10 things about Miss Universe Chile 2024 Emilia Dides

Emilia Ignacia Dides Maffei represented Chile in Miss Universe. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother Joanna Maffei is of Italian descent.

BIOGRAPHY

Dides is a Lebanese-Italian-Chilean singer and beauty queen from Vitacura, Santiago, Chile. She is trilingual.

On June 29, 2025, she turned 27. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Santiago.
2. She attended the Escuela Moderna de Música y Danza and Academia Alicia Puccio, which are both in Vitacura, and Universidad Mayor in Providencia, Chile.
3. She released several singles under the pseudonym Emi D.
4. In 2018, she started dating Toarii Valantin.
5. As the winner of “Rojo, el Color del Talento” Season 2 in 2019, she obtained a scholarship to study at Jackie Arredondo’s Music World in Miami, Florida, United States.
6. In 2021, she joined Warner Music Chile.
7. From 2022 to 2023, she released six songs under Warner Music Chile.
8. In 2024, she visited Mexico.
9. She won Miss Universo Chile 2024.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2024 finalist.

TIMELINE

Dides is 5’8″ tall. She speaks Spanish, English and French.

2010s

• She won “Rojo, el Color del Talento” Season 2, which aired on TVN from May 14, 2018 to December 20, 2019.
• In May 2019, she visited Miami Beach, Florida.

2020s

• On April 26, 2020, she watched the 2017 film “The Shack”.
• On May 25, 2021, she signed with Warner Music Chile.
• Warner Music Chile released her songs “Ya No Quiero Verte” on February 10, 2022 and “Talon de Aquiles” on August 11, 2022.
• Warner Music Chile released her songs “Hay Peligro” on March 2, 2023, “Inevitable” on May 11, 2023, “Quiereme Bien” on November 16, 2023.
• On February 1, 2024, Warner Music Chile released her collaboration song with Rosaly Rubio titled “Alter Ego”.
• On July 7, 2024, she represented Vitacura at Miss Universo Chile 2024 and competed against 24 other candidates at the Teatro Centro de Extensión Instituto Nacional (CEINA) in Santiago. She won the title.
• On November 14, 2024, she wore a Fernando Marínm dress in the Miss Universe 2024 preliminary round at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Chile at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena CDMX. She finished in the Top 12.
• On July 25, 2025, she hosted the Miss Universo Chile 2025 semifinals at the Studio 1 of Canal 13 in Santiago with Martin Cárcamo. 
• On August 1, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universo Chile 2024 Inna Moll at Canal 13’s Studio 1.