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Alyz Sabimar Henrich Ocando (born October 19, 1991) is a
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and
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. She represented
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state at Miss Venezuela 2012 pageant where she was crowned Miss Venezuela Earth. On December 7, Henrich was crowned Miss Earth 2013 in the
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. She is the second Miss Earth winner from Venezuela after Alexandra Braun and the first Miss Earth winner from
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-owned
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. Alyz is the former chairwoman of the Miss Earth Venezuela Organization. With Alyz winning the Miss Earth crown,
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made history by becoming the first country to win all the
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multiple times.


Biography


Early life and career beginnings

Alyz Henrich was born in
Punto Fijo Punto Fijo is the capital city of the municipality of Carirubana in northern Falcón State, Venezuela. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Paraguaná Peninsula. Its metropolitan area includes the parishes of Norte, Carirubana, Punta Ca ...
, a
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located in western
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. Her beginnings in the world of pageantry began when she participated in the carnival town You mark, in Falcon state and the "Melon Fair", held in the Paraguana Peninsula where it is native. Then only 16 years old, she moved to
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to pursue her modeling career. After returning to Venezuela, she resided in the city of
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, where she was a professor gateway. Alyz has a degree in
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from Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín. Aside from her native language
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, she also speaks
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and English.


Miss Venezuela 2012

Henrich represented the Falcón state in the Miss Venezuela 2012 where she competed with 23 other candidates from different parts of the country. She scored the band Miss Earth Venezuela that gave her the permission to represent Venezuela in the Miss Earth 2013. Henrich is the first Miss Falcón native to reach the final round in Miss Venezuela and get a band of international representation. During the finals night, she won the Miss Integral award.


Miss Earth 2013

As part of her duties as Miss Earth Venezuela, Alyz represented
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in Miss Earth 2013 whose final was held on December 7 at the
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in
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,
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. Henrich competed with 88 other candidates from different countries and autonomous regions for the title of Miss Earth. At the end of the evening, Alyz was crowned as the new Miss Earth and the second time in history to win this title by a Venezuelan beauty. According to the Miss Earth website, her environmental advocacy for Venezuela is to work and support the recollection of trash in the
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to keep the waters of those islands clean. She said that she is already doing that at the age of twelve years. Notably, Alyz' participation has been one of the most successful in the Miss Earth Venezuela, as Henrich was the recipient of numerous awards prior to the final night both from sponsors and the organization of the pageant. Aside from being the eventual winner of the pageant, she is also the first Miss Earth winner to grab the "Best Evening Gown" award.


United Nations Youth Conference for Environment and Biodiversity

Henrich was the special guest for the
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Youth Conference for Environment and Biodiversity in
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on March 7 to 11. She delivered a speech during the Opening Ceremony of the conference. On March 7, Henrich was the moderator for the Global Village Festival with the kids at the
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in El Gouna. She engaged in discussions with the delegates, sponsors and the international press on environment and culture, bio-marine and her experiences as Miss Earth. On March 10, Alyz led a workshop for the kids on waste and waste recycling in Abo Monkar, which is a protected island in the
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, together with
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and HEPECA.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henrich, Alyz 1991 births Living people Venezuelan female models Venezuelan beauty pageant winners Venezuelan people of German descent People from Punto Fijo Miss Earth 2013 contestants Miss Earth winners