Andrea Meza biography: 13 things about Miss Universe 2020

Alma Andrea Meza Carmona is a Mexican beauty queen, model and software engineer. She is vegan and she practices CrossFit and extreme sports, such as sand boarding and rappel.

Meza was born to Santiago Meza and Alma Carmona in Chihuahua City, Mexico. Andrea has two younger sisters namely Mariana Meza Carmona and Karen Meza Carmona.

Andrea is 5’10” tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. On March 25, 2016, she was crowned Miss Chihuahua 2016 at the Palacio de Gobierno de Chihuahua in Chihuahua City.
2. On October 14, 2016, she was crowned Miss Mexico 2017 while Ana Girault was crowned Miss Mexico 2016 at Teatro Morelos in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico in the inaugural edition of Miss Mexico.
3. On March 21, 2017, she graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH) in Chihuahua City with a bachelor’s degree in software engineering.
4. On November 18, 2017, she represented Mexico at Miss World 2017 and competed against 117 other candidates at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. She was runner-up to Manushi Chhillar.
5. On May 5, 2018, she crowned Miss World Mexico 2018 Vanessa Ponce at the Imperial Hall of Villa Toscana Eventos in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
6. As the official tourism brand ambassador for Chihuahua, she modeled in a wedding photo shoot with model Jorge Saenz. On September 3, 2019, he took to Instagram to share a photo from the campaign.
7. On January 11, 2020, she was appointed Mexicana Universal Chihuahua 2019.
8. She and Ryan Proctor first crossed paths on TikTok and after her birthday on August 13, 2020, they began chatting on Instagram.
9. On November 29, 2020, she represented Chihuahua at Mexicana Universal 2020 and competed against 29 other candidates at the Hotel Misión Grand Juriquilla in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. She won the title.
10. On May 16, 2021, she represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2020, competed against 73 other candidates at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States and won the title. On the same day, she and Proctor met in person for the first time in Miami, Florida.
11. On December 13, 2021, she crowned her successor Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu at the Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel.
12. On August 13, 2023, she turned 29.
13. On October 16, 2023, Proctor proposed to her in New York City, New York, USA and she said yes. On November 18, 2023, she and Julia Gama served as commentators of the Spanish-language telecast of Miss Universe 2023 through Telemundo.