Mareike Baumgarten | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mareike Baumgarten Oroa 15 July 1989 |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Title | Miss Paraguay Universe 2009 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Paraguay Universe 2009 (Winner) Reina Hispanoamericana Miss Model Of the World 2009 (Top 10) |
Mareike Baumgarten Oroa (born July 15, 1989) is a pageant titleholder, who represented her country, Paraguay, in Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. Baumgarten won the Miss Paraguay Universe 2009 title in a pageant held in Asunción, Paraguay on July 10, 2009. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Giannina Rufinelli, Miss Paraguay Universe 2008. Baumgarten also won the "Best Smile" award.
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a country of South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Although it is one of only two landlocked countries in South America, the country has coasts, beaches and ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica.
Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas. It was the first back-to-back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández was crowned by Dayana Mendoza as her successor at the end of the event and Venezuela is the first and only country to defend Miss Universe title.
Nassau is the capital and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has an estimated population of 274,400 as of 2016, just over 70% of the population of the country (≈391,000). Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions much like a business district. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau, deriving its name from Nassau, Germany.
She also represented Paraguay in Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 held in Bolivia, and in Miss Model of The World 2009 held in China, where she placed among the 10 finalists. [1]
