Mayra Alejandra Copas Sadud (27 April 1995 – 29 September 2023) was a Bolivian television presenter, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Santa Cruz 2013. This allowed her to represent the department of Santa Cruz in Miss Bolivia 2013 where she managed to place herself as first runner-up. She was later designated as Miss Model of the World Bolivia 2013 and later became a television presenter.
Mayra Copas | |
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| Born | 27 April 1995 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Died | 29 September 2023 (aged 28) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Santa Cruz 2013 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Bolivia 2013 (Runner up) |
Pageantry
editOn 21 March 2013, in a departmental beauty contest held by "Promociones Gloria" in the Sirionó salon of Fexpocruz, Copas was chosen as Miss Santa Cruz 2013, along with Claudia Tavel (as Miss Santa Cruz), Alejandra Aguilera (as Miss Litoral) and Cristina Montes (as Miss Litoral) managing to represent the department of Santa Cruz in Miss Bolivia 2013.[1]
Later life and career
editIn 2014, Copas married Elías Belmonte. On 1 February 2015, the first of her three children, a daughter, named Nayra Belmonte Copas was born.[2] On 11 May 2015, Copas entered Bolivian television for the first time, starting to work on Red PAT, in the program "La Línea Divisoria", hosted by actor and television presenter Pablo Fernández.[3][4]
Illness and death
editIn October 2022, after intestinal surgery, Copas was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[5] Shortly afterward, she died of the disease on 29 September 2023. She was 28.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Miss Santa Cruz 2013 es Mayra Copas". eabolivia.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Copia archivada" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Mayra Copas debuta en la pantalla chica". eju.tv (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Mayra Copas bella, humilde y solidaria". eldia.com (in Spanish). 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Exmiss Santa Cruz Mayra Copas necesita donantes de sangre y ayuda económica". Red Uno. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "El cáncer apaga la vida de Mayra Copas, Miss Santa Cruz 2013". El Deber. 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Tras una digna lucha, la ex Miss Santa Cruz Mayra Copas perdió la batalla ante el cáncer". Opinión. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.