10 things about Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 Ana Gabriela Villanueva

Ana Gabriela Villanueva Jolón competed in the 53rd edition of Miss Universe Guatemala. She represented Guatemala in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Villanueva is a Mexican-Guatemalan beauty queen from Santa Cruz Naranjo, Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her father Alberto Villanueva is Mexican.
2. Her mother Olga Jolón is Guatemalan.
3. She is the youngest of three siblings.
4. She was born in 2002.
5. In 2021, she entered the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala City, Guatemala to pursue a bachelor’s degree in legal and social sciences.
6. She won Nuestra Belleza Santacruceña 2023.
7. In 2024, she visited the United States and Mexico.
8. She is Miss Teen Turismo Nacional Guatemala 2024.
9. She was originally Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 first runner-up.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

Villanueva is 5’8″ tall. She donated $6,000 of her Voice for Change prize winnings at Miss Universe 2024 to Voice for the Hungry Guatemala.

2023

• On April 22, 2023, she was crowned as the Nuestra Belleza Santacruceña 2023 winner in Santa Cruz Naranjo.

2024

• On January 8, 2024, she represented Santa Rosa at Miss Teen Nacional Guatemala 2023 and competed against 11 other candidates at the Teatro de San Juan in Guatemala City. She ranked second and was crowned Miss Teen Turismo Nacional Guatemala 2024.
• On June 21, 2024, she attended the launch of Colgate Luminous White Glow in Guatemala.
• On July 7, 2024, she represented Santa Rosa at Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 and competed against 22 other candidates at the Centro Cultural Cesar Brañas in Antigua, Guatemala. She was runner-up to Andrea Radford.
• On August 25, 2024, she was crowned Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 after Radford, who was pregnant, gave up the title.
• On September 13, 2024, she attended the signing of agreement between Food for the Hungry Guatemala and Miss Universe Guatemala.
• On September 22, 2024, she was interviewed by Juan Pablo Zether.
• On September 23, 2024, she was at Hotel Alcazar Doña Victoria in Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
• On October 13, 2024, she visited Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA for the first time and participated in a traditional parade of Hispanic heritage in the city.
• On October 23, 2024, she traveled from Guatemala to Mexico City, Mexico.
• On October 29, 2024, she visited the embassy of Guatemala in Mexico.
• On November 14, 2024, she was chosen as one of the three gold winners of the Voice for Change competition of Miss Universe 2024.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Guatemala at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Cuidad de Mexico in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.  She was unplaced.

2025

• On July 12, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Guatemala 2025 Raschel Paz at the Centro de Ferias y Mercados de Quetzaltenango (CEFEMERQ) in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.