María Alejandra Camargo Jiménez (born September 24, 1997) is a Colombian model,

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and beauty pageant titleholder who was selected Miss Earth Colombia 2024, she represented Colombia at

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Personal life

María Alejandra Camargo was born in

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, Colombia. She is the daughter of Abedulio Camargo and Luz Emilia Jiménez and has one older brother. She studied high school at New Cambridge School in Floridablanca, Santander. while her subsequent academic training took place at

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of her city of origin where she graduated as an architect Cum Laude.

Pageantry

Miss Universe Santander 2021

María Alejandra was selected as Miss Universe Santander by Natalie Ackermann during the national call and subsequently made official by the Santander government.

Miss Universe Colombia 2021

She participated in Miss Universe Colombia 2021, on 18 October 2021 at the Chamorro City Hall in the city of

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. She competed against 24 other applicants, but was Unplaced. The winner of the contest was

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from Cartagena.

Miss Earth Colombia 2024

Camargo was designated as Miss Earth Colombia 2024 after a statement from the national organization to the national press on the Instagram account, finally on July 6, 2024, she was publicly named as the representative of her country at

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