Valeria Ayos
Ayos during the final night of Miss Universe Colombia 2022
Born
Valeria Maria Ayos Bossa

(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 29)
Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
EducationInternational Relations
Alma materJorge Tadeo Lozano University
Occupations
  • Model
  • presenter
  • beauty queen
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
Cristhian Lerma Beltrán
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(m. 2023)​
Beauty pageant titleholder
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Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
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Valeria María Ayos Bossa (born 20 March 1994) is a Colombian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Colombia 2021. She represented Colombia at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant in Israel where she finished as a Top 5 finalist.[1] She was the third Miss Colombian of African descent after Vanessa Mendoza and Andrea Tovar.

As a former beauty queen, she competed in two of the Big Four international beauty pageants with higher placements.

2018: Miss Earth – Water (unofficially equivalent to second runner-up) and;

2021: Top 5 finalist at the 70th Miss Universe.

Early life and education

Ayos was born in Cartagena and raised in San Andrés Island. Her father is Colombian of Spanish and Italian descent while her mother is Afro-Colombian of Trinidadian descent.

Ayos completed her elementary education in San Andrés Island and her high school education at Instituto Alberto Merani in Bogotá.[2] She earned her bachelor's degree in international relations from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

Pageantry

Miss Earth Colombia 2018

On August 23, 2018, Ayos was crowned Miss Earth Colombia 2018 during the pageant final held in General Saulo Gil Ramirez Sendoya Auditorium in Bogotá succeeding Miss Earth Colombia 2017 and Miss Earth Water 2017, Juliana Franco.[4]

Miss Earth 2018

Ayos represented Colombia at the Miss Earth 2018 pageant which was held at MOA Arena, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, the Philippines and finished as Miss Earth - Water 2018 which unofficially equivalent to 2nd Runner-up.[5][6][7]

Miss Universe Colombia 2020

Ayos was cast as one of the official candidates for the Miss Universe Colombia 2020 pageant but withdrew the pageant after suffering from partial face paralysis.[8]

Miss Universe Colombia 2021

Ayos represented Cartagena at the Miss Universe Colombia 2021 pageant and won the title succeeding Laura Olascuaga of Bolívar.[9][10][11][12]

Miss Universe 2021

Ayos represented her country at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant held on December 13, 2021 at the Universe Dome (near Port of Eilat) in Eilat, Israel and placed as Top 5 finalist together with Beatrice Gomez of the Philippines.[1]

Personal life

Ayos married her boyfriend Cristhian Lerma Beltrán on 28 January 2023 at Iglesia de San Pedro Claver, Cartagena de Indias. After 12 years of being in relationship.[13]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Network
2020 Morning Show Presenter Teleislas

References

  1. ^ a b "Miss Universe 2021 Live Coverage: Results, winners, and more". HOLA. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Instituto Alberto Merani". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Valeria Ayos Bossa participará en el concurso Miss Earth 2018". El Extra (in Spanish). 16 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Valeria Ayos Bossa, la cartagenera que ganó Miss Earth Colombia". El Universal (in European Spanish). 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ^ "La cartagenera Valeria Ayos Bossa se coronó como la nueva 'Miss Water'". El Universal (in European Spanish). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ Adina, Armin (3 November 2018). "Nguyen Phuong Khanh from Vietnam crowned as Miss Earth 2018". Inquirer Lifestyle. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ "FULL LIST: Winners, Miss Earth 2018". Rappler. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Primero una parálisis facial y después un diagnóstico positivo de COVID19 terminaron sacando a Valeria Ayos del concurso Miss Universo Colombia". The Archipielago Press (in Spanish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Valeria María Ayos, de Cartagena, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". El País (in Spanish). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Nhan sắc "đáng gờm" của tân Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Colombia 2021". Thời Đại (in Vietnamese). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Nhan sắc tân Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Colombia". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Conozca más de Valeria Ayos, quien representará a Colombia en Miss Universo". Noticias de Norte de Santander, Colombia y el mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Valeria Ayos, ex Miss Universo Colombia, se casó en Cartagena. Así fue su boda". elespectador.com (in Spanish). Cromos. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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Awards and achievements Preceded by Adline Castelino(3rd Runner-Up) Kimberly Jiménez(4th Runner-Up) Miss Universe Top 5 Finalist(with Beatrice Gomez) 2021 Succeeded by Gabriëla Dos Santos Ashley Cariño(Top 5) Preceded by Laura Olascuaga Miss Universe Colombia 2021 Succeeded by María Fernanda Aristizábal Preceded by Juliana Franco Miss Earth – Water 2018 Succeeded by Klára Vavrušková Preceded by Juliana Franco Miss Earth Colombia 2018 Succeeded by Yenny Carrillo
Miss Earth 2018 contestants
Miss Universe 2021 national titleholders
Colombia at Miss Universe
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