Michelle Cohn

Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech is a Guatemalan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Guatemala 2023 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2023, held in El Salvador.

Biography Born in Guatemala City, Cohn is the daughter of an English father and a Guatemalan mother. She graduated from Galileo University, where she obtained a degree in public image and media. She is a model, television presenter and also does philanthropic work through her beach clothing venture.

Asked about her most difficult time as a model, she says that she has not had any. However, she says that when people judge her for how she looks, and at times say that she does not look Guatemalan, then "I've felt a little bad because I'm 100% Guatemalan, so I don't know how to sometimes explain to people that this is a multicultural country and that we don't all look the same and that that's the beauty of society."

Miss Guatemala 2023 On August 10, 2023, Cohn won Miss Universe Guatemala. She is the first married woman with children to win the beauty pageant. She then represented her country at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador.