10 things about Miss Universe Paraguay 2024 Naomi Mendez

Claudia Naomi Méndez represented Argentina in the second edition of Miss Eco Universe. She represented Paraguay in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Mendez is an Argentine-Paraguayan entrepreneur, model and beauty queen from Asuncion, Paraguay. She is 5’7″ tall.

On March 8, 2025, Mendez turned 33. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Clorinda, Formosa, Argentina and raised by a single mother, who is Paraguayan.
2. In 2007, she moved from Clorinda to Asuncion, Paraguay to join the modeling agency of Paraguayan model Paola Hermann as a trainee and met her father for the first time.
3. In 2008, she competed in Miss Clorinda and was the second runner-up.
4. In 2016, she visited Egypt.
5. She is Miss Eco Universe Argentina 2016.
6. She was a Miss Eco Universe 2016 semifinalist.
7. In 2019, she co-founded Storm Cycling, a company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and dedicated to women’s physical and mental health.
8. In 2024, visited Mexico.
9. She is Miss Universe Paraguay 2024.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

Mendez reigned as Miss Universe Paraguay 2024 pursuing a master’s degree in global business administration and based in Dubai. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Valentina Alekseeva of Russia.

2010s

• On April 14, 2016, she represented Argentina at Miss Eco Universe 2016, competed against 53 other candidates at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Giza, Egypt and finished in the Top 16.

2020s

• On May 29, 2024, the Reinas del Paraguay organization officially appointed her Miss Universe Paraguay 2024 at the Sheraton Hotel in Asuncion.
• On September 25, 2024, she visited the embassy of Paraguay in the UAE and met the ambassador Carolin Konter Lopez.
• On October 10, 2024, she had a meeting with Paraguay’s justice minister Rodrigo Nicora Villamayor.
• On October 13, 2024, she went to Mexico.
• On October 16, 2024, she visited the office of Gloria Amarilla Acosta, the ambassador of Paraguay in Mexico.
• On October 17, 2024, she visited the Miss Universe organization’s offices in Mexico and met the organization’s co-owner Raul Rocha.
• On October 18, 2024, she visited the Centro Penitenciario y de Reinserción Social-Chalco in San Mateo Huitzilzingo, Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, Mexico.
• On October 19, 2024, she met Miss Universe advisor Osmel Sousa.
• On October 27, 2024, she went to New York City, New York, United States.
• On October 29, 2024, she went back to Mexico.
• She and her fellow Miss Universe 2024 candidates Alma Cooper, María Fernanda Beltrán, Raynae Myers, Rhea Singha and Suchata Chuangsri were chosen to participate in press tours and cultural exchanges in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on November 6, 2024.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Paraguay at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She was unplaced.