María Camila Avella Montañez (born June 26, 1995) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Colombia 2023.

She is the only child of Martha Cecilia Montañez and electrical engineer Reynaldo Avella.

[8] From the age of 10, she played field tennis, and represented Casanare in at national and international tournaments.

[9][10] In 2018, Avella was announced as the representative of the Casanare Department for Señorita Colombia 2018, which would take place in November of the same year in Cartagena.

She was the first winner from Casanare, and also the first married woman and mother to win Miss Universe Colombia.