Gabriela Clesca Vallejo is a Haitian-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Haiti 2019. She represented Haiti at Miss Universe 2019.
Gabriela Clesca Vallejo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1993[citation needed] |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[citation needed] |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Haiti 2019 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Supranational 2014 (Top 20) Miss Universe Canada 2017 (Top 20) Miss Haiti 2019 (Winner) Miss Universe 2019 (Unplaced) |
Personal life
editGabriela was born in the Dominican Republic from a Dominican mother and a Haitian/Congolese father and raised in Haiti where she was taught French and Creole before she and her family moved to Canada when she was a teenager. Gabriela is currently in her final year of Civil Law and International Relations at the University of Ottawa. While pursuing her education she also works for the Federal Government at the Foreign Affairs Canada.[1]
Pageantry
editGabriela won Miss Supranational Canada to represent Canada at Miss Supranational 2014. [2]
She placed as a Top 20 finalist and won the Miss Congeniality award. She later represented West Ottawa at the 2017 Miss Universe Canada pageant where she was placed as a Top 20 finalist where Lauren Howe won the pageant.[3][4]
She later competed at a Haitian pageant for the first time, Miss Universe Haiti 2019, where she won and was given the right to represent Haiti at Miss Universe 2019, where she was unplaced.[5]
References
edit- ^ "NATIONAL FINALISTS: Gabriela Clesca Vallejo". Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Miss Afrique Montreal Bel Hommage A La Femme Africaine". Touki Montreal.
- ^ "Gabriela Clesca Vallejo En Miss Universe Canada 2017/". Toronto Dominicano.
- ^ "Crowning Glory For Ottawa Area Models". Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ "Haiti Crowns Bets To 2019 Miss Universe, Miss International". Retrieved 20 July 2019.