Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave (born June 1, 1972) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder. Betancur represented the

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in the 1992 National Beauty Contest and was elected Miss Colombia 1992.

Pageantry

Miss Universe 1993

Betancur represented Colombia in

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held in Mexico. From the beginning of the competition, she was a favorite for the crown. During the live broadcast of the pageant, it was revealed that she earned the highest preliminary interview score of all contestants (9.70). She made it to the top 10, earning the highest score in the evening gown competition. Despite her high scores and loud support from the audience, she ended up as first runner up (second place). Paula Andrea is one of three Miss Colombia title holders to become Miss Universe's first runner up three times in a row. The previous year,

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got second place in the

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competition, and the following year,

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was first runner up in the

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pageant.

Career

After her reign, she devoted herself to the catwalk as a model of big brands like

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. It was cover of the Italian magazine ''Gioia''. She participated in the 20-04 Challenge, which was the winner and the 2015, returns to participate again in the reality Challenge 2015, this time in the country of India. She debuted as an actress in the comedy ''

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'' by Spanish director

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, whose protagonists were

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and

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. She became part of modeling Colombian companies as Klass Models and signed with L'Agence in the United States. Paula Andrea ventured into the life of an entrepreneur by setting up a restaurant for salads and fast foods, but realized that this was not her thing and launched herself with her line of bathing gowns. In addition, it has a line of beauty composed by moisturizing oils and moisturizing for the skin (Paula Andrea Secrets). Her most recent work as a model was for the magazine ''Donjuán''. It was in the group of hopefuls to star in the telenovela ''Summer in Venice'' the RCN channel , but was finally chosen another actress. She was married to Juan Carlos Villegas, whom she divorced in 2008. They had three children: Mateo, Salomé and Simón.

References

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