Andrea Meza facts for kids
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Andrea Meza
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Alma Andrea Meza Carmona
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| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Chihuahua (BS) |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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Alma Andrea Meza Carmona is a famous Mexican beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss Universe 2020 title. Andrea was the third woman from Mexico to win this big competition. She also holds the record for the shortest time as Miss Universe.
Before winning Miss Universe, Andrea won Mexicana Universal 2020. She also won Miss Mexico 2017. She was the first runner-up at Miss World 2017.
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About Andrea Meza
Early Life and School
Andrea Meza was born on August 13, 1994, in Chihuahua City, Mexico. She grew up there as the oldest of three sisters. Andrea has some Chinese family background.
After finishing high school, Andrea went to the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. She studied software engineering there. She finished her degree in 2017. After that, she worked as a software engineer in Mexico. She also worked as a model.
Andrea's Pageant Journey
Becoming Miss Mexico
Andrea started her journey in beauty pageants in 2016. She was chosen to represent her home state, Chihuahua. This was for the Miss World Mexico 2016 contest. Andrea was one of two winners that year. She was crowned Miss Mexico 2017.
This win gave her the chance to represent Mexico at Miss World 2017. She also won the sports challenge during the competition.
Competing at Miss World
As Miss Mexico 2017, Andrea represented her country at Miss World 2017. This event took place on November 18, 2017, in Sanya, China. During the events before the final show, Andrea won her group in the Head-to-Head Challenge. This meant she automatically made it into the top 40 contestants. She also placed fifth in the talent competition.
In the final show, Andrea made it to the top five. She was announced as the first runner-up. The winner was Manushi Chhillar from India. Andrea also received the title of Miss World Americas. This made her one of the 2017 Miss World Continental Queens of Beauty.
Winning Mexicana Universal
In 2020, Andrea won Mexicana Universal Chihuahua 2020. This allowed her to represent Chihuahua at the national Mexicana Universal 2020 pageant. She won this competition too.
Before the final, Andrea won six different challenges. This included the sports challenge again. The final show was held on November 29, 2020, in Querétaro City.
Becoming Miss Universe
As the winner of Mexicana Universal, Andrea represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2020. She won the title on May 16, 2021. The event was held in Hollywood, Florida. It was delayed from late 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The previous Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi from South Africa, crowned Andrea. Andrea became the third Mexican woman to win Miss Universe. The others were Lupita Jones in 1991 and Ximena Navarrete in 2010.
Mexico had a great run at Miss Universe. The year before, Sofía Aragón was second runner-up. Andrea also became the oldest contestant to win at 26 years and 276 days. However, this record was later broken in 2022.
As Miss Universe, Andrea traveled to many places. She visited cities in the United States, South Africa, the Bahamas, and Israel. She also visited her home country of Mexico. After her time as Miss Universe, Débora Hallal became the next Mexicana Universal.
See also
In Spanish: Andrea Meza para niños
