Gabriela Tafur

Gabriela Tafur
Gabriela Tafur
	Tafur in 2018
Born	Gabriela Tafur Náder; 7 July 1995 (age 29); Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Alma mater	University of Los Andes
Height	5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)[citation needed]
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Colombia 2018
Hair color	Light Brown[citation needed]
Eye color	Brown[citation needed]
Major; competition(s)	Miss Colombia 2018 (winner); Miss Universe 2019 (top 5);

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 and reached the Top 5.^[1]

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.^[2] She speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.^[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 Miss Universe 2019 and reached the top five together with Paweensuda Drouin of Thailand.^[8]^[9]

References

^ noticiasrcn.com (2019-12-08). "¡Orgullo colombiano! Gabriela Tafur quedó en el top 5 de Miss Universo 2019". ¡Orgullo colombiano! Gabriela Tafur quedó en el top 5 de Miss Universo 2019 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^ "La nouvelle Miss Colombie est d'origine libanaise" (in French). November 16, 2018.
^ "Srta. Colombia® 2019 Gabriela Tafur Nader | Señorita Colombia". www.srtacolombia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

Official Miss Colombia website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kiara Ortega H'Hen Niê	Miss Universe top 5 Finalist (with Paweensuda Drouin) 2019	Succeeded by Adline Castelino (3rd Runner-Up) Kimberly Jiménez (4th Runner-Up)
Preceded by Laura González, Cartagena	Miss Colombia 2018	Succeeded by María Fernanda Aristizábal, Quindío
Preceded by Valeria Morales, Valle del Cauca	Miss Universe Colombia 2019	Succeeded by Laura Olascuaga, Bolívar

[1] ticiasrcn.com (2019-12-08). "¡Orgullo colombiano! Gabriela Tafur quedó en el top 5 de Miss Universo 2019". ¡Orgullo colombiano! Gabriela Tafur quedó en el top 5 de Miss Universo 2019 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.

[2] "La nouvelle Miss Colombie est d'origine libanaise" (in French). November 16, 2018.

[3] "Srta. Colombia® 2019 Gabriela Tafur Nader | Señorita Colombia". www.srtacolombia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.

[4] "Gabriela Tafur Señorita Colombia 2019 denominada "Miss Académica"". eldiario.com (in Spanish). 16 November 2020.

[5] "Gabriela Tafur - Senorita Colombia 2019". awardgoesto. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

[6] "Gabriela Tafur, Señorita Colombia 2018, sueña con lanzarse a la política". lafm.com (in Spanish). 12 December 2018.

[7] "Señorita Colombia® asiste a conferencia LDE en el Líbano". June 5, 2019.

[8] "Gabriela Tafur Nader crowned Senorita Colombia 2019". indiatimes.com.

[9] ""Menos corrupción, más calidad": Gabriela Tafur habló del Paro Nacional y defendió las protestas". Protagonista (in Spanish). 9 December 2019.

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v t e Miss Colombia titleholders
1930s	Yolanda Emiliani (1934)
1940s	María de la Piedad Gómez (1947) Myriam Carolina Sojo (1949)
1950s	María Leonor Navia (1951) Luz Marina Cruz (1953) Ligia Gallón Domínguez (1955) Doris Gil Santamaría (1957) Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958) María Stella Márquez (1959)
1960s	Sonia Heidman Gómez (1961) Martha Ligia Restrepo (1962) Leonor Duplat Sanjuán (1963) Martha Cecilia Calero (1964) Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena (1965) Elsa María Garrido (1966) Luz Elena Restrepo (1967) Margarita Reyes Zawadzky (1968) María Luisa Riasco (1969)
1970s	Piedad Mejía Trujillo (1970) María Luisa Lignarolo (1971) Ana Agudelo Correa (1972) Ella Cecilia Escandón (1973) Martha Lucía Echeverry (1974) María Helena Reyes (1975) Aura María Mojica (1976) Mary Shirley Sáenz (1977) Ana Milena Parra (1978) Patricia Arbeláez (1979)
1980s	Nini Johanna Soto (1980) María Teresa Gómez (1981) Julie Pauline Sáenz (1982) Susana Caldas (1983) Sandra Borda Caldas (1984) María Mónica Urbina (1985) María Patricia López (1986) Diana Patricia Arévalo (1987) María Teresa Eugorrola (1988) Lizeth Mahecha (1989)
1990s	Maribel Gutiérrez (1990) Paola Turbay (1991) Paula Andrea Betancur (1992) Carolina Gómez (1993) Tatiana Castro (1994) Lina María Gaviria (1995) Claudia Elena Vásquez (1996) Silvia Fernanda Ortiz (1997) Marianella Maal Paccini (1998) Catalina Acosta (1999)
2000s	Andrea Nocetti (2000) Vanessa Mendoza (2001) Diana Lucía Mantilla (2002) Catherine Daza (2003) Adriana Tarud Durán (2004) Valerie Domínguez (2005) Eileen Roca (2006) Taliana Vargas (2007) Michelle Rouillard (2008) Natalia Navarro (2009)
2010s	Catalina Robayo (2010) Daniella Álvarez (2011) Lucia Aldana (2012) Paulina Vega (2013) Ariadna Gutiérrez (2014) Andrea Tovar (2015) Laura González (2016) Valeria Morales (2017) Gabriela Tafur (2018) María Fernanda Aristizábal (2019)
2020s	Valentina Espinosa Guzmán (2021) Sofía Osío (2022)

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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