Juanita Urrea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urreaand the second or maternal family name is Posada.

Juanita Urrea
Born	Juanita Urrea Posada (2000-09-13) September 13, 2000 (age 24) Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
Alma mater	ICESI University
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Colombia International 2024
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Colombia 2022 (3rd Runner-Up) Miss International 2024 (Unplaced)

Juanita Urrea Posada (born September 13, 2000) is a Colombian industrial engineer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was the 3rd Runner-Up of Miss Colombia 2022. She represented Colombia at Miss International 2024. ^[1]

Early life

Juanita Urrea was born in Armenia, Quindío on September 13, 2000. She is the only child of Andrea Posada and the industrial engineer Alonso Urrea, during her childhood and youth she lived between Buenaventura, Cartago and finally Cali where she finished her high school studies at the Colegio Hispanoamericano. ^{[2] [3]}

Later she completed her university studies at the ICESI University in the undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering. In addition to her native Spanish, she speaks fluent English. ^{[4] [5]}

Pageantry

Miss Valle 2022

Juanita was designated as Miss Valle after an evaluative process of interviews, photographs and general and intellectual preparation. ^{[6] [7]}

Miss Colombia 2022

On November 13, 2022, the final of Miss Colombia (National Beauty Contest) was held in Cartagena where Juanita achieved the title of Segunda Princesa Nacional (3rd Runner-Up), with Sofía Osío of Atlántico being the winner of the contest. ^[8]

Miss International 2024

After the 2023 edition of the Miss Colombia was canceled, which would be held as usual in November of the same year in the city of Cartagena, ^[9] On December 29, 2023, the contest's board of directors made the decision to designate Juanita Urrea as the representative of Colombia in the Japanese Miss International contest for the 2024 edition. ^[1]

References

1. "By designation of the National Beauty Contest®, Juanita Urrea is Colombia in Miss International". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
2. "De Armenia, la señorita Valle al Concurso Nacional de la Belleza en Cartagena". El Quindiano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
3. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2022-08-03). "Conozca detalles de Juanita Urrea Posada, la nueva Señorita Valle". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
4. FARÁNDULA, REDACCIÓN (2022-11-02). "Conoce a la Señorita Valle al CNB 2022: Juanita Urrea". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
5. "Juanita Urrea Posada | Señorita Colombia". www.srtacolombia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
6. País, El (2022-08-09). ""Esto ha sido maravilloso": Juanita Urrea, la nueva señorita Valle". Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
7. Chavaco, Michelle (2022-09-23). "Miss Valle, ambassador of education". Gobernación del Valle del Cauca.
8. "La segunda princesa del CNB es del departamento del Valle Juanita Urrea archivos". Revista Momentos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
9. Caracol, Noticias (2023-10-08). "¿Qué hay detrás de la cancelación del Concurso Nacional de Belleza 2023? Esto dijo Raimundo Angulo". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.

External links

• Juanita Urrea on Instagram

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sofía Osío	Miss Colombia International 2024	Succeeded by Catalina Duque Abréu
Preceded by María Lucía Cuesta Arias	Segunda Princesa Colombia 2022	Succeeded by Valentina Tafur
Preceded by Kelly Daniela Erazo Toro	Miss Valle 2022	Succeeded by Valentina Tafur