Ariadna Gutiérrez Arévalo (; born 25 December 1993) is a Colombian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2014. She represented Colombia at the

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competition on 20 December 2015 and placed 1st runner-up after host

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mistakenly announced her as the winner. After pageantry, she appeared in the film '' XXX: Return of Xander Cage'' and tied for third place on '' Celebrity Big Brother 1''.

Early life

Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo was born in

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, Colombia. When she was seven months old, her parents moved to

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, where she was raised. She studied at the German School of Barranquilla. She is a cousin of

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and

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winner

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Career

Gutiérrez was awarded as Miss Sucre 2014. She was subsequently crowned as Miss Colombia 2014. Currently, she is working as a professional model. Gutiérrez competed at the Miss Colombia 2014, representing the

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, where she won the title of Miss Colombia, gaining the department's very first win at the

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pageant. The version of the pageant she won was its 80th edition held on 17 November 2014, in

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. On 16 November 2015, Gutierrez crowned her successor,

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, as Miss Colombia 2015. Gutiérrez represented

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at the 64th Miss Universe pageant and she was mistakenly crowned the winner by host

. However, after Gutiérrez's crowning, Harvey realized that he had misread the result and should have announced her as the 1st runner-up and

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of the Philippines as the winner. This was originally the second time having a back-to-back victory after Venezuela from 2008–2009, since

is also from

. Gutiérrez later called the experience "humiliating" and declared that the television producers handled the mistake poorly. At a Colombian radio station, she remarked that it was a "great injustice and very humiliating for me." After pageantry, Gutiérrez appeared the 2017 film '' XXX: Return of Xander Cage'' with American actor

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. Gutiérrez later took part in the first American season of the reality show competition ''

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''. She was evicted on finale night, placing tied 3rd/4th with

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Personal life

Gutiérrez resides in. She is the cousin of Miss Colombia 2013 and Miss Universe 2014 winner

Filmography

Television

Film

Music videos

In popular culture

Ariadna Gutiérrez was impersonated by James Leyva, stage name " Valentina," on season 9, episode 6 of ''

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''.

Notes

References

External links

Official Miss Colombia website
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