Colombia has a new queen, it is the Quindian María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea, appointed by Natalie Ackerman, President of the Miss Universe Colombia franchise, who will represent the country at Miss Universe 2022.
The announcement was made this Wednesday morning at the Dann Carlton Hotel in Medellín, at an event attended by Valeria Ayos, Miss Universe Colombia 2021, Natalie Ackerman and other members of the organization.
The President said so The Miss Universe pageant had given national organizers the opportunity to nominate a candidate for this year’s pageant.
In fact, netizens had already speculated about a possible delegation of the new Miss Universe Colombia on social networks, where the names of María Fernanda and María Alejandra López, first finalist of 2021, who was also present at the press conference, rang out. .
But that wasn’t the only announcement Ackerman made. He also reported that in a few weeks the registrations for Miss Universe Colombia 2023 will open and that the decision to choose María Fernanda as the new sovereign of beauty was based on the fact that she would have more time for her preparation to take part in the election would have international competition.
The new queen was Miss Colombia 2019 and was set to represent the country at Miss Universe 2020. However, the franchise changed hands and got caught in a legal spiral in which the National Beauty Pageant failed to settle with the new organization over the sovereign.
This prevented the 25-year-old social communicator and model from taking part in the famous competition, leaving instead Laura Olascuaga, winner of Miss Universe Colombia 2020, who was among the 20 finalists.
Social networks have shown support for the new queen, after checking its purpose and the next participation in the universal competitionafter his dream was snatched from him. In fact, in María Fernanda’s own words, it had to take her a few days to assimilate it.
In addition, the new queen has liked the users of social networks, who comment that María Fernanda will take the stage of Miss Universe with a new beauty prototype never seen before by part of the country and that they will reign as Miss Colombia will 2019 gave him the necessary experience and preparation to leave Colombia high in the next edition of the competition.
Last year, The new sovereign of beauty took the media spotlight after supporting the social mobilizations of the national strike, where he asked President Iván Duque to listen to the reasons for the protests. He also invited Colombians to speak out against the injustices of the national government.
in tears, Valeria Ayos, Miss Universe Colombia 2021, who was among the five finalists of the most important beauty pageant in the world last DecemberHe bid farewell to the crown and thanked everyone present at his trial, as well as fans of the competition.
It should be emphasized that the dates and place where Miss Universe 2022 will be held are not yet known; However, Colombia has always stood out for its representatives who, in recent years, have managed to position themselves among the five finalists to win the acclaimed universal crown.