Valentina Figuera

Valentina Figuera
Born
Lourdes Valentina Figuera Morales

(2000-06-16) June 16, 2000 (age 24)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Grand Venezuela 2019
Miss Grand International 2019
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen
Major
competition(s)
Miss Grand Venezuela 2019
(Winner)
Miss Grand International 2019
(Winner)

Lourdes Valentina Figuera Morales (born 16 June 2000) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who represented Venezuela at Miss Grand International 2019 where she won the title. She is the first Venezuelan woman to win the Miss Grand International title.[1][2]

Personal life

Figuera was born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela on June 16, 2000, with her twin sister, Verónica.[3] She is a model and also an Architecture student at Santiago Mariño Polytechnic University Institute in Puerto La Cruz.[4]

Pageantry

El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2018

In 2018, Figuera and her twin sister participated in El Concurso by Osmel Sousa; a Venezuelan beauty contest and reality show.[5] Figuera won the competition and rose to Miss Grand International 2019 as a contestant.[6]

Miss Grand International 2019

Figuera represented Venezuela in Miss Grand International 2019 and won the competition, held on 25 October 2019 at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, when she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miss Grand International 2018, Clara Sosa of Paraguay.[7]

On March 27, 2021, in Bangkok, Thailand, Figuera crowned Abena Appiah from the United States as her successor.[8]

References

  1. ^ Ntn24.com. "Otra corona para Venezuela: Valentina Figuera gana el Miss Grand International 2019". Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ El Nacional. "La venezolana Valentina Figuera se coronó como Miss Grand International 2019". Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Theo Trí Thức Trẻ (October 26, 2019). "Em gái sinh đôi gợi cảm của tân Hoa hậu Hòa bình Quốc tế" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Diario de los Andes. "La venezolana Valentina Figuera se coronó como Miss Grand International 2019". Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Jesús Paz García. "Zulianas buscan ser seleccionadas para El Concurso By Osmel Sousa". Diario La Verdad. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  6. ^ Orlando Suárez (23 June 2019). "El Mago de OS... Osmel, ¿qué pasó papá?". Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ Times of India. "Venezuela crowned as Miss Grand International 2019". The Times of India. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "USA's Abena Appiah is Miss Grand International 2020". Rappler. March 27, 2021. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Annis Álvarez
Miss Grand Venezuela
2019
Succeeded by
Eliana Roa
Preceded by Miss Grand International
2019
Succeeded by