Paola Turbay’s name is back in the headlines after her return to television after five years starring in “Ana de Nadie,” the latest version of the 90s soap opera “Señora Isabel.”

The 52-year-old actress attracted the attention of the Colombian public with the story of Ana Ocampo, in the feature of Canala RCN where she shows a fresh and modern look.

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This return of the American-born actress shows how well she has held up over time and more than 30 years after her Miss Colombia pageant, the title that gave her direct passage to Miss Universe 1992.

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Paola Turbay was Miss Colombia

Paola Turbay started in the world of television at an early age, because at the age of 13 she recorded her first commercial for an American network.

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But it was in 1991, when her name began to ring strongly after participating in a beauty pageant for the country where she grew up, Colombia. Then she was chosen as Miss Colombia, when she was 21 years old. The following year, in 1992, she traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant.

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The Colombian outlet Semana recalls that Turbay was one of the favorite candidates of that edition, as well as the Venezuelan Carolina Iszak. The Colombian woman shone at every moment with her beauty, pronounced curves, catwalk and elegance.

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Criticism from the media and her good association with the other candidates put her in the spotlight of the competition until the point when she reached the final draw where she was the first runner-up, while the crown went to Michelle McLean from Namibia.

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With that, Paola Turbay became the first representative of Colombia to win the Miss Universe final, according to the media.

Since then, the universal vice-queen began to write her own story within show business by participating in commercials, television programs and appearing on the small screen and in the cinema with roles in Hollywood.

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On her Instagram profile, the actress herself fondly recalled the time when she hung out with the most beautiful women in Colombia and the Universe. Even in the post she published in 2019, she again wore the green dress with which she became the winner of her first beauty pageant.

“You can’t imagine how it turns, nor the people who tried it! He came home and even though it’s too tight for me… I can still hold on!”, he wrote at the time in an almost 30-year-old piece, with a smile on his face remembering such beautiful moments. (AND)

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