Miss Universe Guatemala 2023 is Michelle Cohn — first mother to compete at Miss Universe 2023
Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech, representing Ciudad Capital, was crowned Miss Universe Guatemala 2023 on Sunday, August 6 at the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias in Guatemala City.
The 28-year-old mother of two, model, host, and entrepreneur will now prepare to represent Guatemala at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador this November. She succeeds last year's winner Ivana Batchelor.
Aside from winning the title among 16 equally beautiful competitors, the new Miss Universe Guatemala also bagged the Mejor Modelo Fotografíca and Top Model awards.
Hassell Adriana Zúñiga Reyes of Izabal and Brianna Corina Herrarte Barrios of Guatemala en USA were the first and second runners-up, respectively.
Rounding out the Top 6 were the representatives of Alta Verapaz, Cielo Keila Stefany Pereira Caal (third runner-up), San Raymundo, Dayana Clarisa García del Cid (fourth runner-up), and Santa Catarina Pinula, Evelyn Gamaly Tejada Rivas (fifth runner-up).
Since the Miss Universe Organization significantly changed its rules allowing mothers and married women to participate, this is the first time in history that Guatemala will be represented by a mother.
Since joining Miss Universe for the first time in 1955, Guatemala has yet to win the title. Its highest placements were in the Top 10 in 2019 with Jessica Scheel and in 1984 with Ilma Urrutia, who eventually bagged her country's first Miss International title in Yokohama, Japan.
Meet the new Miss Universe Guatemala:
Photos: Miss Universe Guatemala, Manny Rionda / Michelle Cohn / Instagram
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