Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico got married! Meet LGBT beauty queens Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín who just tied the knot in a private wedding after a two-year secret romance
- The 2020 beauty pageant winners announced in a surprise post on Instagram that they had tied the knot in October – most fans didn’t even know they were dating
- Miss Argentina’s Mariana Varela and Miss Puerto Rico’s Fabiola Valentín met around two years ago, both gracing the Show DC contest in Bangkok in 2021
Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico have tied the knot!
The two gorgeous models and former beauty pageant winners, Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín, took to Instagram to announce the news after dating privately for two years. They won their respective titles back in 2020.
The translated Spanish caption reads, “After deciding to keep our relationship private, we opened the doors to them on a special day. 28/10/22.”
Though the newlyweds have successfully kept their private lives out of the spotlight, here’s what we know so far about their fairy tale romance so far …
Who are the two former beauty pageant stars?
Miss Argentina – Mariana Varela, 26
Mariana Varela hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina and has taken part in multiple beauty pageant contests. According to Conan Daily, the 175cm-tall bombshell enrolled for Miss Universe Argentina in 2016, competing against 15 other finalists. Although she didn’t win the title that year, Varela wowed the judges and bagged the crown for the same title three years later in 2019.
With her winning streak in tow, she also took the title of Miss Grand Argentina in 2020. The following year, she represented Argentina at Miss Grand International 2020 at Show DC in Bangkok, Thailand, where she ended up being placed in the top 10.
