YANINA GÓMEZ OJEDA EXCELLENCE BEYOND THE CROWN — FROM PARAGUAY TO NEW YORK

Paraguay took center stage in New York as Yanina Gómez Ojeda, Miss Universe Paraguay 2025, received the Excellence Beyond the Crown Recognition at the New York Fashion Awards 2026, celebrating a journey in which beauty, fashion, leadership and social purpose come together.

The recognition marked a meaningful international moment for the Paraguayan beauty queen, model, lawyer and social advocate, whose platform has consistently extended beyond pageantry.

Yanina represented Paraguay at Miss Universe 2025, where she advanced to the Top 30 and distinguished herself through the competition’s Beyond the Crown initiative.

Beyond the Crown

At the New York Fashion Awards 2026, her recognition celebrated precisely what her journey represents: using visibility as a platform for impact.

Through her social project Ñamoporã Paraguay, Yanina has supported educational opportunities and worked with communities in her country. Paraguayan media reported that the initiative has provided more than 300 educational scholarships and assistance to Indigenous communities through sustainable-development resources. Receiving this distinction in New York gave that work an international stage.

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For Yanina, a crown has never represented only beauty. It represents responsibility, opportunity and the possibility of bringing attention to causes and communities that deserve to be seen. Paraguay on an International Stage Her presence at NYFA 2026 also became a proud moment of Paraguayan representation in New York. Following the ceremony, Paraguayan media highlighted her recognition and her message of carrying her country's flag and stories onto international platforms.

From Paraguay to Miss Universe and now the New York Fashion Awards, Yanina continues to build a journey defined not simply by titles, but by what she chooses to do with the platform they provide.

Elegant, accomplished and deeply connected to her roots, Yanina Gómez Ojeda represents a generation of women proving that true influence begins when visibility becomes purpose.

Beyond the crown, there is a woman. Beyond the title, there is a mission. And beyond the spotlight, there is impact.

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