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Valentina Lapeira is from Barranquilla, a business administrator from Universidad del Norte, entrepreneur and creator of 'Martes de Vacantes', a job search platform in Colombia that has helped more than 3,000 people find their place in the labor market. Likewise, the 29-year-old is the leader of the financial department of the family business Tigre Group S.A.S., and manager of the Azul restaurant in Barranquilla; and leads other social projects of her workshop Policarpa.
He has participated in different parades and retinues of the curramberas queens since 2012 and integrated for more than three years the fantasy comparsa 'Afrocaribe', directed by Maestro Marlio Cortez. She was also part of different dance schools recognized in the city as that of Julie Donado. Daughter of businessman José Gabriel Lapeira and Leticia Pumarejo, who as reference in an interview, is not related to Mayor Jaime Pumarejo, she has stood out among the favorites to carry the title of Carnival Queen. Read here: Criticism for the election of Melissa Cure as Barranquilla Carnival Queen.
Her first approach to the crown was in 2020, disputing the royal title with Isabella Chams. However, the favorite for that year, was the niece of Olga Chams (Meira Delmar), daughter of the owner of Williams Chams and sister-in-law of Marcela Garcia, who was in charge of documenting the whole process through her social networks. Today, owner of her own makeup line, she is remembered as one of the best dressed queens and for her tribute to Shakira during her coronation.
Valentina Lapeira was beginning to breathe the possibility of being the sovereign of the barranquilleros. "Just as I danced before I walked, I knew that my dream is and always will be to...