Paulina Vega biography: 13 things about Miss Universe 2014

Who is Paulina Vega?

Paulina Vega Dieppa is a Colombian television host, model and beauty queen. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is of French and Spanish descent.
2. Her grandfather Gastón Vega is a Colombian tenor.
3. She was born in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia to Rodolfo Vega Llama and Laura Dieppa.
4. She attended Colegio Karl C. Parrish and the German School of Barranquilla in Barranquilla and Colegio Andino in Bogota, Colombia.
5. She studied business administration at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota.
6. She is the second Miss Universe from Colombia.
7. She is 5’10” tall.
8. Her grandmother Elvira Castillo is Miss Atlantico 1953.
9. She won Miss Colombia 2013.
10. She won Miss Universe 2014.
11. From 2016 to 2021, she hosted the Caracol TV show “A Otro Nivel”.
12. She was a Miss Universe 2019 judge.
13. On January 15, 2025, she turned 32.

TIMELINE

2013

• On November 11, 2013, she represented Atlantico at Miss Colombia 2013 and competed against 20 other candidates at the Auditorio Getsemani-Centro de Convenciones Julio César Turbay Ayala in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. She won the title.

2014

• On November 17, 2014, she crowned her successor Miss Colombia 2014 Ariadna Gutierrez at the Auditorio Getsemani-Centro de Convenciones Julio César Turbay Ayala.

2015

• On January 25, 2015, she represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2014 and competed against 87 other candidates at the FIU Arena in Miami, Florida, United States. She won the title.
• On February 8, 2015, she attended the second gala of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015 at Univision Studios in Miami.
• On November 18, 2015, she attended the 2015 Person of the Year event honoring Roberto Carlos held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 
• On December 20, 2015, Steve Harvey incorrectly announced Gutierrez as Miss Universe 2015 so she crowned Gutierrez as her successor but shortly after, he announced the correct results so she had to transfer the crown from Gutierrez to her real successor Pia Wurtzbach.

2016

• On February 18, 2016, she attended Univision’s 28th Edition of Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina on February 18, 2016 in Miami.
• On September 9, 2016, she attended the #TOMMYNOW Women’s Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week at Pier 19 in New York City, New York, USA.

2018

• On December 6, 2018, she attended the TAG Heuer celebration of Art Basel Miami 2018 with the launch of Alec Monopoly’s special edition timepieces in Miami.

2019

• In February 2019, she hosted the opening ceremony of the 2019 Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Viña del Mar, Chile.
• On May 2, 2019, she revealed on her website that after she gained 2.2 pounds in the 18 months following her Miss Universe 2014 reign, a modeling agency in New York deemed her plus-size.
• On December 8, 2019, she was a Miss Universe 2019 judge at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

2020

• In 2020, she hosted the Caracol TV show “Canta Conmigo”.

2021

• In May 2021, she served as a Miss Universe 2020 expert analyst on Telemundo.
• On November 30, 2021, she hosted a TAG Heuer event in Miami Beach, Florida.

2022

• On May 8, 2022, she attended the 2022 Miami Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida.

2023

• On March 22, 2023, she attended the launch event for OMEGA Aqua Terra Shades at Embankment Galleries, Somerset House in London, England, United Kingdom.
• In October 2023, she attended a L’Oréal event in Paris, France.