Miss International 2008 - Alejandra Andreu (Spain)

Описание: Alejandra Andreu Santamarta (Zaragoza, February 25, 1990) is a Spanish model known for having won the Miss International 2008 title held in Macau, China. In 2022 she debuted in Mexico on TelevisaUnivision, where she participated in several soap operas broadcast on the Las Estrellas channel.

Journalist from the Complutense University of Madrid. At 17 years old, she won the title of Miss Zaragoza 2007, which led her to represent the city in the Miss Spain 2008 pageant. In this pageant held on March 1, 2008, the winner was Patricia Rodríguez (representing Tenerife) with 50 points, but both Alejandra and Claudia Moro (representing Madrid) tied for second place with 42 points. It was at this moment that Javier de Montini (who was acting as President of the Jury) broke the tie, placing Miss Madrid as the first bridesmaid, and therefore leaving Alejandra as the second bridesmaid.

For finishing third, she was given the opportunity to represent Spain at Miss International. The pageant, which featured 75 contestants from around the world, was held on November 8, 2008, at the Venetian Macau Resort in Macau, China. She won at just 18 years of age (the youngest contestant in the pageant's history and the only one over the legal age limit), 1.73 m tall, with measurements of 89-60-92 cm. With this victory, she became the third Spanish woman to win this title. She also brought home the Miss Photogenic sash.

She collaborated as a reporter on the magazine show "La fiera de mi niña" (My Girl's Feast) on the Zaragoza television network La General Televisión in 2009 and has also dabbled in hosting various events. During her year in office, she combined events related to this program with her modeling work and journalism studies.

Furthermore, in 2010, she signed a contract with the television network CDTV-1. For the first time, a Spanish woman had her own space on Chinese television. She also hosted a weekly program for the network, traveling to China for ten days a month to record these programs. That same year, she became the promotional image of the city of Chengdu.

In 2010, she also hosted the program "Vuestra tele" on Aragón TV, where she livened up Sunday afternoons with an entertaining overview of the week's top headlines, featuring the best interventions from the network's reporters, presenters, and collaborators.

In 2011, she worked at TBC in Tokyo and continued working in Shanghai and Tokyo as a model. She also hosted the program Noche sensacional on 13TV with Álex Casademunt.

Since May 2014, she has collaborated on the comedy show Los Tele Tipos on Telemadrid, alongside Federico de Juan, Luis Ignacio González, and Javier Quero. In 2017, she began collaborating as a reporter on the program Sálvame and on El acabose with José Mota.