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Miss Venezuela 2021
Miss Venezuela 2021 was the 68th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 28, 2021. Mariángel Villasmil of Zulia crowned Amanda Dudamel of Región Andina as her successor at the end of the event. She represented Venezuela at the Miss Universe 2022 competition, placing as the 1st Runner-Up. Results Placements ;Color key Miss Venezuela World The Miss Venezuela World was held as a separate competition. The winner will represent Venezuela at Miss World 2023. ;Color key Interactive Beauty Gala The following awards will give by fan vote on the official website. Pageant Selection committee Final telecast The judges for the final telecast include: * Mirla Castellanos – Singer, actress, composer and entertainer *Yenni Peña – Specialist in Corporate Social Responsibility consulting and human rights promoter *María Laura García – Journalist, radio host and TV presenter *Daniela Alvarado – Actress *Leo Aldana � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariem Velazco
Mariem Claret Velazco García is a Venezuelans, Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss International 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Pageantry Miss Venezuela 2017 Velazco stands at 177 centimeters and competed as Barinas (state), Miss Barinas 2017. As one of 24 finalists in her country's national competition, she was awarded ''Best Style'' and ''Miss Photogenic'' at the grand final show of Miss Venezuela 2017. She succeeded outgoing Miss Venezuela 2016 first runner-up and Miss International 2017 second runner-up Diana Croce of Nueva Esparta. Miss International 2018 Velazco was crowned Miss International 2018 by her predecessor, Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 9 November 2018. She showcased a Venezuelan native headdress and an evening gown composed of pearls during her competition. Her win gave Venezuela its eighth Miss International crown, the most number of crown titles won by a single country at this pageant. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2023
Miss World 2023 was the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on 9 March 2024. At the end of the event, Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned by the previous winner Karolina Bielawska of Poland. This is the second win by the Czech Republic at the pageant. Contestants from 112 countries and territories competed in the pageant. The pageant was co-hosted by Karan Johar and Miss World 2013 Megan Young. Shaan, Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar, and Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh performed in this edition. Background Location and date On 13 February 2023, Julia Morley, Chairperson of the Miss World Organization, announced that the competition will take place in the United Arab Emirates in May 2023. Morley added, "Further details to follow". On 8 June 2023, the organization announced that the competition will move from the United Arab Emirates to India, with no reason given for the venue change. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia, Carabobo
Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay metropolitan region, which with a population of about 4.5 million is the country's second largest after that of Caracas. Caracas lies some away to the east. History The area was already inhabited in the fourth millennium BC. The inhabitants were mainly hunters and gatherers who might have already developed some elementary forms of agriculture. Between AD 200 and 1000 an important settlement was formed close to Lake Valencia. Around the year 1000, waves of migration started to come from the Orinoco river area, probably arriving along the Pao river. The fusion of previous settlements with these new populations gave rise to the Vacencioide culture. People in the area belonged mostly to Arawak groups. They were hunters and gatherers wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracaibo
Maracaibo ( , ; ) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the largest city in Venezuela and is List of cities in Venezuela by population, the second-largest city proper in Venezuela, after the national capital, Caracas, and the capital of the state of Zulia. The population of the city is approximately 2,658,355 with the metropolitan area estimated at 5,278,448 . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracay
Maracay () is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of Girardot Municipality. The population of Maracay and its surroundings in the 2011 census was 955,362. In Venezuela, Maracay is known as "Ciudad Jardín" ("Garden City"). History Officially established on March 5, 1701 by Bishop Diego de Baños y Sotomayor in the valleys of Tocopio and Tapatapa (what is known today as the central valley of Aragua) in northern Venezuela. According to the most accepted explanation, it was named after a local indigenous chief, and refers to the "Maracayo" (Felis mitis), a small tiger. Alternative etymologies cite a local aromatic tree called Mara. Maracay experienced rapid growth during Juan Vicente Gómez's dictatorship (1908–1935). Gómez saw Maracay as a suitable place to make his residence during his rule, and ordered the construction of an Arc of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal, Táchira
San Cristóbal () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, from the Colombian border. San Cristóbal was founded on 31 March 1561, by Juan Maldonado (conquistador), Juan de Maldonado. From its inception, the city evolved rapidly as one of the most progressive and important centers of commerce in the country and the region, due primarily to its rich soil and its proximity to the border with Colombia. The city was severely damaged by the Earthquake of Cúcuta (also known as Earthquake of the Andes) in 1875. The city is located on the Pan-American Highway. Education San Cristobal has a large student population. There are many post-secondary schools, both public and private, in San Cristobal. The main higher education facilities are: * :es:Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira, Universidad Nacional Experime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital District (Venezuela)
The Capital District () is a federal district of Venezuela. It has an area of and there is only one administrative division (''municipio''), Libertador, which contains about half of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital city, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The district borders the states of Vargas and Miranda. Government Formerly it had its own local government with a governor, but the constitutional reform of 1999 abolished the district government and created instead the Metropolitan District of Caracas, with jurisdiction over the territory of the District and also four adjacent ''municipios'' (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre) in Miranda which all together form the city. On 13 April 2009, the National Assembly passed a law creating the figure of a head of government for the district which would be designated by the President. On 14 April 2009, Jacqueline Faría became the first He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Venezuela
The Regions of Venezuela () are two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies. Venezuela's natural regions (''Regiones naturales'') are divided by natural geography, and administrative regions (''Regiones político-administrativas'') are delineated for the purpose of regional administration. Administrative regions Administrative regions (''Regiones político-administrativas'') are grouped from Venezuela's neighboring states, federal dependencies, and the capital district for the purpose of local administration in the process of regional development. The Political-Administrative regions were created from a decree on 11 June 1969 and have been modified since their creation, and there are currently nine regions. Notes: # Population figures are 2005 estimates # The area of the Páez municipality has, for the time being, been incorrectly counted here as belonging to the Llanos Region, rather than the Andean Region. Natural regions Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Venezuela
The Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states ('), a Capital District (Venezuela), Capital District (') and the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Federal Dependencies ('), which consist of many List of islands of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela claims the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, disputed Essequibo territory as one of its states, which it calls Guayana Esequiba, but the territory is controlled by Guyana as part of six of its Regions of Guyana, regions. The states and territories of Venezuela are usually organized into Regions of Venezuela, regions (), although these regions are mostly geographical entities rather than administrative entities. Historical states Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), the country was divided into provinces rather than states (see Provinces of Venezuela). The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is Physical fitness, physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professional sports, professionals or amateur sports, amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise, accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulimar Rojas
Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan Sport of athletics, athlete who holds the Triple jump world record progression#Women, world record for women's triple jump, at . She is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump, 2020 Olympic champion, a four-time IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Champion (2017 World Championships in Athletics, 2017 London, 2019 World Championships in Athletics, 2019 Doha, 2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 Eugene and 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023 Budapest), and three-time IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, World Indoor Champion (2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2016 Portland, 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2018 Birmingham and 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 Belgrade); she is nicknamed – queen of the triple jump. Since 2014 she has held, and continued to beat, Venezuelan national records in triple jump and long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Alvarado
Daniela del Carmen Alvarado Álvarez (; born 23 October 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan television, theatre and film actress. She is the daughter of actor Daniel Alvarado and actress Carmen Julia Álvarez and has 6 brothers. She broke into international fame as the star of RCTV's telenovela '' Juana la virgen''. Biography Through the influence of her parents, Daniela ventured into the world of acting at the age of 4 in ''Macu, The Policeman's Woman''. She later studied ballet and entered a children's dance group called Los Minipops. Since then, she has appeared in numerous telenovelas for RCTV and Venevisión Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros. It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros. It is one of the major telenove .... Filmography References External links * ''Juana la virgen'' in Subtv Official biography in RCTV homepage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
