Gabriela Tafur
Gabriela Tafur | |
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 Tafur in 2018 | |
| Born | Gabriela Tafur Náder 7 July 1995 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] |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Miss Colombia 2018[edit]
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[edit]
Tafur represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2019 and reached the top five together with Paweensuda Drouin of Thailand.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
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- 1995 births
- Colombian beauty pageant winners
- Colombian female models
- Colombian people of Lebanese descent
- Colombian women lawyers
- Living people
- Miss Colombia winners
- Miss Universe 2019 contestants
- Models from Cali
- University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni
- 21st-century Colombian lawyers
- 21st-century women lawyers