Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech was crowned Miss Universe Guatemala 2023 at the Gran Sala Efraín Recinos of Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias in Guatemala City, Guatemala on August 6, 2023. She is the first married woman and the first mother to win the title.
Runner-up to Cohn was Hassell Zúñiga of Izabal. The respective second, third, fourth and fifth runners-up were Brianna Herrarte of the Guatemalan community in the United States, Cielo Pereira of Alta Verapaz, Dayana García del Cid of San Raymundo and Evelyn Tejada of Santa Catarina Pinula.
Miss Universe Guatemala 2024
On July 7, 2024, Cohn will crown her successor at the Centro Cultural Cesar Brañas in Antigua, Guatemala. It is the 53rd edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the Miss Universe candidate of the country.
There are 23 women competing for the Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 crown. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 5 candidates:
5. María Reneé Mora Hernández (Quetzaltenango)
4. Dulce Valentina González Mendez (Guatemala Norte)
3. Isis Roshell Rodríguez Quiroa (Antigua Guatemala)
2. Mónica Andrea Aguilar Radford (Departamento de Guatemala)
1. Debbie Nohemy Ruiz (United States’ Guatemalan community)
Guatemala currently has three Miss Universe placements including the Top 15 finish of María del Rosario Molina Chacón in 1955. Representing the Central American country in the international beauty pageant, both Ilma Juieta Urrutia Chang and Jessica Maria Scheel Noyola finished in the Top 10 in 1984 and 2010, respectively.
On November 18, 2023, Cohn represented Guatemala at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was unplaced but she made history as the first mother and the first married woman to represent her home country in Miss Universe.
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