Sofía Aragón

Early life

Aragón was born on 13 February 1994 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Aragón later lived in the city of Zapopan, located within the Guadalajara metropolitan area. She began her modeling career in 2009, but later left modeling in order to prioritize her studies. Aragón studied visual culture and marketing at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara then studied theatrical makeup at the Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles, and remained in California working as a special effects makeup artist until 2017. In 2015, Aragón launched her cosmetics company Soswami Makeup. 
In the past, Aragón struggled with depression and had contemplated suicide. She has since become an advocate for mental health awareness and suicide prevention, working with the organization Sonrisas Reales as a public speaker and writer. She began writing professionally at age 14, later releasing the books Diamante en Bruto (2017) and El color de lo Invisible (2019), which focus on women's empowerment, and also founded her own publishing company GLAMéxico.

Pageantry

Aragón entered pageantry after competing to become the representative from Jalisco at the Miss Mexico Organization pageant in 2017. Lezly Díaz gained the crown and Sofía was placed second runner up.  
A year later she competed for the title of Mexicana Universal Jalisco, aiming to represent her state at Mexicana Universal 2019. She was ultimately not selected and Dorothy Sutherland became the representative instead. After Sutherland came in breach of her contract for not appearing at required events, she was dethroned and Aragón was selected to take her place as Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2018. 
Days after her appointment, Aragón competed in the Mexicana Universal 2019 competition in Mexico City. She was selected as one of the top twenty finalists following the first round on 16 June, and entered the top ten prior to the final held on 23 June. During the 23 June airing, Aragón was crowned Mexicana Universal by outgoing titleholder Andrea Toscano, besting first runner-up Claudia Lozano Domínguez of Nuevo León. She will now represent Mexico at the Miss Universe 2019 competition.