Maria Camila Avella Montañez, 27, of Casanare, Colombia is the first married woman and first mother to represent Colombia in Miss Universe. She and her husband Nassif Kamle, a businessman, have one daughter together.
Camila Avella
Avella is a journalist, a television presenter and a model. She was born and raised in Casanare.
Before getting married, Avella was supposed to represent Casanare at Señorita Colombia 2018 but she was disqualified. She was accused of having a manager, who is Fernan Martinez, and an existing employment contract as a host of the TV show “Desafio Super Humanos” on Caracol Television.
It was Gabriela Tafur Náder who won Señorita Colombia 2018. On December 8, 2019, she represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2019, competed against 89 other candidates at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and finished in the Top 5.
On December 25, 2019, Kamle proposed to Avella and she said yes. They got married on June 20, 2020 and they welcomed their daughter Amelia Kamle Avella in April 2021.
Miss Universe 2023
On September 2, 2023, Avella represented Casanare at Miss Universe Colombia 2023 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Puerta de Oro Centro de Eventos del Caribe in Puerta de Oro, Barranquilla, Colombia. She won the title.
Runner-up to Avella was Adriana Catalina Numa Vega, 24, of Norte de Santander. Lina María Hurtado Mosquera, 24, of Buenaventura was the second runner-up.
On November 18, 2023, Avella will represent Colombia at Miss Universe 2023 in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is the second mother confirmed to compete in the international beauty pageant following Michelle Cohn, 28, who was crowned Miss Universe Guatemala 2023 on August 6, 2023.
Cohn and Avela are expected to compete against more than 80 other candidates. Among them are the Netherlands’ Rikkie Valerie Kollé, 22, a transwoman, and the Philippines’ Michelle Dee, 28, a bisexual.
CONAN Daily 
I really, really like her. She will do great things for Colombia at Miss Universe 2023.
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