Alejandra Villafañe

Alejandra Villafañe

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	August 17, 1989 Zarzal, Colombia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Earth Colombia 2014
Major competition(s)	Miss Earth 2014 (Top 16)

María Alejandra Villafañe Osorio (born August 17, 1989) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Colombia 2014^[1][2][3] that gave her the right to represent Colombia at Miss Earth 2014. She succeeded Diana Carolina Ortegón Vega and was crowned by the reigning Miss Earth 2013, Alyz Henrich.

Pageantry

Miss Earth Colombia 2014

Miss Earth Colombia decided to conduct a pageant for the first time as they used to appoint a delegate that would compete in Miss Earth. The pageant of Miss Earth Colombia was held in the municipality of Armenia. Alejandra, together with Alyz Henrich^[4] and the other candidates, engaged in different environmental activities and visited different places to promote the cause of Miss Earth which is the environmental awareness.^[5][6][7]

The pageant was won by Alejandra, who represented Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and her runners-up are: Marlyn Mora Jimenez (represented Farallones de Cali) as Miss Earth-Air Colombia 2014; Alexandra Herrera (represented Las Hermosas)as Miss Earth Water Colombia 2014; Alexandra Arboleda (represented Katios) as Miss Earth Fire Colombia 2014.^[8] Marlyn Mora Jimenez, being the first runner-up, is set to represent Colombia in Miss Supranational 2014. Her co-candidate, Monica Castaño, was chosen to compete at Miss Grand International 2014.

Miss Earth 2014

By winning Miss Earth Colombia, Alejandra flew to the Philippines in November to compete with almost 100 other candidates to be Alyz Henrich's^[9][10] successor as Miss Earth.

At the conclusion of the pageant, Alejandra was declared as part of the Top 16 semifinalists. However, she was not able to advance in the next round. The Miss Earth 2014 title was won by Jamie Herrell of the Philippines.^[11][12][13]

References

1. "Miss Earth Colombia - Bogotá - Environmental Conservation, Organization". Facebook. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
2. username: ColombianDiva (1 September 2014). "ALEJANDRA VILLAFAÑE ❥ MISS EARTH COLOMBIA 2014 // OT". Missosology. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
3. Feira, Segunda (1 September 2014). "Miss Colombia Earth 2014 Alejandra Villafañe Osorio". O Universo dos concursos. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
4. "Bienvenida Alyz! (in Spanish)". Miss Earth Colombia. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
5. New York Times, World News (2003-10-30). "Afghanistan: Anti-Pageant Judges". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
6. "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
7. Enriquez, Amee (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
8. Field, Leila (1 September 2014). "Alejandra Villafañe Osorio crowned Miss Earth Colombia 2014". Angelopedia. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
9. Blanco, Eunice (2013). "Alyz Henrich of Venezuela is Miss Earth 2013". Philippine Star. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
10. "Venezuela's Alyz Henrich wins Miss Earth 2013". MSN. 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
11. "الفلبينية هيريل تنتزع تاج جمال الأرض (in Arabic)". Elaph.com. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
12. "La corona de Miss Tierra se quedó en casa (in Spanish)". El Universal. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
13. "MISS PHILIPPINES CROWNED MISS EARTH 2014". The Times of India. 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

External links

• Miss Earth Colombia official website
• Miss Earth Colombia official Facebook page
• Miss Earth official website