María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea (born 19 June 1997) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Señorita Colombia 2019. Aristizábal is the first representative from Quindío to win

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and

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. Aristizábal represented Colombia in

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and reached the top 16.

Early life

Aristizábal was born in

Armenia, Quindío Armenia () is the capital of Quindío_Department , Quindío Department in the South America, South American country of Colombia. Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the "Colombian coffee growing axis, coffee axis" along with Pereira, Col ...

. Her father is Bernardo Alonso Aristizábal Franco and her mother is Bertha Lucía Urrea Posso. Aristizábal completed her elementary and high school education at the Colegio Franciscano San Luis Rey in

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. She later graduated with a degree in social communication from Luis Amigó Catholic University in Medellin in July 2021.

Pageantry

Señorita Colombia 2019-2020

Aristizábal began her pageantry career in 2019, after winning Miss Quindío 2019. This title gave her entry into the Señorita Colombia 2019 competition, representing

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. Aristizábal won Miss Colombia 2020 on 11 November. In pre-pageant activities, Aristizábal won the special awards, Queen of the Police and Best Body. She was crowned Miss Colombia 2020 by outgoing titleholder Gabriela Tafur, and was the first representative from Quindío to win the title. As Miss Colombia, she was to represent Colombia at

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. In June 2020, Natalie Ackermann gained ownership of the Colombian franchise to

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, confirming that a new pageant "

" would be held to select the Colombian representative in 2020, and that Aristizábal would not be going to Miss Universe.

Miss Universe 2022

After finishing her reign as

, she began talks to be appointed as Miss Universe Colombia 2022. After reaching an agreement, she was announced on 6 April 2022 as Colombia's representative at

through a press conference. As a result,

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, the first runner-up of Señorita Colombia 2021, also from Quindío, replaced her to compete in

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. At the end of the 71st edition of Miss Universe, she ended up her journey early as Top 16 semifinalist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aristizabal, Fernanda 1997 births Living people Colombian beauty pageant winners Miss Colombia winners People from Armenia, Colombia People from Quindío Department Colombian people of Spanish descent Colombian people of French descent Colombian people of Basque descent Miss Universe 2022 contestants Luis Amigó Catholic University alumni