13 things about Miss Universe Argentina 2023 Yamile Dajud

Yamile Lujan Dajud Zuluaga won the 16th edition of Miss Universe Argentina. She represented Argentina in the 72nd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Dajud is an Argentine-Colombian model and beauty queen born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her father Luis Enrique Dajud is a cardiologist originally from Sampués, Colombia and her mother Marina Zuluaga is a member of the Corporación de Belleza de Sucre in Sucre, Colombia.

Yamile, a resident of Rio Negro, Argentina, speaks Spanish, French and English. She is 5’10” tall and she enjoys extreme sports and photography.

On March 29, 2025, Dajud turned 29. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She previously lived in Bogota, Colombia.
2. She attended Colegio Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes and the Altair de la Sabana School, which are both in Sincelejo, Sucre.
3. In 2013, she visited the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom; Paris, France and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
4. In 2015, she visited Mexico.
5. In 2016, she visited the United States and started training at Corporación de Belleza de Sucre.
6. In 2017, she visited Turkiye.
7. In 2018, she visited Canada and Spain.
8. In 2020, she graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota with bachelor’s degree in communication.
9. She is Señorita Sucre 2021.
10. She was Señorita Colombia 2021 third runner-up.
11. In 2023, she visited El Salvador.
12. She won Miss Universe Argentina 2023.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2023 candidate.

TIMELINE

Dajud is a citizen of Argentina and Colombia and she competed in beauty pageants in both countries. She is Samir Enrique Dajud Zuluaga‘s sister.

2015

• In July 2015, she was in Mexico City, Mexico.

2016

• In June 2016, she visited Beverly Hills, California, United States and Washington D.C., USA.
• In August 2016, she was in Miami, Florida, USA.

2017

• In March 2017, she was in Cartagena, Colombia with her parents.
• In November 2017, she visited Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye.

2018

• In August 2018, she was in Québec City, Canada.
• In September 2018, she was in New York City, New York, USA.
• In October 2018, she was in Paris again.
• In November 2018, she was in Madrid, Spain.

2019

• In June 2019, she was an intern at Telefonica in Bogota.

2020

• In 2020, she graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with bachelor’s degree in communication.

2021

• In June 2021, she was appointed Señorita Sucre 2021.
• On November 14, 2021, she represented Sucre at Señorita Colombia 2021 and competed against 24 other candidates at Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center in Cartagena. She was third runner-up to Valentina Espinosa of Bolivar.

2022

• In December 2022, she visited Barcelona, Spain.

2023

• In February 2023, she joined the Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte in Bogota.
• On August 6, 2023, she represented Rio Negro at Miss Universe Argentina 2023 and competed against 21 other candidates. She won the title.
• On November 18, 2023, she represented Argentina at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was unplaced.

2024

• On May 25, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Argentina 2024 Magalí Benejam at Auditorio de Belgrano in Buenos Aires.