Who is Mariana Downing? The new Miss Dominican Republic 2023 collaborated with renowned brands such as Chanel, and six years ago her name jumped into the limelight because she was Marc Anthony’s girlfriend

If there’s one thing Marc Anthony boasts, it’s a love portfolio full of beauty queens. And that’s it Mariana Downing, the new Miss Dominican Republic who will represent the country in the Miss Universe 2023 pageant, dated the salsa singer for several months in 2017.

With this, she joins the sentimental list on which Dayanara Torres, Miss Universe 1993, and Nadia Ferreira, the first runner-up of Miss Universe 2021, have passed.

Her full name is Mariana Isabel Downing, she is 27 years old and studies philosophy, as described by the newspaper La República de Perú. Although he was born in the Dominican Republic, he spent most of his life in Miami, which is why he speaks fluent English and very little Spanish.

Since she was a child, she entered the world of modeling, a profession that led her to collaborate with renowned brands such as Chanel and Calvin Klein, according to Depor.

Mariana Downing, Miss Universe candidate who was Marc Anthony’s girlfriend

Currently, very little is known about the romantic life of Mariana Downing, a candidate for Miss Universe 2023, but in 2017, her name gained recognition in showbiz when she walked hand-in-hand with Marc Anthony at the annual Maestro Cares Foundation gala. It was a time when the salsa singer had just divorced from Venezuelan Shannon de Lima.

Later, Marc and Mariana enjoyed a vacation in the Caribbean, as a source close to TMZ mentioned at the time, the media that is quoting today Republic.

The relationship cooled quickly and lasted for several months, so the interpreter of “Živio mi vida” turned the page with a new love, and Marijana continued to focus on her career.

On her Instagram profile, she describes herself as an artist and has 163,000 followers, with whom she shares various aspects of her life, such as modeling and constant exercise, which help her maintain a slim figure. (AND)