Taliana Vargas

Taliana María Vargas Carrillo (born December 20, 1987)[1] is a Colombian actress, model, and television personality who was crowned Miss Colombia 2007[2] and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2008. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Carrillo.
Taliana Vargas
Born
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo

(1987-12-20) December 20, 1987
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
TitleMiss Magdalena
Miss Colombia 2007
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorDark brown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Colombia 2007
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2008
(1st Runner-Up)

Born in Santa Marta, Vargas is of Lebanese and Greek descent through her grandparents, and has Italian relatives.[1][3] She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and Italian, as well as some Greek and Arabic.[4]

Pageantry

Miss Colombia 2007

Vargas was crowned as Miss Colombia on November 12, 2007, thus bringing the first crown to her home department of Magdalena, Colombia. During the three-week-long competition, she was also awarded with the Miss Elegance, Best Face Award and The Queen of the Police.

Miss Universe 2008

During the pageant, Vargas was a top 10 finalist in the Best National Costume competition and in the Best In Bikini event (which had no bearings on the selection of the top 15 semi-finalists), Vargas was awarded 2nd place while Miss Mexico, Elisa Nájera, took first place. On July 14, 2008 during the pageant's finals, Vargas was announced as one of the 15 semi-finalists. In the swimsuit competition, she received the highest score with 9.433, thus entering the top 10 in first place. During the evening gown portion, she received one of the highest televised scores in recent years: 9.829.[5] Vargas thus became one of the 5 final contestants, coming in first place. Despite being the clear winner in two out of the three rounds, after the interview portion, it was Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela who went on to win title of Miss Universe 2008 while Vargas ended up as 1st Runner-Up. Colombia has reached the 1st Runner-Up in Miss Universe during three consecutive years: Paola Turbay in 1992, Paula Andrea Betancourt in 1993, and Carolina Gomez in 1994. Her placement as 1st Runner-Up was the highest one of Colombia until Paulina Vega's win in 2014.

Acting career

Taliana appeared in her first leading role as Niña Cabrales in the RCN TV soap opera Chepe Fortuna in 2010. The show, a huge success in Colombia and other parts of South America, won Taliana a TVyNovelas Award for Favourite Actress in a Leading Role.[6]

Taliana Vargas is the main character in a Colombian soap opera Rafael Orozco El Idolo. The soap opera is about a Vallenato singer from Valledupar, Colombia and Taliana plays the wife of the singer.

In 2017, she played Paola Salcedo, the wife of the Cali Cartel's security chief in the third season of the American series made by Netflix; Narcos.

She has been the image of various brands in Colombia such as L'Oréal Paris Elvive, Studio F, Nestlé.

Personal life

Taliana Vargas is married to Alejandro Éder, a senior policy advisor to the Colombian government; they wed in 2015. They have two children, Alicia María Éder Vargas (born 2019) and Antonio Éder Vargas (born 2020).

References
  1. "¿Quién es Taliana María Vargas?" (in Spanish). Caracol TV. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  2. "Taliana María Vargas Carrillo, la nueva Señorita Colombia" (in Spanish). RCN TV. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  3. "Quiere añadir alegría a su país con triunfo" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  4. "Perfil: así es Taliana Vargas, la virreina universal" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  5. "Virreinato para Taliana" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  6. Premio TV y Novelas a Mejor actriz de telenovela: Taliana Vargas de Chepe Fortuna
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Natália Guimarães		 Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up
2008		 Succeeded by
Ada de la Cruz
Preceded by
Eileen Roca		 Miss Colombia
2007		 Succeeded by
Michelle Rouillard
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