Gabriela Tafur
Gabriela Tafur | |
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 Tafur in 2018 | |
| Born | Gabriela Tafur Náder 7 July 1995 Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia |
| Alma mater | University of Los Andes |
| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)[citation needed] |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Hair color | Light Brown[citation needed] |
| Eye color | Brown[citation needed] |
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Gabriela Tafur Náder (born 7 July 1995) is a Colombian lawyer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2018. She represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2019[1] and placed in the top five.[2]
Early life and education
Tafur was born in Cali on 7 July 1995 to parents Octavio Tafur and Olga Liliana Náder. She is of Lebanese descent (on her mother's side); her grandfather was originally from Chartoun, Aley District in Lebanon, and immigrated to Colombia during the Lebanese Civil War.[3]
After graduating from Colegio Bolivar in Cali, Tafur moved to Bogotá to study law at the University of Los Andes, where she graduated cum laude. After graduation, she worked as a lawyer in the legal department of Microsoft Colombia, and also acted as a coordinator for the commercial law specialization at the University of Los Andes.[4]
Career
Tafur began her modeling career as a teenager in 2009, after being selected for a modeling show in her hometown of Cali. This show led Tafur to begin a professional career as a model.[5]
Pageantry
Miss Colombia 2018
In 2018, Tafur competed in and won Miss Colombia 2018 in Cartagena, Colombia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Valeria Morales. Tafur won two supplementary titles during the competition: Miss Punctuality Bulova and Queen of the Police.[6]
As Miss Colombia, she was invited to the Lebanese diaspora energy conference held in Lebanon in June 2019.[7]
Miss Universe 2019
Tafur represented Colombia at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant and was placed as a top five finalist together with Paweensuda Drouin of Thailand.
References
- ^ "Gabriela Tafur Nader crowned Senorita Colombia 2019". indiatimes.com.
- ^ ""Menos corrupción, más calidad": Gabriela Tafur habló del Paro Nacional y defendió las protestas". Protagonista (in Spanish). 9 December 2019.
- ^ "La nouvelle Miss Colombie est d'origine libanaise" (in French). November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Gabriela Tafur Señorita Colombia 2019 denominada "Miss Académica"". eldiario.com (in Spanish). 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Gabriela Tafur - Senorita Colombia 2019". awardgoesto. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "Gabriela Tafur, Señorita Colombia 2018, sueña con lanzarse a la política". lafm.com (in Spanish). 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Señorita Colombia® asiste a conferencia LDE en el Líbano". June 5, 2019.
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- 1995 births
- Colombian beauty pageant winners
- Colombian female models
- Colombian people of Lebanese descent
- Colombian women lawyers
- Living people
- Miss Colombia winners
- Miss Universe 2019 contestants
- People from Cali
- University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni
- 21st-century Colombian lawyers
- 21st-century women lawyers