Andrea Tovar

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

Andrea Tovar
Tovar in 2016
Born	Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez Quibdó, Choco, Colombia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Chocó 2015 Miss Colombia 2015
Hair color	Brown^[citation needed]
Eye color	Brown^[citation needed]
Major competition(s)	Miss Colombia 2015 (Winner) Miss Universe 2016 (2nd Runner-Up)

Andrea Tovar is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Colombia 2015, and represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2016, finishing as second runner-up.

Personal life

Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez was born in Quibdó,to Antonio José Tovar Mendoza and Xenia Rosa Velásquez Salguero. In 2015 she was studying Industrial Design and Photographic Image Production at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá.[1]

Miss Colombia 2015

Main article: Miss Colombia 2015

She was crowned Miss Chocó in 2014, but as another contestant was selected in a different pageant to represent the same department, she had to postpone her participation in the national pageant until 2015.[2]

Miss Universe 2016

Main article: Miss Universe 2016

Tovar represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2016, held in the Philippines where she finished second runner-up to Iris Mittenaere of France.[3]

References

1. "¿Quién es Jealisse Andrea Tovar, la nueva señorita Colombia?". El País. 16 Nov 2015. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "Los obstáculos que superó Andrea Tovar, la Señorita Colombia 2015 - 2016". El Espectador. 17 Nov 2015.
3. Adina, Armin P. (29 January 2017). "Miss Colombia is the candidate to beat". lifestyle.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Olivia Jordan	Miss Universe 2nd Runner-Up 2016	Succeeded by Davina Bennett
Preceded by Ariadna Gutiérrez, Sucre	Miss Colombia 2015	Succeeded by Laura González, Cartagena
Preceded by Iliam Zapata	Miss Chocó 2015	Succeeded by Carmen Serna