# Michelle Cohn

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{{short description|Guatemalan beauty pageant titleholder (born 1995)}}
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{{Infobox pageant titleholder 
| name            = Michelle Cohn Bech
| birth_name      = Melanie Michelle Cohn Beck 
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| birth_place     = [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City), Guatemala
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| children        = 2
| education       = [Galileo University](/source/Galileo_University)
| title           = [Miss Guatemala](/source/Miss_Guatemala) 2023
| competitions    = {{ubl|[Miss Grand International 2013](/source/Miss_Grand_International_2013) (Unplaced)|Miss Guatemala 2023 (Winner)|[Miss Universe 2023](/source/Miss_Universe_2023) (Unplaced)}}
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'''Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech''' is a Guatemalan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [Miss Guatemala](/source/Miss_Guatemala) 2023 and represented her country at [Miss Universe 2023](/source/Miss_Universe_2023), held in El Salvador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/entretenimiento/2023/08/11/miss-guatemala-se-convertira-en-la-primera-concursante-del-miss-universo-casada-y-con-hijos/|title=Miss Guatemala se convertirá en la primera concursante del Miss Universo casada y con hijos|publisher=Infobae|language=ES|date=August 11, 2023|accessdate=August 19, 2023}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born in Guatemala City, Cohn is the daughter of an English father and a Guatemalan mother. She graduated from [Galileo University](/source/Galileo_University), where she obtained a degree in public image and media. She is a model, television presenter and also does philanthropic work through her beach clothing venture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/us-es/celebrities/20230810349037/michelle-cohn-miss-guatemala-2023-miss-universe-bikini/|title=LA PRIMERA MAMÁ EN PARTICIPAR EN MISS UNIVERSE SORPRENDE CON SU FIGURA EN BIKINI|publisher=HOLA.com|language=ES|date=August 10, 2023|accessdate=August 19, 2023}}</ref>

Asked about her most difficult time as a model, she says that she has not had any. However, she says that when people judge her for how she looks, and at times say that she does not look Guatemalan, then "I've felt a little bad because I'm 100% Guatemalan, so I don't know how to sometimes explain to people that this is a multicultural country and that we don't all look the same and that that's the beauty of society."<ref name=":0" />

== Beauty pageants ==
Cohn won [Miss Grand Guatemala](/source/Miss_Grand_Guatemala) 2013, as well as Miss Guatemala Latina 2013, and then represented her country at Miss Latin America in the Dominican Republic, where she reached the top five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecuavisa.com/entretenimiento/television/michelle-cohn-miss-universo-casada-hijos-latina-EY5760897|title=Esta latina se convirtió en la primera concursante del Miss Universo casada y con hijos en la historia|publisher=Ecuavisa.com|language=Es|date=August 14, 2023|accessdate=August 19, 2023}}</ref>

===Miss Guatemala 2023===
On August 10, 2023, Cohn won Miss Universe Guatemala. She is the first married woman with children to win the beauty pageant. She then represented her country at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Aldana |first=Marysabel |date=August 11, 2023 |title=Michelle Cohn: madre, empresaria y representante de Miss Universo Guatemala |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/vida/escenario/michelle-cohn-madre-empresaria-y-representante-de-miss-universo-guatemala/ |accessdate=January 28, 2025 |publisher=Prensa Libre.com |language=ES}}</ref>

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{{S-bef|before=[Ivana Batchelor](/source/Ivana_Batchelor)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[Miss Guatemala](/source/Miss_Guatemala)
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Category:1995 births
Category:Living people
Category:Guatemalan beauty pageant winners
Category:Guatemalan people of British descent
Category:People from Guatemala City
Category:Miss Grand International 2013 contestants
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