13 things about Miss Universe Colombia 2023 Camila Avella

Maria Camila Avella Montañez represented Colombia in the 72nd edition of Miss Universe. It was won by Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua.

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BIOGRAPHY

Avella is a Colombian journalist, television presenter, model and beauty queen. She is the only daughter of Reynaldo Avella and Martha Montañez.

Camila’s husband Nassif Kamle is a businessman. He is Juliana Fajardo‘s son.

On June 26, 2025, Camila turned 30. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born and raised in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia.
2. She attended the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota, Colombia.
3. She and Kamle have a daughter named Amelia Kamle Avella.
4. In 2005, she started competing in tennis tournaments.
5. In 2014, she joined Next Model Management Miami in Miami, Florida, United States.
6. In 2016, she visited Spain.
7. In 2017, she visited China.
8. She was supposed to represent Casanare at Señorita Colombia 2018 but she was disqualified because she had a manager, Fernan Martinez, and an existing employment contract as a host of the TV show “Desafio Super Humanos” on Caracol Television.
9. In 2019, she and Nassif visited Turkiye and got engaged.
10. In 2020, she and Nassif got married.
11. In 2021, she became a mother.
12. She won Miss Universe Colombia 2023.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2023 finalist.

TIMELINE

Camila is 5’10” tall. She the first mother and the first married woman to represent Colombia in Miss Universe.

2010s

• In March 2014, she signed with Next Model Management Miami.
• In September 2015, she walked the runway in a New York Fashion Week show in New York, USA.
• In March 2016, she traveled to Segovia, Spain.
• In December 2016, she was in Central Park, New York.
• In May 2017, she traveled to Shanghai, China.
• In June 2017, she visited San Andres y Providencia, Colombia.
• In October 2019, she and Nassif traveled to Istanbul, Türkiye.
• On December 25, 2019, Kamle proposed to her and she said yes.

2020

• On June 20, 2020, she and Kamle got married.
• In April 2021, she gave birth to Amelia.
• On September 2, 2023, she represented Casanare at Miss Universe Colombia 2023 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Puerta de Oro Centro de Eventos del Caribe in Puerta de Oro, Barranquilla, Colombia. She won the title.
• On November 19, 2023, she represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador. She finished in the Top 5.
• On June 2, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Colombia 2024 Daniela Toloza at the Puerta de Oro Centro de Eventos del Caribe.