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| | Maria Julia was born in Trujillo |
 | | Mantilla Garcia, 20, beat Claudia Julissa Cruz-Rodriguez, 18, from the Dominican Republic and Nancy Randall, 24, from the United States to take the crown. |
 | | Mantilla Garcia replaces the former winner, Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison, daughter of "Lady in Red" pop crooner Chris de Burgh. |
 | | She is currently studying to become a high school teacher, but also plans to start a second career in tourism in order to help promote the interesting places of her hometown, which has the biggest archaeological monument on the coast of Peru, Chan Chan, a city made of sand. |
| www.perutoyou.com /Cholywood/December2004/maria_julia.htm (210 words) |
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