Taliana Vargas
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20 December 1987
Taliana Vargas | |
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| First Lady of Cali[1][2] | |
| Assumed role 1 January 2024 | |
| Mayor | Alejandro Eder |
| Preceded by | Marcela Patiño |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taliana María Vargas Carrillo 20 December 1987 Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia |
| Spouse | [3] |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Northern Virginia Community College |
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo (born 20 December 1987[4]) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2007[5] and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2008. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.[citation needed]
Miss Colombia 2007
Vargas was crowned as Miss Colombia on November 12, 2007, thus bringing the first crown to her home department of Magdalena, Colombia. During the three-week-long competition, she was also awarded with the Miss Elegance, Best Face Award and The Queen of the Police.
Miss Universe 2008
During the pageant, Vargas was a top 10 finalist in the Best National Costume competition and in the Best In Bikini event (which had no bearings on the selection of the top 15 semi-finalists), Vargas was awarded 2nd place while Miss Mexico, Elisa Nájera, took first place. On 14 July 2008, during the pageant's finals, Vargas was announced as one of the 15 semi-finalists. In the swimsuit competition, she received the highest score with 9.433, thus entering the top 10 in first place. During the evening gown portion, she received one of the highest televised scores in recent years: 9.829.[6] Vargas thus became one of the 5 final contestants, coming in first place. Despite being the clear winner in two out of the three rounds, after the interview portion, it was Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela who went on to win the title of Miss Universe 2008 while Vargas ended up as 1st Runner-Up. Colombia has reached the 1st Runner-Up in Miss Universe during three consecutive years: Paola Turbay in 1992, Paula Andrea Betancourt in 1993, and Carolina Gomez in 1994. Her placement as 1st Runner-Up was the highest one of Colombia until Paulina Vega's victory in 2014.
