Nashaira Balentien biography: 13 things about Miss World Curacao 2023

Who is Nashaira Balentien?

Nashaira Belisa Balentien Morales is a Curaçaoan-Colombian philanthropist, entrepreneur, business developer and beauty queen from Willemstad, Curacao. She later moved to Lagos, Nigeria.

Balentien represented Curaçao in Miss Universe and Miss World. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Her father is Curaçaoan and her mother is Colombian.
2. She speaks Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and English.
3. Aside from Curacao, Colombia and Nigeria, she has been to several other countries including Austria, the Dominican Republic, Eswatini, France, Ghana, Greece, India, the Maldives, Monaco, the Netherlands, Russia, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and the United States.
4. She has two brothers.
5. She is 5’10” tall.
6. In 2010, she started working as a salesgirl.
7. In 2013, she started her philanthropic work with Beautiful Helping Hands in Curaçao.
8. From 2014 to 2016, she attended Kolegio Alejandro Paula in Willemstad.
9. As Miss World Curaçao 2016, she was supposed to represent Curaçao at Miss World 2016 but she withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Sabrina Namias de Castro.
10. In 2017, she represented Curacao in the 66th edition of Miss Universe.
11. From August 2018 to May 2019, she was a VIP manager at Club Fix in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands.
12. From September 2018 to July 2022, she attended The Hague University of Applied Science in the Hague, Netherlands where she earned her bachelor’s degree in international and European law.
13. In 2024, she represented Curacao in the 71st edition of Miss World.

TIMELINE

2016

• On October 2, 2016, she competed against six other Miss Universe Curacao 2016 candidates at the Santa Barbara Beach and Golf Resort in Newport, Curacao. She ranked second and was crowned Miss World Curacao 2016.

2017

• In June 2017, she was appointed Miss Universe Curacao 2017.
• In September 2017, she traveled to New York City, New York, USA.
• On November 26, 2017, she represented Curaçao and Miss Universe 2017 and competed against 91 other candidates at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.

2018

• On February 11, 2018, she competed against four other Miss Grand Colombia 2018 candidate at the BH Tempo Hotel in Villeta, Cundinamarca, Colombia. She ranked third and was crowned Top Model Colombia 2019.
• In March 2018, she visited Bogota, Colombia.
• In June 2018, she visited Eswatini’s oldest protected area Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary.
• In July 2018, she traveled to Moscow, Russia.

2019

• In January 2019, she traveled to Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• In November 2019, she moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2020

• From February 2020 to July 2020, she was a sales manager at Sagardi in Amsterdam.
• In November 2020, she traveled to Higüey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic.

2021

• In March 2021, she became the chief executive officer of The Pageant House in Lagos.
• In July 2021, she visited the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
• In December 2021, she traveled to Accra, Ghana.

2022

• In August 2022, she traveled to London, England, U.K.
• On October 29, 2022, she was crowned Miss World Curacao 2022 in Willemstad. 

2023

• In January 2023, she became the CEO of Crepaway in Lagos.
• In April 2023, she founded Sky Garden Lagos in Lagos.
• In September 2023, she traveled to the Maldives and Greece.

2024

• In February 2024, she traveled to Paris, France.
• On March 9, 2024, she represented Curacao at Miss World 2023 and competed against 111 other candidates at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. She was unplaced.
• In May 2024, she traveled to Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
• In August 2024, she traveled to Vienna, Austria.

2025

• On September 12, 2025, she will turn 28.