Janick Maceta

Biography

Janick Alexandra Maceta del Castillo (born 9 March 1994) is a Peruvian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Perú 2020. She represented Peru at Miss Universe 2020, where she placed as second runner-up. She was previously appointed Miss Peru Supranational 2019 and went on to represent Peru at Miss Supranational 2019, finishing as third runner-up. It was the second time a Peruvian contestant achieved this placement, following Claudia Villafuerte in 2010.

== Early life == Janick Alexandra Maceta del Castillo was born on 9 March 1994 in Lima, Peru into a middle-class family with roots in Trujillo and Chanchamayo. In an interview with Telemundo, she stated that her mother was an English teacher and her father was a police officer involved in anti-terrorism investigations.

== Career == Maceta is the founder of the nonprofit foundation Little Heroes Peru, which supports children who are victims or survivors of sexual violence. She has also promoted a legislative proposal in Peru advocating for the mandatory use of the Gessel chamber in cases involving child sexual abuse. Additionally, she is an audio engineer and co-founder of Top of New York, a record label focused on producing and digitizing music content for emerging artists.

== Pageantry == On January 27, 2018, Maceta competed in the Miss Tourism World 2018 pageant, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she finished as first runner-up. She later represented Peru at the Miss Supranational 2019 pageant held on December 6, 2019, in Katowice, Poland, and placed third runner-up. On November 29, 2020, she was crowned Miss Peru 2020, earning the right to represent Peru at Miss Universe 2020, held on May 16, 2021, in Florida, United States, following a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Maceta placed second runner-up, marking Peru’s highest placement at the pageant since Gladys Zender won the title in 1957.

== References ==

== External links == Janick Maceta on Facebook Janick Maceta on Instagram UP CLOSE: Miss Universe Peru