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Liesel Holler Sotomayor (born 1980) is a
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doctor, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss Peru 2004 and Miss Caraibes Hibiscus 2004.


Pageantry

Holler represented the department of Pasco in the
Miss Perú 2004 Miss Perú is the national beauty pageant of Peru. The contest gathers participants from all over the nation, including Peruvian women representing their community overseas. Having been broadcast by all the major television networks in the count ...
competition on the night of April 19, 2004. She was crowned Miss Peru Universe as a major shock during the final telecast by edging out the main favorite Maria Julia Mantilla who was crowned Miss World Peru 2004 and won the
Miss World 2004 Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Rosanna Davison of R ...
pageant in December the same year. Her surprise national title win gave her the right to represent her country at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant in
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,
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, where she failed to reach the semifinals. That same year, Holler was given the opportunity to compete in the Miss Earth 2004 pageant in
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,
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, where she placed among the Top 16 finalists. She was Peru's second placement in Miss Earth history. To end the year, she participated in her third and final pageant in the Caribbean island of St. Martin to compete for the title of Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus 2004 where she emerged as the winner after beating the other contestants from
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.


References

Living people 1980 births Peruvian female models Miss Earth delegates Miss Universe 2004 contestants Peruvian people of German descent Umeå University alumni Peruvian beauty pageant winners {{peru-bio-stub