10 things about Miss Grand Argentina 2020 Mariana Varela

Mariana Jesica Varela represented Argentina in Miss Universe and Miss Grand International. These are two of the six grand slam international beauty pageants for women along with Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Supranational.

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BIOGRAPHY

Varela is an Argentine journalist, model and beauty queen from Burzaco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Buenos Aires.
2. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Universidad De Avellaneda in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires.
3. She was a Miss Universo Argentina 2016 candidate.
4. She won Miss Universo Argentina 2019.
5. She was a Miss Universe 2019 candidate.
6. She is Miss Grand Argentina 2020.
7. She was a Miss Grand International 2020 finalist.
8. In 2022, she and Fabiola Valentin got married.
9. On August 26, 2024, she turned 28.
10. In 2025, she visited Colombia.

TIMELINE

Varela is 5’9″ tall. She speaks Spanish and English.

2010s

• On November 6, 2016, she competed against 15 other finalists at Miss Universo Argentina 2016 in Buenos Aires. She was unplaced.
• On October 17, 2019, she competed against 13 other finalists at Miss Universo Argentina 2019 at the Teatro Broadway in Buenos Aires. She won the title.
• On December 8, 2019, she represented Argentina at Miss Universe 2019 and competed against 89 other candidates at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She was unplaced.

2020s

• In October 2020, she was appointed as Miss Grand Argentina 2020.
• On March 27, 2021, she represented Argentina at Miss Grand International 2020 and competed at SHOW DC in Bangkok, Thailand against 62 other candidates including Valentin, who represented Puerto Rico. Both she and Valentin finished in the Top 10.
• On October 28, 2022, she and Valentin got married at Centro Judicial de San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• On October 31, 2022, she and Valentin announced their marriage on social media.
• In March 2025, she traveled to Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.