Maribel Arana

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Maribel Arana
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Born
Maribel Arana

1985 (age 3940)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Guata 2008

Maribel Arana is a Guatemalan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Guatemala at Miss World 2008 in South Africa, by virtue of winning the Miss World Guatemala 2008 pageant. [1] She studied telecommunications at the Galileo University.

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References

  1. "South Africa Miss World Pictures from December 6, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP Images". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-03-15.