10 things about Miss International 2025 second runner-up Paola Guzman

Paola Guzman Sanchez represented Bolivia in the 63rd edition of Miss International. She is the 36th beauty queen to represent the country in the international beauty pageant based in Tokyo, Japan.

Miss International is one of the six grand slam international beauty pageants for women. The others are Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.

BIOGRAPHY

Guzman is a Venezuelan-Bolivian model and beauty queen based in Caracas, Bolivia. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her father is Bolivian and her mother is Venezuelan.
2. She is bilingual.
3. She was born in 2003.
4. She was born in Venezuela.
5. In 2016, she started spending her holidays in Bolivia while based in Venezuela.
6. In 2021, she left Venezuela and moved to Bolivia.
7. She was a Gala Verde 2024 attendee.
8. In 2025, she visited Brazil and Japan.
9. She is Miss International Bolivia 2025.
10. She was Miss International 2025 second runner-up.

TIMELINE

Guzman speaks Spanish and English. Her appointment as Miss International Bolivia 2025 was criticized by some Bolivians because of the fact that she was not born in Bolivia.

2023

• In July 2023, she was photographed by Alan Rodriguez in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

2024

• In April 2024, she attended the Feria Exposición Internacional de Cochabamba (Fexco) 2024 in Cochabamba.
• On June 13, 2024, she attended the Gala Verde 2024 at the Bosque Boulevard in La Paz, Bolivia.

2025

• In June 2025, she traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• On August 27, 2025, she was officially appointed and crowned Miss Bolivia Internacional 2025 by Promociones Gloria at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
• On November 11, 2025, she traveled from Bolivia to Tokyo.
• On November 27, 2025, she represented Bolivia at Miss International 2025 and competed against 79 other candidates at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. She was second runner-up to Catalina Duque of Colombia.