13 things about Miss Universe Latina 2025 finalist Andrea Bazarte

Andrea Paola Martínez Bazarte represented Nuevo Leon, Mexico in the third edition of Mexicana Universal. She represented the country in the 30th edition of Reina Hispanoamericana.

BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Paola Martínez Bazarte is a Mexican-American television host, model and beauty queen from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. She was born in McAllen, Texas, United States to Mexican parents.

On June 22, 2025, Bazarte turned 33. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2008, she attended Realtor Academy in San Antonio, Texas.
2. From 2011 to 2012, she was an administrative assistant at the Alternativas de Capital para el Desarrollo in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León.
3. From 2012 to 2016, she attended the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing.
4. From 2012 to 2013, she was a marketing intern at Sorteo Tec in Monterrey.
5. From 2014 to 2016, she attended Centro Valia in San Pedro Garza García where she earned her diploma in business ethics.
6. In 2018, she joined Century 21 in San Antonio as a licensed realtor.
7. She was a Nuestra Belleza Latina 2018 candidate.
8. She was a Mexicana Universal 2020 finalist.
9. She is Mexicana Hispanoamericana 2021.
10. She won Reina Hispanoamericana 2021.
11. In 2023, she joined WWE as a Spanish-language host and ambassador.
12. In 2025, she started dating Marcel Barthel, a WWE wrestler professionally known as Ludwig Kaiser.
13. She was a Miss Universe Latina 2025 finalist.

TIMELINE

Bazarte is 5’7″ tall. She speaks Spanish and English.

2010s

• In February 2011, she joined the Alternativas de Capital para el Desarrollo.
• In January 2012, she left the Alternativas de Capital para el Desarrollo.
• In February 2012, she joined Sorteo Tec.
• In November 2013, she left Sorteo Tec.
• From January 2014 to December 2014, she was a key account intern at British American Tobacco in Monterrey.
• From January 2015 to December 2015, she was a digital marketing intern at NIC Mexico in Monterrey.
• In January 2016, she founded Limitless Creations in Monterrey.
• In July 2018, she became a Century 21 licensed realtor.
• She was one of the 20 candidates of “Nuestra Belleza Latina” Season 11, which aired on Univision from September 23, 2018 to December 2, 2018. She finished 13th.

2020s

• On November 29, 2020, she represented Nuevo Leon at Mexicana Universal 2020 and competed against 29 other candidates at the Hotel Misión Grand Juriquilla in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. She ranked second and was crowned Mexicana Hispanoamericana 2021.
• On October 30, 2021, she represented Mexico at Reina Hispanoamericana 2021 and competed against 25 other candidates at the Salón Sirionó of Fexpocruz in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. She won the title.
• On March 25, 2023, she crowned her successor Reina Hispanoamericana 2022 Arlette Rujel at the Salón Sirionó of Fexpocruz in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
• She was one of the 30 Miss Universe Latina 2025 candidates who competed in a Telemundo reality show, which premiered on June 3, 2025. During the coronation ceremony on July 21, 2025, she competed against seven other finalists and finished in the Top 5.
• On May 20, 2026, her boyfriend Barthel was arrested in Orange County, Florida, USA on a misdemeanor battery charge.