According to telegraph.co.uk , the name changing process actually started in 2012, she spent a year fighting against government red tape before getting an official ID card in 2013.
In a recent TV interview, the Colombian said "I started looking for a name that nobody had in Colombia, or the world, so I thought about ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ. I've changed my name so people wouldn't know it's me. It's not because I was disturbed by it, but because I always wanted to bring an element of surprise."