Sofía Aragón

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Sofía Aragón
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Aragón in 2020
Born
Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres

(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 29)
Beauty pageant titleholder
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Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres (born 13 February 1994) is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Mexicana Universal 2019. She represented Mexico at the Miss Universe 2019 competition, where she reached second runner-up.

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Personal life

Aragón was born on 13 February 1994 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. [1] [2]

Aragón has said she contemplated suicide, [3] and has become an advocate for mental health awareness and suicide prevention, working with the organization Sonrisas Reales as a public speaker and writer. [4]

Pageantry

In 2019 she competed for the title of Mexicana Universal Jalisco, aiming to represent her state at Mexicana Universal 2019. She was not selected and Dorothy Sutherland became the representative instead. After Sutherland came in breach of her contract for not appearing at required events, she was replaced by Aragón as Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2018. [5] [4]

Days after her appointment, Aragón competed in the Mexicana Universal 2019 competition in Mexico City. She was selected as one of the top twenty finalists following the first round on 16 June, and entered the top ten prior to the final held on 23 June. [3] During the 23 June airing, Aragón was crowned Mexicana Universal by outgoing titleholder Andrea Toscano, besting first runner-up Claudia Lozano Domínguez of Nuevo León. She represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2019, where she placed as the second runner-up, the highest placement for Mexico since Ximena Navarrete, who won Miss Universe 2010. [6] [7]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
2020-present La Voz [8] Backstage host
2021-2022 Venga la alegría [9] Weekend show's host

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References

  1. "Sofía Aragón" (in Spanish). Sofía Aragón. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Hoy es mi cumpleaños". Sofía Aragón. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 "Van por la corona de Mexicana Universal" (in Spanish). Zocalo. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 Acosta, Gabriela (12 June 2019). "La jalisciense Sofía Aragón aclara designación en Mexicana Universal" (in Spanish). Publimetro.
  5. "Dorothy Sutherland, la Miss Jalisco rebelde" (in Spanish). Union Jalisco. 12 June 2019.
  6. "Gana Mexicana Universal Sofía Aragón" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. 23 June 2019.
  7. Carranza Alva, Patricia (23 June 2019). "Sofía Aragón de Jalisco ganadora de Mexicana Universal 2019" (in Spanish). Publimetro.
  8. "Refrescarán La voz Eddy Vilard y Sofía Aragón". zocalo.com.mx. 23 March 2020.
  9. "Sofía Aragón revela la razón de su salida de Venga la Alegría Fin de Semana" (in Spanish). HOLA.com. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.


Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Universe 2nd Runner-Up
2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Andrea Toscano (Colima)
Mexicana Universal
2019
Succeeded by
Andrea Meza (Chihuahua)
Preceded by
Dorothy Sutherland
(Dethroned)
Mexicana Universal Jalisco
2018
Succeeded by
Michel López