Farah Eslaquit
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{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Farah Eslaquit
| birth_name = Farah Guillermina Eslaquit Cano
| image = Farah Eslaquit (7347375912).jpg
|caption =Miss Nicaragua 2012, Farah Eslaquit.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
| height = {{height|m=1.68|abbr=on}}
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| title = Miss Nicaragua 2012
| competitions = Miss Nicaragua 2012
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2012
(Unplaced)
}}
Farah Guillermina Eslaquit Cano is a Mexican-Nicaraguan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2012 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/652677/year:2012|title=Farah Eslaquit Cano|publisher=Miss Universe|access-date=8 September 2014|archive-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105063849/http://missuniverse.com/members/profile/652677/year:2012|url-status=dead}} She has a Diploma in Fashion, Modeling and Etiquette Course.
Miss Nicaragua 2012
The representative for Masaya, Farah Eslaquit was crowned "Miss Nicaragua 2012" by Miss Nicaragua 2011 Adriana Dorn at the Ruben Dario National Theater in Managua on Saturday night of March 17, 2012.Thakur, Monami (18 March 2012). [http://www.ibtimes.com/farah-eslaquit-crowned-miss-nicaragua-2012-photos-554703 Farah Eslaquit Crowned Miss Nicaragua 2012], International Business Times{{cite web|url=http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2012/03/19/vida/94609-noche-bellas|title=Noche de bellas.|date=March 19, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2014}} Nicaraguan people who follow closely these pageants were a little apprehensive about her being chosen as the representative for Miss Universe 2012, because she was not born in Nicaragua.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Claudia Cuadra Cardenal and Alejandra Borge were heavy favorites to win the crown for 2012.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} She also won the titles of Miss Popularity and Miss Virtual Nicaragua in the national pageant.{{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/imprimir.php/245384|title=Farah Eslaquit es la reina|access-date=September 14, 2014|archive-date=March 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322084038/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/imprimir.php/245384|url-status=dead}}
As Nicaragua's representative to the Miss Universe pageant, she took the title of 5th Runner-Up for the National Costume competition, ultimately won by China's Xu Jidan.{{cite web|url=http://www.veestarz.com/pageants/universe/mu2010s/2012/index.html|title=Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo|access-date=September 14, 2014|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226164805/http://veestarz.com/pageants/universe/mu2010s/2012/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/slideshow/Miss-Universe-2012-contestants-in-national-54022/photo-3907734.php|title=Miss Nicaragua 2012, Farah Eslaquit. Photo-3907734.54022|work=seattlepi.com|date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/zap-miss-universe-2012-national-costume-pictur-061-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914225023/http://www.latimes.com/zap-miss-universe-2012-national-costume-pictur-061-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2014|title=Farah Eslaquit Cano, Nicaragua|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 14, 2014}}
As of 2014, Eslaquit was modeling in Nicaragua and working with the country's tourism board, among other projects.(3 Sept 2014). [http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/suplemento/moda/5205 Farah Eslaquit: "Llevar el nombre de tu país en el pecho te cambia la vida”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912003643/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/suplemento/moda/5205 |date=September 12, 2014 }}, El Nuevo Diario
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External links
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- [http://missnicaragua.com Official Miss Nicaragua website]
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Category:Beauty pageant contestants from Monterrey
Category:Mexican people of Nicaraguan descent
Category:Miss Nicaragua winners
Category:Nicaraguan beauty pageant winners
Category:Nicaraguan female models
Category:Miss Universe 2012 contestants
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