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 and

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in 2016. She represented

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at the

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pageant.

Personal life

Catalina is an interior designer and was raised in

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

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. Her "politically incorrect" answer after being asked about LGBT adoption and marriage rights during Miss Universo Chile made international headline news. Catalina is a vegetarian and speaks English, in addition to Spanish.

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