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Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Queen 2023

Adriana Peña Fumero, Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023 
Reina Adulta by iLoveTheWorld

Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has a new queen! Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023 is Adriana Peña Fumero, with 'Lisboa' (Lisbon), designed by Santi Castro and representing Añaza Carrefour Shopping Centre. The coronation paves the way to Carnival in the street, which will begin this Friday, 17 February 2023 with the Opening Parade.

Her court is made up as follows: 
  1. 1st Maid of HonourHirisley Jiménez Marrero with 'Metamorfosis' (Metamorphosis), designed by Daniel Pages, representing El Día-La Opinión and McDonalds.
  2. 2nd Maid of HonourLaura Fernández Ruiz, with 'Así Soy' (Here I Am) designed by Sedomir Rodríguez de la Sierra, on behalf of the Alcampo La Laguna Shopping Center.
  3. 3rd Maid of HonourCarmen Luna Hibner Hernández, with 'Un Mar de Consciencia' (A Sea of Consciousness) on behalf of Iberostar Hotels & Resort and designed by Alfonso Baute.
  4. 4th Maid of HonourMarta Santana Rodríguez, with 'Historia de una Reina' (Story of a Queen) designed by Alexis Santana Rodríguez and representing Tecnocasa.
The jury was made up of Andrés Acosta, fashion designer; Nareme Melián, designer of the Carnival 2023 poster; Roberto Siguero, graduate in Fine Arts, master's degree in design and production of stage costumes and international gold medal 2011 and 2022; Henry Querales, creative director of the production company ACHE; Macarena Gomez, actress; Joshua Huerta, choreographer and dancer; Gonzalo Castañeda, radio, television and press communicator; Roberto Herrera, journalist and director of the Cerca de Ti program on TVE in the Canary Islands; Alma Andreu Robles, communicator; Marta Modino, TVC news presenter and editor; Carlos Gómez, agent, international model and director of Proyectea Rooms; Christina Gianpaoli, professional pilot; and Adexe & Nau, Canarian artists.

Televisión Canaria broadcast the almost three hour long gala live for the archipelago, while TVE offered it, also live, for all of Spain, through La 2. Coverage was completed, for the rest of the world, by TVE Internacional. The gala was presented by journalists Laura Afonso and Alexis Hernández.


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