Maria Alejandra Vengoechea Cárcamo is a Colombian lawyer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who participated in Señorita Colombia 2018, where she won the title of Primera Princesa (2nd runner-up). She represented

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at Miss International 2019 and placed 3rd runner-up. Vengoechea also represented the country at Reina Hispanoamerciana 2021 and placed 1st runner-up.

Early life

María Alejandra was born on in

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, Bolívar, although as a child her family settled in the city of

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, Atlántico where her father is from. She studied

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at the

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in Barranquilla. In addition to Spanish, she is fluent in English.

Pageantry

Señorita Atlántico 2018-2019

Vengoechea competed for the title Señorita Atlántico in her regional, being the winner.

Señorita Colombia 2018-2019

On November 12, 2018, the final of

Señorita Colombia Miss Colombia (Formally ''Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia'', English: ''"National Beauty Contest of Colombia"'') is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia. The current Miss Colombia is Catalina Duque Abréu of Antio ...

was held in the city of

, where María Alejandra achieved the title of Primera Princesa, with Gabriela Tafur being the winner of the contest.

Miss International 2019

Later, in June 2019, she was officially designated as Miss Colombia International to represent the nation in the Miss International 2019 beauty pageant to be held in November of that same year, after the resignation of

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(Virreina Nacional) to her title. On November 12, 2019, at the Municipal Hall of the Tokyo Dome,

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, the final of

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was held, where candidates from 82 countries competed for the title. At the end of the event, Vengoechea obtained the position of 3rd runner-up.

Reina Hispanoamericana 2021

On September 3, 2021, María Alejandra was appointed by the

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Pageant to represent her country in

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to be held in Santa Cruz,

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. On October 30, 2021, the final of the

Reina Hispanoamericana Reina Hispanoamericana (''Hispanic American Queen'') is an annual beauty pageant that celebrates Hispanic heritage, language, and culture. It was established in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (''South American Queen'') and is headquartered in Santa ...

pageant was held, where 26 Hispanic candidates from around the world competed for the title. At the end of the night, Vengoechea placed 1st runner-up in the contest.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vengoechea, Maria Alejandra Living people 1998 births Miss International 2019 delegates Colombian beauty pageant winners Colombian female models Models from Barranquilla