Camila Barraza

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Camila Barraza
Born
Camila Alejandra Barraza

(1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 26)
Home town Pristina, Kosovo
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Title Miss Universe Kosovo 2016
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Universe Kosovo 2016
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2016
(Unplaced)

Camila Alejandra Barraza (born 27 August 1993) is an Argentinian-Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Kosovo 2016 and represented Kosovo at Miss Universe 2016.

Miss Universe Kosova is a national beauty pageant that sends representatives from Kosovo to the Miss Universe pageant.

Kosovo Partially-recognised state in Southeast Europe

Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a partially recognized state and disputed territory in Southeastern Europe.

Miss Universe 2016 65th edition of Miss Universe held in Manila

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Personal life

Barraza was born in Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, but resides in Pristina, Kosovo, where she works as a model. She became a Kosovar citizen in December 2016. [1]

Pilar, Buenos Aires City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina with a population of 299,077 as per the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the seat of the administrative division of Pilar Partido. Since the early 1990s, Pilar has gained an increasingly upscale profile due to the development of numerous gated communities, country clubs and polo fields.

Argentina Federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Pristina Capital of Kosovo

Pristina or Prishtina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities. With a municipal population of 204,721 inhabitants (2016), Pristina is the second-largest city in the world with a predominantly Albanian-speaking population, after Albania's capital, Tirana. Within Serbia, it would be the 4th largest. Geographically, it is located in the north-eastern part of Kosovo close to the Goljak mountains.

Pageantry

Miss Universe Kosovo 2016

On September 7, 2016 Barraza, was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2016. She represented Kosovo at Miss Universe 2016 in the Philippines.[ citation needed ]

Philippines Republic in Southeast Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

Miss Universe 2016

Barraza represented Kosovo at Miss Universe 2016 but Unplaced.

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References

  1. "camibrrz". Camila Barraza. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Artnesa Krasniqi
Miss Universe Kosovo
2016
Succeeded by
Zana Berisha