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Catalina Duque Abréu

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Catalina Duque Abréu
Duque in 2024
Born
Catalina Duque Abréu

(1999-09-20) September 20, 1999 (age 25)
Miami, Florida, US
Alma materEafit University
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Antioquia 2024
Miss Colombia 2024
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorGray
Major
competition(s)

Catalina Duque Abréu (born 20 Sep 1999) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Señorita Colombia 2024.[1][2] She will represent Colombia at Miss International 2025 competition.[3]

Early life

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Catalina Duque was born in Miami, Florida on September 20, 1999, to a Colombian parents from Medellín, Antioquia. Her father is the Doctor Carlos Simon Duque Fisher and her mother is Clara Abreu Vélez.[4][5][6] She attended high school at The Columbus School in Envigado, Antioquia,[7][8] and later studied social communication at EAFIT University. In addition to her native language, she is fluent in English and Portuguese.[9][10]

Pageantry

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Señorita Antioquia 2023-2024

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Catalina's career in beauty pageants began in June 2023, when she was decreed as the new Miss Antioquia for the next edition of Miss Colombia pageant (Concurso Nacional de Belleza), that would be carried out during the month of November of the 2023 but after the pageant was cancelled and postponed a year later, having 1 more year her title as sovereign of Antioquia.[11]

Señorita Colombia 2024

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In the competition, she stood out as one of the favorite candidates to obtain the title of Miss Colombia 2024 in its 90 years of history, which Sofía Osío held at that time. Her performance during the course of the contest allowed her to become the winner on the night of November 10, 2024 in the city of Cartagena as is customary in tradition of the beauty pageant.[12]

After 28 years, her victory gave its department the title number 7 in the history of the Miss Colombia pageant, a distinction that the department hadn't obtained since Claudia Elena Vásquez in 1996.

Miss Internacional 2025

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Duque will represent her country at Miss International 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Quién es Catalina Duque Abréu, nueva señorita Colombia 2024-2025". Telemedellín (in Spanish). 2024-11-11. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  2. ^ Gaitán, Por Iván (2024-11-11). "Quién es Catalina Duque Abreu, representante de Antioquia y nueva Señorita Colombia". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. ^ LOS40 (2024-11-11). "¿Cuándo participará Catalina Duque, nueva señorita Colombia, en el Miss International? | Actualidad | LOS40 Colombia". LOS40 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Perfil Profesional". Dr Carlos Simon Duque. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  5. ^ ""Feliz día del padre duquefisher"". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  6. ^ "¡Feliz día de la madre!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  7. ^ "Catalina Duque Abreu".
  8. ^ "Home - The Columbus School". columbus.edu.co. 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  9. ^ "Catalina Duque Abréu: ¿quién es la nueva Reina Nacional de la Belleza del país?". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  10. ^ canalrcn.com (2024-11-10). "¿Quién es Catalina Duque Abréu, la nueva Señorita Colombia?". ¿Quién es Catalina Duque Abréu, la nueva Señorita Colombia? (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  11. ^ Digital, Periodista. "Catalina Duque la nueva señorita Antioquia". Teleantioquia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  12. ^ Rodríguez, Colprensa,Rodrigo (2024-11-10). "Catalina Duque, de Antioquia, es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2024". W Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Ríos, Brian Ferney Valencia (2024-11-12). "La nueva señorita Colombia, Catalina Duque, no representará al país en Miss Universo, ¿cuál es el motivo?". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Colombia
2024
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Miss Colombia International
2025
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Miss Antioquia
2024
Succeeded by
Incumbent