María Valeria Cannavò Balsamo (born 12 June 2000) is a Venezuelan fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Venezuela 2024. She represented the Dependencias Federales at the pageant and represented Venezuela at the

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competition.

Life and career

Early life and education

Cannavò was born and raised in

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, Venezuela. At the age of 7 she lost her father to cancer. Cannavò obtained a bachelor's degree in fashion design awarded by the

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, Italy. At the age of 19 she began her career as a clothing and accessories designer. Cannavò has an Instagram account called ''Mvbcportfolio'' in which she shares her work as a clothing designer. She is also a short story writer. Cannavò is 1.73 metres tall and speaks Spanish, Italian and English.

Pageantry

Miss Venezuela 2024

Cannavò competed as Miss Dependencias Federales with other 20 contestants and won Miss Venezuela World 2024, on November 23, 2024, at the

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Studios in Caracas. María succeeded Miss Venezuela World 2021,

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of Cojedes. She was awarded as Miss Blooming Beauty by Rob Lab Cosmetics during the Interactive Beauty Gala. Since her crowning, Cannavò will attend many events with her fellow Miss Venezuela and Mister Venezuela titleholders. She aims to promote the strengthening of education for children and the implementation of strategies that encourage and promote mental health in the youth sector.

Miss World 2025

Cannavò represented Venezuela at

, where she placed in the Top 8 of the Miss World Top Model portion of the pageant.

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2000 births Living people Venezuelan female models Miss Venezuela winners People from Maracay {{Venezuela-pageant-bio-stub