Irene Sofía Esser Quintero (born 20 November 1991) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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. Esser grew up in

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, Venezuela. She represented Venezuela in

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, finishing as 2nd Runner-Up.

Personal life

Irene Esser was born in the city of

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, but has studied and lived in the town of

, located in the state of

, since she was a little girl. Her father, Billy Esser Bonta, is an important cacao businessman, owner of Hacienda Bukare, founded in 1997. After graduating from "Andres Bello High School" in Carupano, she moved to

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, where she took a course at

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Pageantry

Miss Venezuela 2011

Esser, who stands , competed as Miss Sucre, one of 24 finalists in her

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's national beauty pageant

, held on October 15, 2011 in

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, where she obtained the ''Miss Elegance'' award and became the third

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winner from

, gaining the right to represent her

Miss Universe 2012

Esser represented

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at the

pageant on December 19, 2012, in

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, where she finished as 2nd Runner-Up behind

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(Philippines) and winner

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(USA). She was one of the favorites to win the pageant. However, she faltered during the final question round and finished in third place. She has outdone two prior Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson (who failed to place) and

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(who finished in the Top 16). When asked by judge

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"If you could make a new law, what would it be and explain why?", Esser responded:

I think that any leyes (laws) there are in Constitution or in life, are already made. I think that we should have, uh, a straight way to go in our similar, or, eh, in our lives as is this. For example, I'm a surfer, and I think that the best wave that I can take is the wave that I wait for it. So please do our only, eh, law that we can do. Thank you Vegas!

Esser was criticized by media, mocked by

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, Don Geronimo,

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, Raul De Molina, amongst other personalities for her incomprehensible response and a video of her final question and answer became popular on

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. Her answer was even compared to

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's infamous response to her final question.

Filmography

In 2013, Irene was cast to star in the

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telenovela titled ''

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'' alongside

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.ElUniversal.com Irene Esser protagonizará "Corazón de Esmeralda"
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References

External links

Miss Venezuela Official WebsiteMiss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB
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