Valeria Rees biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Costa Rica 2021

Valeria Rees Loria is a Costa Rican model and beauty queen born and raised in Heredia, Costa Rica. She is 5’9″ tall and she loves travelling.

After surviving anorexia, Rees founded the Open Cage Foundation. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2010, she started modelling professionally.
2. In 2016, she was one of the contestants of “Batalla de Talentos.”
3. In March 2018, she visited Miami, Florida, United States.
4. On October 15, 2019, she competed at Miss Mundo Costa Rica World 2019. She was second runner-up to Jessica Jiménez Muñoz.
5. On November 18, 2020, she was one of the 10 finalists who competed for the Miss Costa Rica 2020 title at the Estudio Marco Picado in Nunciatura, San José Province, San José, Costa Rica. She was runner-up to Ivonne Cerdas.
6. On August 30, 2021, she was officially appointed Miss Costa Rica 2021, making her Costa Rica’s Miss Universe 2021 candidate. While reigning as Miss Universe Costa Rica 2021, she was pursuing her law degree.
7. On December 12, 2021, she represented Costa Rica at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel. She was unplaced.
8. On September 28, 2022, she returned to the Estudio Marco Picado in Nunciatura to crown her successor Miss Costa Rica 2022 Maria Fernanda Rodriguez.
9. In October 2022, she walked for Leonisa at Costa Rica Fashion Week 2022 at Antigua Aduana in San José, Costa Rica.
10. On June 5, 2023, she turned 30.
11. On September 21, 2023, Kurt Werner proposed to her in Positano, Campania, Italy and she said yes.
12. On November 18, 2023, she attended the Miss Universe 2023 coronation ceremony at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador.
13. In December 2023, she was in New York, United States.

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