Taliana Vargas
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Born |
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo December 20, 1987 Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia |
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| Other names | Taliana Vargas |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Magdalena Miss Colombia 2007 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Colombia 2007 (Winner) Miss Universe 2008 (1st Runner-Up) |
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo (born December 20, 1987) is a Colombian actress, model, television personality and Miss Colombia 2007 and Miss Universe 2008 first runner-up. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.
Born in Santa Marta, Vargas is of Lebanese and Greek descent through her grandparents, and has Italian relatives. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and Italian, as well as some Greek and Arabic.
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.
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 July 14, 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. 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 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: 1992 Paola Turbay, Paula Andrea Betancourt 1993, and Carolina Gomez 1994. Her placement as 1st Runner-Up was the highest one of Colombia until Paulina Vega's win in 2014.
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