Janick Maceta

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maceta and the second or maternal family name is del Castillo.

Janick Alexandra Maceta del Castillo^[1] (born 9 March 1994) is a Peruvian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Peru 2020. She represented Peru at Miss Universe 2020, where she placed as second runner-up.^[2]

Janick Maceta
Born	Janick Alexandra Maceta del Castillo (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 31) Lima, Peru
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Tourism World Peru 2018 Miss Peru Supranational 2019 Miss Peru 2020
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Hazel
Major competition(s)	Miss Peru 2016 (Top 10) Miss Tourism World Peru 2018 (Winner) Miss Tourism World 2018 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Peru 2019 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Supranational 2019 (3rd Runner-Up) Miss Peru 2020 (Winner) Miss Universe 2020 (2nd Runner-Up)

She was previously appointed Miss Peru Supranational 2019 and went on to represent Peru at Miss Supranational 2019, finishing as third runner-up. It was the second time a Peruvian contestant achieved this placement, following Claudia Villafuerte in 2010.

Early life

Janick Alexandra Maceta del Castillo was born on 9 March 1994 in Lima, Peru into a middle-class family with roots in Trujillo and Chanchamayo.^[3] In an interview with Telemundo, she stated that her mother was an English teacher and her father was a police officer involved in anti-terrorism investigations.^[4]

Career

Maceta is the founder of the nonprofit foundation Little Heroes Peru, which supports children who are victims or survivors of sexual violence.^[5] She has also promoted a legislative proposal in Peru advocating for the mandatory use of the Gessel chamber in cases involving child sexual abuse.^[6] Additionally, she is an audio engineer and co-founder of Top of New York, a record label focused on producing and digitizing music content for emerging artists.^[7]

Pageantry

On January 27, 2018, Maceta competed in the Miss Tourism World 2018 pageant, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she finished as first runner-up.^[8][9] She later represented Peru at the Miss Supranational 2019 pageant held on December 6, 2019, in Katowice, Poland, and placed third runner-up.^[10]

On November 29, 2020, she was crowned Miss Peru 2020, earning the right to represent Peru at Miss Universe 2020, held on May 16, 2021, in Florida, United States, following a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] Maceta placed second runner-up, marking Peru’s highest placement at the pageant since Gladys Zender won the title in 1957.