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María Fernanda Aristizábal
Aristizábal in 2022
Born	María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27) Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
Alma mater	Luis Amigó Catholic University
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Señorita Colombia 2019 Miss Universe Colombia 2022
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Green
Major competition(s)	Señorita Colombia 2019 (Winner) Miss Universe 2022 (Top 16)

María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea (born 19 June 1997) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Señorita Colombia 2019. Aristizábal is the first representative from Quindío to win Miss Colombia and Miss Universe Colombia. Aristizábal represented Colombia in Miss Universe 2022 and reached the top 16.

Early life

Aristizábal was born in Armenia, Quindío. Her father is Bernardo Alonso Aristizábal Franco and her mother is Bertha Lucía Urrea Posso. Aristizábal completed her elementary and high school education at the Colegio Franciscano San Luis Rey in Armenia. She later graduated with a degree in social communication from Luis Amigó Catholic University in Medellin in July 2021.

Pageantry

Señorita Colombia 2019-2020

Aristizábal began her pageantry career in 2019, after winning Miss Quindío 2019. This title gave her entry into the Señorita Colombia 2019 competition, representing Quindío Department.

Aristizábal won Miss Colombia 2020 on 11 November. In pre-pageant activities, Aristizábal won the special awards, Queen of the Police and Best Body. She was crowned Miss Colombia 2020 by outgoing titleholder Gabriela Tafur, and was the first representative from Quindío to win the title. As Miss Colombia, she was to represent Colombia at Miss Universe 2020. In June 2020, Natalie Ackermann gained ownership of the Colombian franchise to Miss Universe, confirming that a new pageant "Miss Universe Colombia" would be held to select the Colombian representative in 2020, and that Aristizábal would not be going to Miss Universe.

Miss Universe 2022

After finishing her reign as Miss Colombia, she began talks to be appointed as Miss Universe Colombia 2022. After reaching an agreement, she was announced on 6 April 2022 as Colombia's representative at Miss Universe 2022 through a press conference. As a result, Natalia López Cardona, the first runner-up of Señorita Colombia 2021, also from Quindío, replaced her to compete in Miss International 2022. At the end of the 71st edition of Miss Universe, she ended up her journey early as Top 16 semifinalist.

References

1. ^ Cúcuta, La Opinión. "María Fernanda Aristizábal llegó al Top 16 de Miss Universo". Noticias de Norte de Santander, Colombia y el mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
2. "María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea" (in Spanish). Concurso Nacional de Belleza. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
3. "Señorita Quindío, enfocada y empoderada "con muchas ganas de ganarse la corona"" (in Spanish). La Crónica del Quindío. 10 November 2019.
4. "Home". Colegio San Luis Rey (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
5. "Colegio Franciscano San Luis Rey". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
6. "Quindío es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2019-2020" (in Spanish). Semana. 11 November 2019.
7. "Un año más para la Señorita Colombia, la quindiana María Fernanda Aristizábal".
8. ^ "Una admiradora de las lideresas sociales es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). EFE. 12 November 2019.
9. Torres Cepeda, María Camila (11 November 2019). "Así es la bella corona que se llevará la Señorita Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). RCN Radio.
10. "En vivo - Vea aquí el Reinado Nacional de la Belleza 2019" (in Spanish). El Herlado. 11 November 2019.
11. "Señorita Quindío gana su segundo premio: cuerpo más sano" (in Spanish). La Crónica del Quindío. 8 November 2019.
12. "María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2019-2020" (in Spanish). W Radio. 11 November 2019.
13. "María Fernanda Aristizábal, nueva Señorita Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). KienyKe. 11 November 2019.
14. "Las embarradas de la Señorita Cesar en el Reinado" (in Spanish). Tikitakas. 12 November 2019.
15. Chacón, Mateo (11 November 2019). "María Fernanda Aristizábal, la nueva Señorita Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). La FM.
16. "María Fernanda Aristizábal ya no representará a Colombia en Miss Universo" (in Spanish). Noticias Caracol. 3 June 2020.
17. "María Fernanda Aristizábal representará a Colombia en el Miss Universo 2022". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
18. "Natalia López Cardona es Colombia en Miss Internacional". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.

v t e Colombia at Miss Universe
Miss Universe	Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958) Paulina Vega (2014)
1st runner-up	Paola Turbay (1992) Paula Andrea Betancourt (1993) Carolina Gomez (1994) Taliana Vargas (2008) Ariadna Gutiérrez (2015) Laura González (2017)
2nd runner-up	María Mónica Urbina (1986) Lizeth Mahecha (1990) Andrea Tovar (2016)
3rd runner-up	Ella Cecilia Escandón (1974) Aura Maria Mojica (1977) Mary Shirley Sáenz (1978)
4th runner-up	Susana Caldas (1984)
Top 5-6	Silvia Fernanda Ortiz (1998) Gabriela Tafur (2019) Valeria Ayos (2021) Camila Avella (2023)
Top 10-12	Catherine Daza (2004) Valerie Dominguez (2006)
Top 12-16	Olga Pumarejo Korkor (1959) Stella Márquez (1960) Olga Lucía Botero (1962) María Cristina Álvarez (1965) María Victoria Ocampo (1966) Edna Margarita Rudd (1965) Margarita Reyes Zawadzky (1969) Ana Lucía Agudelo (1973) Martha Lucía Echeverri (1975) María Helena Reyes (1976) María Patricia Arbeláez (1980) Diana Patricia Arévalo (1988) Tatiana Castro (1995) Catalina Acosta (2000) Natalia Navarro (2010) Catalina Robayo (2011) María Fernanda Aristizábal (2022)
Top 20-21	Laura Olascuaga (2020)
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• Colombia

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Colombian beauty pageant winners
• Miss Colombia winners
• People from Armenia, Colombia
• People from Quindío Department
• Colombian people of Spanish descent
• Colombian people of French descent
• Colombian people of Basque descent
• Miss Universe 2022 contestants
• Luis Amigó Catholic University alumni