Ariadna Gutiérrez

For the Mexican cyclist, see Ariadna Gutiérrez (cyclist).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Arévalo.

Ariadna Gutiérrez Arévalo^[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾjaðna ɣuˈtjeres]; born 25 December 1993) is a Colombian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2014. She represented Colombia at the Miss Universe 2015 competition on 20 December 2015 and placed first runner-up after host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced her as the winner. After pageantry, Gutiérrez appeared in the film XXX: Return of Xander Cage and tied for third place on Celebrity Big Brother 1.

Ariadna Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez in 2015
Born	Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31) Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Sucre 2014 Miss Colombia 2014
Years active	2015–present
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Colombia 2014 (Winner) Miss Universe 2015 (1st Runner-Up)[a]

Early life

Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo was born in Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia. When she was seven months old, Gutiérrez's parents moved to Barranquilla, where she was raised. Gutiérrez studied at the German School of Barranquilla.^[2] She is a cousin of Miss Universe 2014 and Miss Colombia 2013 winner Paulina Vega.^[3]

Career

Gutiérrez was awarded as Miss Sucre 2014. She was subsequently crowned as Miss Colombia 2014. Currently, Gutiérrez is working as a professional model.^{[citation needed]}

Gutiérrez competed at the Miss Colombia 2014, representing the Sucre Department, where she won the title of Miss Colombia, gaining the department's very first win at the Miss Colombia pageant.^[4] The version of the pageant Gutiérrez won was its 80th edition held on 17 November 2014, in Cartagena de Indias.^[5]

On 16 November 2015, Gutierrez crowned her successor, Andrea Tovar, as Miss Colombia 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Gutiérrez represented Colombia at the 64th Miss Universe pageant and she was mistakenly crowned the winner by host Steve Harvey.^[6] However, after Gutiérrez's crowning, Harvey realized that he had misread the result and should have announced her as the first runner-up and Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines as the winner.^[7] This was originally the second time having a back-to-back victory after Venezuela from 2008–2009, since Paulina Vega is also from Colombia.^{[citation needed]}

Gutiérrez later called the experience "humiliating" and declared that the television producers handled the mistake poorly. At a Colombian radio station, she remarked that it was a "great injustice and very humiliating for me."^[8][9]

After pageantry, Gutiérrez appeared the 2017 film XXX: Return of Xander Cage with American actor Vin Diesel. She later took part in the first American season of the reality show competition Celebrity Big Brother. Gutiérrez was evicted on finale night, placing tied 3rd/4th with Mark McGrath.^[10]

Personal life

Gutiérrez is the cousin of Miss Colombia 2013 and Miss Universe 2014 winner Paulina Vega.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Primer Plano	Herself
	Miss Universe 2015		Contestant - 1st runner-up
2016	Steve Harvey		Miss Colombia
2018	Celebrity Big Brother		Houseguest - 3rd/4th place[12]
2019	The World's Best
2022	Everybody Loves Natti		4 episodes
	Don't Cancel Me with Amara La Negra		1 episode
2024	La Casa de los Famosos 4		Housemate - 12th Place
	RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars		Season 1, Episode 12, guest judge

Film

Year	Title	Role
2017	XXX: Return of Xander Cage	Lola
2023	At Midnight	Another Woman
	The Midway Point	Mrs. Friedman

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title
2017	Carlos Vives[13]	Al Filo de Tu Amor[13]

In popular culture

Gutiérrez was impersonated by James Leyva, stage name "Valentina," on season 9, episode 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Notes

1. During the live telecast, at first, she was first announced as the winner due to an announcement mistake by Steve Harvey. Once Harvey apologized to the audience, she was announced as the 1st Runner-Up, and Pia Wurtzbach as the winner.