{{short description|Miss Colombia 2021, beauty pageant titleholder, Colombian model}} {{family name hatnote|Espinosa|Guzmán|lang=Hispanic American}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Valentina Espinosa | image = | caption = | birth_name = Valentina Espinosa Guzmán | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|1|17|df=yes}} <!-- sourced in <ref name="birth" --> | birth_place = Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia | height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}} | alma_mater = | hair_color = Light Brown | eye_color = Hazel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Espinosa on Instagram: "¡Happy Monday!" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf4KffesTSp/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref> | title = Miss Bolívar 2021<br />Miss Colombia 2021<br/>Miss Supranational Americas 2022 | competitions = Señorita Colombia 2021<br />(Winner)<br />Miss Supranational 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/entretenimiento/miss-supranational-el-concurso-al-que-ira-la-nueva-senorita-colombia-632318|title=Miss Supranational, el concurso al que irá la nueva Señorita Colombia|date=14 November 2021|access-date=15 November 2021|website=El Tiempo}}</ref><br />(Top 12) }} '''Valentina Espinosa Guzmán''' (born 17 January 1998<ref name=srtacol/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2021/11/15/tikitakas/1636947461_025756.html|title=Así es Valentina Espinosa, Señorita Colombia 2021, ganadora del Certamen Nacional de Belleza|date=14 November 2021|accessdate=15 November 2021|website=colombia.as}}</ref>) is a Colombian model, social communicator<ref name=srtacol>{{cite web|url=https://www.srtacolombia.org/es/candidatas/concurso-2021/valentina-espinosa|title=Srta Colombia {{!}} Valentina Espinosa|access-date=15 November 2021|website=www.srtacolombia.org}}</ref> and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of the Señorita Colombia 2021.
== Early life ==
Valentina was born on 17 January 1998 in Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia. She completed her secondary education at Aspaen Cartagena de Indias.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-11 |title=Aspaen Cartagena de Indias |url=https://aspaen.edu.co/cartagenadeindias/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aspaen Cartagena de Indias |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Local-business/aspaengcioficial/photos/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
She later graduated as a social communicator and journalist from the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Espinosa {{!}} Señorita Colombia 2019 |url=https://www.srtacolombia.org/es/candidatas/concurso-2021/valentina-espinosa |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.srtacolombia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Galindo |first=Anthonny |date=2021-11-14 |title=Así es Valentina Espinosa, Señorita Colombia 2021, ganadora del Certamen Nacional de Belleza |url=https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2021/11/15/tikitakas/1636947461_025756.html |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Diario AS |language=es-co}}</ref>
== Pageantry ==
=== Señorita Bolívar 2021 === Valentina Espinosa began her career as a beauty queen in 2021, when she received the title of Señorita Bolívar, thus gaining the responsibility of representing her department in the Miss Colombia pageant, which would be held in November of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FM |first=La |date=2021-03-15 |title=Sí habrá este año nueva Señorita Colombia |url=https://www.lafm.com.co/entretenimiento/si-habra-nueva-senorita-colombia-este-2021 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.lafm.com.co |language=spanish}}</ref>
=== Señorita Colombia 2021 === In the city of Cartagena de Indias, during November 2021, the competition began to choose the new Miss Colombia, who would become the successor of María Fernanda Aristizábal in the challenges leading up to the final night, Valentina was widely favoured by the audience, and was also a finalist in the competition for the Belleza Integral award.
On the 14th of November the election and coronation evening was held, in which Valentina managed to stand out to the point of reaching the top final of the contest. At the end of the night, she was crowned Miss Colombia 2021, becoming the seventh woman from Bolívar department to win this recognition, after Natalia Navarro was the last representative of the department to achieve it, during the 2009 edition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-15 |title=Valentina Espinosa, Señorita Colombia: “Seré una reina excelente” |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.co/farandula/valentina-espinosa-senorita-colombia-sere-una-reina-excelente-BM5718003 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.eluniversal.com.co |language=ES-es}}</ref>
=== Miss Supranational 2022 === Among her commitments as queen of the Colombians, she is set to participate in the Miss Supranational 2022 pageant, so she will travel this year to Poland to represent her country
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.misssupranational.com/home/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Miss Supranational - Official Website |language=en-US}}</ref> Valentina competed with the other 69 countries, by the end of the event, She ended up at Top 12.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Supranational - Meet the top 12 #misssupranational2022 #misssupranational {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/MissSupranational/photos/a.611633905610345/5257417871031902/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> also obtaining the sash of Miss Supranational Americas.<ref>{{Citation |title=LIVE! Miss Supranational 2022 Awardees - Miss Supranational {{!}} By Miss Supranational {{!}} LIVE! Miss Supranational 2022 Awardees |url=https://www.facebook.com/MissSupranational/videos/live-miss-supranational-2022-awardees/753581299392867/ |language=en |access-date=2022-07-15}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Instagram|valentinaespinosaguzman}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Espinosa, Valentina}} Category:Colombian female models Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cartagena, Colombia Category:Colombian beauty pageant winners Category:Universidad del Norte (Colombia) alumni