Valentina Figuera | |
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| Born | Lourdes Valentina Figuera Morales 16 June 2000 |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | El Concurso by Osmel Anzoátegui 2019 Miss Grand Venezuela 2019 Miss Grand International 2019 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Dark Green |
| Major competition(s) | El Concurso By Osmel Sousa 2019 (Miss Grand Venezuela 2019) Miss Grand International 2019 (Winner) |
Lourdes Valentina Figuera Morales (born 16 June 2000) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Grand International 2019.[1][2] She participed in the first El Concurso by Osmel Sousa edition, where she placed as a finalist, obtaining the title of Miss Grand Venezuela 2019.[3]
Life and career
editEarly life
editFiguera was born in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui. She has an identical twin sister called Verónica, in fact they would both participate in various pageants together. Figuera was studying Architecture at the Santiago Mariño Polytechnic University Institute in Puerto La Cruz.[4]
Pageantry
editAt the begining of her carrer on the pageant world, Figuera participed in several local pageants, like the Reinado Turístico Internacional de los Carnavales de Barcelona in 2018 (from which Edymar Martínez and Sthefany Gutiérrez would also come) where she was the winner.[5]
El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2019
editAt the end of the first edition of El Concurso by Osmel Sousa held at the Municipal Theater of Caracas (where she competed with her own twin) on December 7, 2018,[6] although the event was shared until August 15, 2020.[7] Figuera ended as a finalist, obtaining the position as Miss Grand International Venezuela 2019, where she was crowned by Sousa. Her court included the winner, Miss Venezuela Charm 2020, Claudymar Oropeza from Valencia, Carabobo,[8] the 1st runner-up, Andrea Romero[9] and the 2nd runner-up, Valeria Badell who participated in Reina Hispanoamericana 2020 ending as 4th runner-up.[10][11][12]
Miss Grand International 2019
editIn October 25, 2019 she represented Venezuela at the Miss Grand International 2019 pageant hosted in Caracas, Venezuela. She competed with other 59 candidates from around the world. For her national costume, she chose to represent a wayuú fantasy.[13] At the end of the evening, she was crowned by Miss Grand International 2018, the Paraguayan Clara Sosa, as Miss Grand International 2019, being the first title of Venezuela in this contest.[14] This is the highest placement for Venezuela since Tuliá Alemán's 1st runner-up position in 2017.
Valentina was one of the most active beauty queens of the 2019-2020 season, because the situation in Thailand (host country of the contest and where the winner resides during her reign year) during the COVID-19 pandemic was safer than in most other countries, so unlike other international beauty queens, she was allowed to participate in a number of events within said country. Also visiting Indonesia, Cambodia, Panama and Venezuela.[15]
Her reign also set several records, including being the youngest winner at the time of her coronation (19 years), the highest (1.84 meters), the first to be crowned in her own country as host and also the record for holding the longest reign in the history of this event (17 months and 2 days) elapsed from 2019 to 2021.
On March 27, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand, Figuera presented her title to Abena Appiah from the United States.[16]
References
edit- ^ Estevez, Jillianina (2019-10-26). "Venezuela's Valentina Figuera crowned Miss Grand International 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela". CONAN Daily. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Nacional, El (2019-10-26). "La venezolana Valentina Figuera se coronó como Miss Grand International 2019". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Miss Grand Venezuela 2019 Valentina Figuera en el concurso by Osmel Sousa, retrieved 2021-07-12
- ^ "Conoce a la venezolana que representará al país en el Miss Grand International". Medio de comunicación para la comunidad de Habla Hispana - Caraota Digital (in Spanish). 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Cuatro hermosas chicas llevan las diademas del carnaval".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Claudia Oropeza fue la ganadora de El Concurso By Osmel Sousa". noticialdia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Leonardo (2020-08-15). "EN VIVO- Hoy se transmitirá la final de El Concurso by Osmel Sousa, disfrútalo aquí". Gossipvzla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ FM, Rumbera Network (2020-08-16). "La nueva ganadora de "El Concurso by Osmel" es Claudymar Oropeza". Rumbera Network (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Andrea Romero es la Reina Hispanoamericana Venezuela 2021" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Leonardo (2020-01-27). "POR LA OCTAVA CORONA- Valeria Badell partió a Bolivia al Reina Hispanoamericana 2019". Gossipvzla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Eazzycom. "La ganadora de El Concurso by Osmel Sousa, Claudymar Oropeza, será Venezuela en el Miss Charm Internacional 2020". www.missnews.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Leonardo (2020-09-04). "CONFESIONES- Valentina Figuera sobre el Concurso by Osmel Sousa: "Estoy decepcionada"". Gossipvzla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "El Tiempo. Tiempo Libre. Valentina Figuera se lució en el desfile en traje típico del Miss Grand International (+Video)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ntn24.com (2019-10-25). "Otra corona para Venezuela: Valentina Figuera gana el Miss Grand International 2019". Otra corona para Venezuela: Valentina Figuera gana el Miss Grand International 2019 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Llega a Panamá Valentina Figuera, Miss Grand International 2019". www.telemetro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "USA's Abena Appiah is Miss Grand International 2020". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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