Juanita Urrea was born in Armenia, Quindío on September 13, 2000. She is the only child of Andrea Posada and the industrial engineer Alonso Urrea, during her childhood and youth she lived between Buenaventura, Cartago and finally Cali where she finished her high school studies at the Colegio Hispanoamericano.[2][3]
Later she completed her university studies at the ICESI University in the undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering. In addition to her native Spanish, she speaks fluent English.[4][5]
Pageantry
Miss Valle 2022
Juanita was designated as Miss Valle after an evaluative process of interviews, photographs and general and intellectual preparation.[6][7]
Miss Colombia 2022
On November 13, 2022, the final of Miss Colombia (National Beauty Contest) was held in Cartagena where Juanita achieved the title of Segunda Princesa Nacional (3rd Runner-Up), with Sofía Osío of Atlántico being the winner of the contest.[8]
Miss International 2024
After the 2023 edition of the Miss Colombia was canceled, which would be held as usual in November of the same year in the city of Cartagena,[9] On December 29, 2023, the contest's board of directors made the decision to designate Juanita Urrea as the representative of Colombia in the Japanese Miss International contest for the 2024 edition.[1]
