Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez (born March 16, 1991) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned

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, becoming the sixth woman from her

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to capture the

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title.

Early life

Born in

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 ...

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, Mosquera grew up in

Cabimas Cabimas is a city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. In 2005, its population was around 200,859. Before 1900, Venezuela was known to possess commercial quantities of petroleum. One major find was the ' Zumaq ...

, with 3 brothers and one sister and was studying

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at the

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prior to her participation in Miss Venezuela 2009.

Pageants

Miss Venezuela International

Mosquera, who stands tall, competed in 2009 as Miss Trujillo in her country's national beauty pageant,

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, obtaining the title of ''Miss Venezuela International'' on September 24, 2009.

International Queen of Coffee

Prior to her participation in

, Mosquera represented

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at Reinado Internacional del Café 2010, held in

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on January 9, 2010, and placed fifth.

Miss International 2010

As the official representative of her

to the 2010

pageant held in

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on November 7, 2010, Mosquera competed against 69 other delegates and was crowned the eventual winner of the title, becoming the sixth woman from

to capture the

crown in 50 years of history. She had a homage in Super Sabado Sensacional on Venevisión (Venezuela's main TV network). She appears on television in Venezuela and she works with children, humanitarian and charity of the Cisneros Foundation.

References

External links

Official Miss International website - Past titleholders
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