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 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
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Alma Andrea Meza Carmona (born on August 13, 1994) is a Mexican model and software engineer. She became famous for winning the Miss Universe 2020 competition. Andrea was the third woman from Mexico to win this important title. She also holds the record for the shortest time as Miss Universe.
Before becoming Miss Universe, Andrea won other beauty contests. These included Mexicana Universal 2020 and Miss Mexico 2017. She also placed as the first runner-up at Miss World 2017.
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About Andrea Meza
Her Early Life and School
Andrea Meza was born in Chihuahua City, Mexico. Her parents are Alma Carmona and Santiago Meza. She grew up in Chihuahua City with her two younger sisters. Andrea has some Chinese family background.
After finishing high school, Andrea went to the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. She studied software engineering there. In 2017, she earned her degree. She then started working as a software engineer in Mexico. She also worked as a model at the same time.
Her Journey in Beauty Pageants
Andrea Meza started her journey in beauty pageants in 2016. A beauty pageant is a competition where people are judged on their looks, talent, and personality.
Miss Mexico 2017
Andrea was chosen to represent her home state, Chihuahua, in the Miss World Mexico 2016 contest. She won the title of Miss Mexico 2017. This win gave her the chance to represent Mexico at the Miss World 2017 competition. She also won a sports challenge during the contest.
Miss World 2017
As Miss Mexico 2017, Andrea went on to compete in Miss World 2017. This big event took place in Sanya, China, on November 18, 2017. During the competition, Andrea did very well. She won a special "Head-to-Head Challenge." This helped her get into the top 40 contestants. She also placed fourth in the talent competition.
In the final round, 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 meant she was the top contestant from the Americas region.
Mexicana Universal 2020
In 2020, Andrea won Mexicana Universal Chihuahua 2020. This allowed her to compete in the national Mexicana Universal 2020 contest. She won this competition too! During the events leading up to the final, Andrea won six different challenges. This included another sports challenge. The final competition was held on November 29, 2020.
Miss Universe 2020
After winning Mexicana Universal, Andrea represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2020. The event was supposed to happen in late 2020. But it was delayed until May 16, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The final competition took place in Hollywood, Florida.
Andrea Meza won the Miss Universe title! She was crowned by Zozibini Tunzi, the previous Miss Universe from South Africa. Andrea became the third Mexican woman to win this honor. The other Mexican winners were Lupita Jones in 1991 and Ximena Navarrete in 2010.
This was the second year in a row that Mexico placed very high at Miss Universe. Sofía Aragón, who was Mexicana Universal 2019, finished as the second runner-up in Miss Universe 2019. Andrea also set a new record for being the oldest contestant to win at 26 years old. 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, Israel, and her home country of Mexico. After her time as Miss Universe, Débora Hallal took over her title as Mexicana Universal 2021.
See also
In Spanish: Andrea Meza para niños
