Keysi Mairin Sayago Arrechedera (born 6 October 1993), known as Keysi Sayago, is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won

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2016. She represented Venezuela at the

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, among in the placed Top 5 finalist.

Early life and education

Sayago was born on October 6, 1993, in Carrizal Municipality; where she remained until his parents, Alex Rubén Sayago (1966) and Ana Karina Arrechedera (1970) decided to move to

Los Teques Los Teques () is the capital of the state of Miranda, and the municipality of Guaicaipuro in north-central Venezuela. The city is about 25 km southwest of Caracas, and above mean sea level. It lies in the Cordillera de la Costa, on the ba ...

. She has a sister: Ana Karina (1989) and three paternal half-brothers. She was enrolled in modeling classes at age 12. Sayago has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from National Experimental University of the Armed Forces in

, Miranda. In October 2017, she settled in

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to continue her career as a professional model. In April 2021, she met Canadian businessman Gary LeBlanc. They married on July 25, 2022, with a subsequent celebration; on September 23, 2023, in

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. On January 1, 2024, she announced that she was pregnant. On February 14, she revealed that she was having a girl. On June 12, Emma was born and on September 2 of that year; announced that she had been diagnosed with

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Career

Modeling

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

Pageantry

Miss Monagas

Sayago was pre-selected during the Miss Miranda casting and assigned Miss Monagas title.

Miss Venezuela 2016

Sayago won Miss Venezuela 2016, competing as Miss Monagas 2016, one of 24 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant. She also won ''Miss Attitude'' and ''Most Beautiful Smile'' at the Interactive Beauty Gala, at the Miss Venezuela 2016 preliminary, which was held on October 6, 2016, in

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, She became the second

winner to represent the state of

Monagas Monagas State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Monagas State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443. Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the ...

. She represented the state of

at the pageant and represented

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at the

Miss Universe 2017

Sayago represented Venezuela at

on November 26, 2017, at

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and reached the top five.

2017–present

In June 2017, she debuted as a TV presenter in the tenth season of ''Más allá de la Belleza'', in a program about Miss Venezuela. On August 18, 2018, she was a judge at Miss Canada 2018. In October 2018 and February 2019, she appeared at the Toronto Fashion Week.

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Living people Venezuelan female models Miss Universe 2017 contestants Miss Venezuela winners People from Miranda (state) Venezuelan women engineers Venezuelan engineers 21st-century Venezuelan engineers 1993 births {{Venezuela-pageant-bio-stub