Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva (born April 16, 1989 in

Neiva Neiva () is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 388,299. It is one of the most important cities in southern Co ...

) is a Colombian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Huila 2010 contestNatalia se quedó con la corona
, (spanish). which allowed her to participate in the Miss Colombia 2010 pageant, where she won the title of Primera Princesa (2nd runner-up) and Miss Colombia International.

Early life

On April 16, 1989, Valenzuela was born in

, Colombia. Her measurements are 86–61–91 (centimeters); she is 1.77 meters tall and has brown eyes, brown hair and white skin.Biografía
, (spanish). She has studied performance arts and is part of the Casting models agency.Natalia con sentido social
(spanish).(bad link)

Career

Valenzuela is a television program presenter for a Colombian private television network

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for the show, ''Style RCN'' in Spanish ''Estilo RCN''.

Miss Colombia 2010

Valenzuela represented the

department of Huila Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 (60.54%) ...

in Miss Colombia 2010, held in

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, on November 15, 2010. She was crowned as 1st princess after obtaining some of the highest scores: 9.7 in the evening gown competition and 9.6 in the swimsuit competition. In addition, Cutiva also won several special awards prior to the final competition for Miss Colombia: Miss National Police, Miss Bodytech Figure (Best Body) and Miss Natural Beauty. Traditionally 1st runners-up represent Colombia at

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, but the maximum age to compete is 24, at the time of the event. Lizeth Gonzalez was therefore delegated to represent Colombia in the 18 version of Top Model of the World and Valenzuela took her place in

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Miss International 2011

On November 6, 2011, Valenzuela competed at the

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(

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), when she represented her country

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, but did not place.

References

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