13 things about Miss Universe Honduras 2025 Alejandra Fuentes

Maira Alejandra Fuentes competed in Miss Honduras Universo twice. She represented Honduras in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Fuentes is a Honduran entrepreneur, model and beauty queen born and raised in Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras. She is an alumna of Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Escuela Superior de Empresariales y Relaciones Públicas (ESERP) Business School in Madrid, Spain.

Human rights is one of things Fuentes is passionate about. She owns Juguetería Dalú, a business venture that combines her social commitment with local economic development.

On March 25, 2025, Fuentes turned 31. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from UNITEC and a master’s degree in corporate communication from ESERP Business School.
2. From 2018 to 2019, she worked as a model in Spain.
3. In 2018, she visited Guatemala and the United States.
4. She was crowned Miss Honduras Internacional 2018 at Miss Mundo Honduras 2018.
5. In 2019, she visited France, Monaco and Switzerland.
6. She was Miss Honduras Universo 2019 first runner-up.
7. In 2021, she visited Costa Rica and worked as the Honduras Pavillion director at Expo Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
8. In 2022, she was a mentor and a delegate of the Art of Happiness and Mindfulness Academy of the Heart and Mind (AHAM) Girls at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations.
9. In 2023, she visited Japan and Mexico, completed a professional fellowship program in economic empowerment and worked as an associate business development specialist at the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
10. In 2024, she was an entrepreneurship specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a global ambassador at the International Council for Human Rights, Peace and Politics and a representative of Honduran Civil Society to the U.N. High-Level Political Forum.
11. In 2025, she visited Argentina, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Thailand.
12. She won Miss Honduras Universo 2025.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Fuentes was not able to represent Honduras at Miss International 2018 after winning Miss Honduras Internacional 2018. She was replaced by Valeria Cardona.

2010s

• In January 2018, she traveled to Antigua, Guatemala.
• On June 16, 2018, she represented Catacamas at Miss Mundo Honduras 2018 and competed against 24 other candidates at Hotel Quinta Real in La Ceiba, Honduras. She ranked second and was crowned Miss Honduras Internacional 2018.
• In October 2018, she traveled to Miami, Florida, USA.
• In November 2018, she traveled to Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• In January 2019, she traveled to Madrid, Spain.
• In April 2019, she traveled to Ibiza, Spain.
• In May 2019, she traveled to Nice, France and Monaco.
• In June 2019, she visited the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
• On October 26, 2019, she represented Olancho at Miss Honduras Universo 2019 and competed against 16 other candidates at the Infinity Bay Spa and Beach Resort in Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. She was runner-up to Rosemary Arauz.

2020s

• In October 2021, she walked for Duly Romero in a fashion show at Antigua Aduana in San Jose, Costa Rica.
• In November 2021, she traveled to Dubai.
• In April 2022, she traveled to Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
• In April 2023, she traveled to Japan.
• In June 2023, she traveled to Washington, D.C., USA.
• In August 2023, she visited Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
• In March 2024, she attended CSW68 in New York City, New York, USA.
• In March 2025, she traveled to Mendoza, Argentina and Mykonos, Greece.
• In May 2025, she traveled to Venice, Italy and Aveiro, Portugal.
• On July 10, 2025, she represented Olancho at Miss Honduras Universo 2025 and competed against 13 other candidates at Club Hondureño Árabe in San Pedro Sula. She won the title.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented Honduras at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.