Mónica Castaño

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

Mónica Castaño Agudelo (born 5 June 1989)^[2] is a Colombian beauty queen and model.

Mónica Castaño
Castaño at the Miss Grand International 2014 swimsuit competition
Born	Mónica Castaño Agudelo (1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 36) Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Grand Colombia 2014 Miss Supranational Colombia 2015
Hair color	Light brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Grand International 2014 (4th Runner-Up) Miss Supranational 2015 (2nd Runner-Up)

Colombia's Next Top Model

Castaño was selected to be one of the final fifteen contestants of the first cycle of Colombia's Next Top Model. She was voted as one of the four finalists by the Colombian public with 17.8% of the vote, becoming one of the "Chicas Águila" for 2013 along with Anggie Bryan, Claudia Castro and Lis Henao. She beat out Bryan, Castro and Henao to win the competition.^[3] Her prizes included $100,000,000 in cash and a cover of Cromos magazine.^[4]

Finearom

She is currently working as a commercial director at the company Finearom.

Pageantry

Castaño represented Pradera at the Señorita Valle 2011 pageant, where she was the virreina.^[5] She is Miss Grand Colombia 2014 and Miss Orito Ingi-Ande 2014.^[6] In October 2014, she represented Colombia at the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant in Bangkok, where she finished as the fourth-runner-up to Daryanne Lees of Cuba.^[7] In the Miss Supranational 2015 pageant, she finished as the second runner-up to Stephania Stegman of Paraguay.^[8]