Gabriela Tafur

Gabriela Tafur Náder is a Colombian lawyer, model & beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2018. She represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2019 and reached placed in the Top 5 finalist.

Early life and education

Tafur was born in Cali on 7 July 1995 to Octavio Tafur and Olga Liliana Náder. She is of maternal Lebanese descent; her grandfather was originally from Chartoun, Aley District in Lebanon, and immigrated to Colombia during the Lebanese Civil War. She speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.
After graduating from Colegio Bolivar in Cali, Tafur moved to Bogotá to study law at the University of Los Andes, where she graduated cum laude. Tafur then worked as a lawyer in the legal department of Microsoft Colombia, and acted as a coordinator for the commercial law specialization at the University of Los Andes.

In 2018, Tafur competed in and won Miss Colombia 2018 in Cartagena, Colombia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Valeria Morales. Tafur won two supplementary titles: Miss Punctuality Bulova and Queen of the Police.
As Miss Colombia, she was invited to the Lebanese diaspora energy conference held in Lebanon in June 2019.

Tafur represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2019, wildcards and reached the top five.