Natalia Valenzuela

Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Natalia Valenzuela April 16, 1989 Neiva, Colombia
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Huila 2010 Miss Colombia International 2010
Major competition(s)	Miss Colombia 2010 (1st runner-up) Miss International 2011 (did not place)

Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva (born April 16, 1989 in Neiva) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder. Cutiva won the Miss Huila 2010 contest^[1] which allowed her to participate in the Miss Colombia 2010 pageant, where she won the title of 1st princess (2nd runner-up) and Miss Colombia International.

Early life

Cutiva was born in Neiva on April 16, 1989. Cutiva's measurements are 86–61–91 (centimeters); she is 1.77 meters tall and has brown eyes, brown hair and white skin.^[2] She has studied performance arts and is part of the Casting models agency.^[3]Natalia now works for a Colombian private television network RCN TV as a television program presenter, for the show, Style RCN in Spanish Estilo RCN.^[4]

Miss Colombia 2010

Cutiva represented the department of Huila in Miss Colombia 2010, held in Cartagena de Indias, on November 15, 2010. She was crowned as 1st princess after obtaining some of the highest scores: 9.7 in the evening gown competition and 9.6 in the swimsuit competition.^[5] In addition, Cutiva also won several special awards prior to the final competition for Miss Colombia: Miss National Police, Miss Bodytech Figure (Best Body)^[6] and Miss Natural Beauty.

Traditionally 1st runners-up represent Colombia at Miss International, but the maximum age to compete is 24, at the time of the event. Lizeth Gonzalez was therefore delegated to represent Colombia in the 18 version of Top Model of the World and Valenzuela took her place in Miss International 2011.^[7]

Miss International 2011

On November 6, 2011, Valenzuela competed at the Miss International 2011 ^[8] pageant, held in Chengdu (China), when she represented her country Colombia, but did not place.

References

1. Natalia se quedó con la corona, (spanish).
2. Biografía, (spanish).
3. Natalia con sentido social, (spanish).
4. "Natalia Valenzuela, la nueva cara de Estilo RCN" (in Spanish). canalrcnmsn.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
5. Velada de Elección y Coronación Señorita Colombia 2010 minuto a minuto, (spanish).
6. La Señorita Huila®, Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva, es la nueva Figura Bodytech, (spanish).
7. La Virreina Nacional® participará en Top Model of the World, (spanish).
8. http://www.miss-international.org/en/news/2011/11/representing-ecuador-fernanda-cornejo-22-has-been-crowned-miss-international-2011-3.html