Andrea Carolina del Valle Destongue Quiróz (born September 8, 1986) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was selected as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2011. Destongue represented

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in the Miss Supranational 2011 competition.

Life and career

Early life

Andrea was born in

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. Her older sister, Tania Destongue, represented Yaracuy state in

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, without any success.

Pageantry

Before being appointed, Andrea participated in the Señorita Centroccidental 2011 contest, held on June 4, 2011, in Barquisimeto, in order to represent

state in

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that year. At the end of the event, Destongue obtained the position of 1st finalist with a view to participating in Miss Venezuela 2011. However, she did not manage to be called as an official candidate. The winner of this contest was Carla Rodrigues, who would later represent Portugal in the

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pageant, being the third Venezuelan to represent a foreign country in said contest.

Miss Supranational Venezuela 2011

After that, Andrea was selected as Miss Supranational Venezuela. At first, Ángela Ruiz, the first finalist of

Miss Venezuela 2010 Miss Venezuela (Spanish: ''Organización Miss Venezuela'') is a Venezuelan beauty pageant operated by the Cisneros Group. Founded in 1952, it currently selects Venezuelan representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International ...

, would be the one to represent the country in the international contest, but she was finally replaced by Destongue.

Miss Supranational 2011

She represented

in the Miss Supranational 2011 pageant, which was held on August 26, 2011 at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, in Plock,

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. At the end of the event, Destongue was unable to qualify within the group of 20 semi-finalists.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Destongue, Andrea 1986 births Living people Miss Venezuela winners People from Barquisimeto Venezuelan female models