Mariana Downing biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2023

Mariana Isabel Downing is a British-Dominican actress, model and beauty queen from Sánchez Ramirez, Dominican Republic. She was born in the United States to a British father, who is a diplomat, and a Dominican mother.

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Raised in Los Angeles, California, USA, Downing later moved to Miami, Florida, USA. She graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, New York, USA.

Marc Anthony is 27 years older than Downing. They dated in 2017.

Downing is 5’9″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2013, she signed with The Osbrink Agency in Los Angeles.
2. In 2015, she moved from Los Angeles to Miami and signed with Wilhelmina Model Agency. She appeared in the music video of ASAP Rocky‘s song “Everyday“, which was released on May 8, 2015.
3. On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti. On October 17, 2016, she went to Fermathe, Ouest, Haiti to humanitarian work in collaboration with The Jack Brewer Foundation. On November 12, 2016, she attended the 22nd Annual InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball in Miami.
4. On December 31, 2016, she and her then boyfriend Marc Anthony spent New Year’s Eve together in the Dominican Republic. They met at a dinner party in Miami. She is 27 years younger than him.
5. On March 21, 2017, she and Anthony attended the Maestro Cares Foundation‘s fourth annual gala together in New York City. In May 2017, she participated in a Rosa Clara event in Barcelona, Spain.
6. In June 2017, she had a photo shoot on the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. In the same month, she and Anthony broke up. In July 2017, he started dating Raffaella Modugno.
7. On October 13, 2017, she told La Palme Magazine, “The most impactful humanitarian work I have done is working in Haiti after they got hit by hurricane Mathew. It really touched and broke my heart to see such a beautiful country so under cared for. Families that had so little and so little help from their own government.”
8. In May 2018, she attended the 71st edition of Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. In September 2018, she was at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
9. In October 2019, she was photographed for the cover of L’Officiel Ukraine.
10. She played Alice in the film “Now is Everything“, which was released in the United States on February 28, 2020.
11. On September 3, 2023, she represented Sánchez Ramirez at Miss Republica Dominicana 2023 and competed against 23 other candidates at Centro de Convenciones Sambil in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She won the title.
12. On November 18, 2023, she represented the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was unplaced.
13. On May 5, 2024, she will crown her successor Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2024 at Sambil Santo Domingo in Santo Domingo. On May 31, 2024, she will turn 28.