Melissa Carolina Varón Ballesteros (born Melissa Varón on February 26, 1989 in
Santa Marta, Colombia
Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fourth-largest urban city of th ...
) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant pageant titleholder first runner-up of the
Miss Colombia 2011 and formally representative of Colombia
Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at t ...
.
Early life
Melissa studied Chemical Engineering at the National University of Colombia in Medellin and has toured many parts of Colombia due to her profession. Melissa is fluent in English. She is the daughter of Marcos Varón Rodriguez (†) and Aidee Armenta Ballesteros, and her sister is Nataly Varón. Her height is and her measurements are 86-62-90, with swarthy skin and dark brown eyes.
Pageantry
Miss Colombia 2011
In the 2011–2012
Miss 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 Anti ...
pageant edition, Melissa won the ''Miss Elegance Primatela''. She later began to be considered as a favorite for the crown along with the representatives from the departments of Valle and Atlántico. On the night of the 14 of November in
Cartagena She received the second best score (9.50) at the evening gown gala giving her the right to follow onto the swimsuit phase where she was named first runner-up. The response proved to be safe and direct earning her public confidence and the jury gave her the title of National Beauty Virreina of Colombia 2011–2012, and curiously, last year
Lizeth González of
Magdalena (the same department Melissa represented) achieved this very same position.
Miss International 2012
Melissa represented Colombia at the
Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at t ...
in
Okinawa, Japan
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west ...
where she placed among the 15 semi-finalists.
References
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Living people
1987 births
Miss International 2012 delegates
National University of Colombia alumni