Keysi Mairin Sayago Arrechedera (born 6 October 1993), formerly known professionally as Keysi Sayago, is a Venezuelan model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2016. She represented the state of

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at the pageant and represented

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at the

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Early life

Sayago was born in

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, Miranda. Sayago lived the first years of her childhood in Carrizal, until her parents decided to move to

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, and from an early age she became interested in modeling, which is why her mother, she enrolled in modeling classes at age 12. Sayago is a mechanical engineer of National Experimental University of the Armed Forces in

, Miranda, where she lives. In October 2017, she settled in

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to continue her career as a professional.

Career

Modeling

Sayago participated in the first edition of the beauty contest American Model Venezuela 2010, organized by the model agency Xtreme Model, being the winner.

Miss Venezuela 2016

Sayago was among the three women pre-selected during the Miss Miranda casting. The other two were Maria Victoria D'Ambrosio and Rosangelica Piscitelli. During the sashing ceremony, D'Ambrosio and Piscitelli were assigned as Miss Guarico and Miranda, respectively. Meanwhile, Sayago was assigned as Miss Monagas. D'Ambrosio ended up in the Top 10 while Piscitelli, despite winning several awards, placed fifth (fourth runner-up). Sayago competed as Miss Monagas 2016, one of 24 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, she obtained the ''Miss Attitude'' and ''Most Beautiful Smile'' awards at the ''Interactive Beauty Gala'', which was the preliminary of Miss Venezuela 2016, which was held on October 6, 2016, in

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, where she became the second

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winner to represent the state of

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Miss Universe 2017

Sayago represented

held on November 26, 2017, at

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and placed Top 5.

2017–present

In June 2017, she was the host of the program ''Más allá de la Belleza'' in her tenth season, being her debut as a television presenter. The program tells interviews, essays and unpublished material about Miss Venezuela. On August 18, 2018, she was judge of the Canadian

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beauty contest. In October 2018, she paraded at

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. In February 2019, she repeated at

References

External links

* 1993 births Living people Venezuelan female models Miss Universe 2017 contestants Miss Venezuela winners People from Miranda (state) Venezuelan women engineers {{Venezuela-pageant-bio-stub