10 things about Miss Universe Colombia 2022 Maria Fernanda Aristizabal

María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea represented Colombia in the 71st edition of Miss Universe. It was won by R’Bonney Gabriel of the United States.

BIOGRAPHY

Aristizabal is a Colombian model and beauty queen born and raised in Armenia, Quindío, Colombia. She is of Spanish-French Basque descent.

On June 19, 2025, Aristizabal turned 28. Here are 10 more things about her:

She is Bernardo Alonso Aristizábal Franco and Bertha Lucía Urrea Posso‘s daughter.
She completed her elementary and high school education at the Colegio Franciscano San Luis Rey in Armenia.
In 2019, she started dating Daniel Arango.
She is Miss Quindío 2019.
She won Señorita Colombia 2019.
In 2021, she visited the United States and graduated from Luis Amigó Catholic University in Medellín, Colombia with a bachelor’s degree in media and journalism.
She was appointed Miss Universe Colombia 2022.
She was a Miss Universe 2022 semifinalist.
In 2024, she joined the Caracol Television reality show “Desafío 2024: XX años” as a host.
In 2025, she and Arango got engaged.

Aristizabal is 5’9″ tall. She is the first Señorita Colombia from Quindio.

On July 13, 2019, she started dating Arango.
On November 11, 2019, she represented Quindío at Señorita Colombia 2019 and competed against 21 other candidates at the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala in Cartagena, Colombia. She won the title.

As Señorita Colombia 2019, she was supposed to represent Colombia at Miss Universe 2020. However, Natalie Ackermann gained ownership of the Colombian franchise to Miss Universe in June 2020 and confirmed that she would not compete at Miss Universe 2020 because a new beauty pageant would be held.
In May 2021, she traveled to New York City, New York, USA.
In June 2021, she was in Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia.
In July 2021, she graduated from Luis Amigó Catholic University.
On April 6, 2022, she was appointed as Colombia’s Miss Universe 2022 candidate.
On January 14, 2023, she represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2022 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She finished in the Top 16.
On September 15, 2025, she and Arango got engaged.