[REPOST] Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez joins Vin Diesel in xXx 3

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Miss Colombia is ready for her close-up.

Ariadna Gutiérrez, the 22-year-old beauty queen known for being mistakenly crowned Miss Universe by Steve Harvey last year, will make her film debut in xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage, People has confirmed.

Gutiérrez is to play Vin Diesel’s love interest in the extreme-themed spy flick, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Nina Dobrev, and Ruby Rose. The story finds Diesel’s title character coming out of self-imposed exile to taken down an alpha warrior with a deadly weapon known as Pandora’s Box.

D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) is directing xXx 3, which is currently in production. Paramount Pictures will release the film Jan. 20, 2017.

TMZ first reported Gutiérrez’s casting.

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