Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha (born 1960) is a Venezuelan politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1977 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant held in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on July 16 of that year.[2]

Cristal Montañez
Montañez in 2012
Born
Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha

1960
Caracas, Venezuela[1]
At the Miss Universe contest in 1977

During the presidency of Hugo Chavez she became active in politics. She participated in the Resistencia Civil de Venezolanos en el Exterior as an international coordinator, and was president of the International Venezuelan Council for Democracy from 2003 to 2008.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Interviews: Cristal Montañéz Baylor. The Freedom Collection. Dallas, Texas: George W. Bush Presidential Center. Accessed March 2023.
  2. ^ Miss Universe Coverage 1977
Preceded by Miss Venezuela
1977
Succeeded by
Marisol Alfonzo