Valentina Figuera Explained
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Otra corona para Venezuela: Valentina Figuera gana el Miss Grand International 2019 . Ntn24.com . October 25, 2019 . October 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191029001112/https://www.ntn24.com/entretenimiento/venezuela/otra-corona-para-venezuela-valentina-figuera-gana-el-miss-grand . live .
- Web site: La venezolana Valentina Figuera se coronó como Miss Grand International 2019. El Nacional. April 11, 2022. June 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220629223046/https://www.elnacional.com/entretenimiento/la-venezolana-valentina-figuera-se-corono-como-miss-grand-international-2019/amp/. live.
- Web site: Em gái sinh đôi gợi cảm của tân Hoa hậu Hòa bình Quốc tế. Theo Trí Thức Trẻ. October 26, 2019. July 21, 2022. vi. October 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191029064701/https://vietgiaitri.com/em-gai-sinh-doi-goi-cam-cua-tan-hoa-hau-hoa-binh-quoc-te-20191026i4395319/. live.
- Web site: La venezolana Valentina Figuera se coronó como Miss Grand International 2019 . Diario de los Andes . October 25, 2019 . July 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190735/https://diariodelosandes.com/site/la-venezolana-valentina-figuera-se-corono-como-miss-grand-international-2019/amp/ . live .
- Web site: Jesús Paz García. Zulianas buscan ser seleccionadas para El Concurso By Osmel Sousa. 2021-10-26. Diario La Verdad. 2021-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027113436/http://www.laverdad.com/arteyocio/145358-zulianas-buscan-ser-seleccionadas-para-el-concurso-by-osmel-sousa.html. dead.
- Web site: Orlando Suárez. Últimas Noticias. El Mago de OS... Osmel, ¿qué pasó papá?. es. 23 June 2019. 24 August 2021. 3 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190703104739/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/elmagodeos-osmel-que-paso-papa/.
- Web site: Venezuela crowned as Miss Grand International 2019. Times of India. The Times of India. April 11, 2022. December 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231203080908/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/beauty-pageants/foreign-pageants/venezuala-crowned-as-miss-grand-international-2019/videoshow/71779518.cms. live.
- Web site: USA's Abena Appiah is Miss Grand International 2020. March 27, 2021. March 31, 2021. Rappler. https://web.archive.org/web/20210327153126/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/abena-appiah-winner-miss-grand-international-2020. March 27, 2021.
