative of Nicaragua at the 62nd edition of Miss Universe beauty contest.

Miss Universe 2013

Bolivar represented Nicaragua at the

pageant on November 9, 2013, in

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where she became the third Nicaraguan woman to place, eventually finishing in the Top 16. During the preliminary competition Nastassja won Best National Costume and was awarded a $5,000 Credit Card from

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