Fabiola Valentín and Mariana Varela

Mariana Jessica Varela and Fabiola Krystal Valentín González are an Argentine and Puerto Rican female married couple who have both won beauty contests in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Mariana Varela
Born
Mariana Jessica Varela

(1996-08-26) August 26, 1996 (age 28)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Occupation(s)Model, actress
Known forbeing Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
Spouse
Fabiola Valentín
(m. 2022)
[1]
Fabiola Valentín
Born
Fabiola Krystal Valentín González

(1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 25)
Camuy, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
OccupationModel
Known forbeing Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 and Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020
Spouse
Mariana Varela
(m. 2022)
[2]

Mariana Varela

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Mariana Jessica Varela (born August 26, 1996) is a model, actress and winner of the Miss Universe Argentina 2019 beauty pageant, which led her to represent Argentina in Miss Universe 2019. She was also the Argentine representative in the Miss Grand International 2020 competition, where she reached the Top 10 semifinalists.[3]

Miss Universe Argentina 2019

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Varela participated in the beauty contest, where she won the title. It was crowned by its national director, Osmel Souza.[4]

Miss Universe 2019

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Varela competed in the Miss Universe 2019 pageant and emerged as one of the favorite contestants. However, she failed to win the beauty pageant.[5]

Miss Grand International 2020

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Varela relinquished her title of Miss Universe Argentina 2019 by earning the title of Miss Grand Argentina 2020. She represented her country in the competition held in Bangkok. Varela managed to enter the quota in her country because the previous year she did not compete, Varela was among the top ten along with representatives of Puerto Rico (Fabiola Valentín), Malaysia (Jasebel Shalani), Czech Republic (Denisa Spergerova) and Thailand (Chantarapadit Namfon).[6]

Fabiola Valentín

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Fabiola Krystal Valentín González (born September 9, 1999)[7][8] is known for working as a model for different popular brands and magazine covers. She has represented her country Puerto Rico, on the stage of Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019, where she won the title of Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020, which led her to represent Puerto Rico in the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant in Thailand.[9][10]

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019

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Valentín participated representing Camuy in the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 pageant, occupying the second place, with Madison Anderson as the winner.[11][12]

Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020

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Fabiola was designated Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020, as due to the COVID-19 pandemic the pageant could not be held.[13]

Miss Grand International 2020

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She represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 27, 2021, where she qualified for the top 10 Miss Grand International 2020 alongside representatives from Argentina (Mariana Varela), Malaysia (Jasebel Shalani), Czech Republic (Denisa Spergerova) and Thailand (Chantarapadit Namfon).[14] In the end, the representative of the United States was victorious.[15][16]

Personal lives

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In 2022 Valentín and Varela announced their marriage in San Juan de Puerto Rico,[17] two years after competing in the Miss Grand International 2020[18] against each other.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico are not single anymore, 3 November 2022, retrieved 2023-05-27
  2. ^ Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico are not single anymore, 3 November 2022, retrieved 2023-05-27
  3. ^ Times, I. D. N. "10 Pesona Mariana Varela, Miss Grand Argentina 2020 yang Fabulous". IDN Times (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ^ Missosology (17 de octubre de 2019). «Mariana Varela is Miss Universo Argentina 2019». Missosology (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 12 de mayo de 2021.
  5. ^ "Mariana J Varela unsucces get the crown". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  6. ^ "Miss Grand International 2020: Grand expectations". Rappler. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  7. ^ "Instagram de Fabiola Valentin". instagram.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  8. ^ LR, Redacción (2022-10-30). "Miss Grand International: ¿Quiénes son las reinas de belleza que se casaron en secreto?". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  9. ^ Angelique Reyes. "Fabiola K. Valentín appointed Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020". Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ By Harry Rodríguez Caraballo. "Fabiola Valentín stands out in the preliminary of Miss Grand International". Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  11. ^ "¿Será una de ellas la nueva Miss Universe Puerto Rico?". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  12. ^ Rodríguez, Yomaris (13 May 2019). "Miss Camuy responde al llamado de su pueblo". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  13. ^ "Fabiola Valentín Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2020 Rumbo a Tailandia". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  14. ^ "Miss Grand International 2020: Grand expectations". Rappler. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  15. ^ Damaris Hernández Mercado (27 March 2021). "Fabiola Valentín logra quedar entra las diez en el Miss Grand International". Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  16. ^ Por Harry Rodríguez Caraballo (3 December 2020). "Nuevas reinas puertorriqueñas para Miss Grand International, Miss Supranational y Miss International". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  17. ^ "Beauty queens Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico secretly marry - National | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  18. ^ Fabiola Valentin & Mariana Varela, Miss Grand 2020 full performance, November 2022, retrieved 2023-05-27
  19. ^ "Mariana Varela y Fabiola Martin, historia de amor entre dos misses". HOLA (in Spanish). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  20. ^ "Miss Argentina y Miss Puerto Rico 2020 anuncian por sorpresa que se han casado". cadena SER (in European Spanish). 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-04.