Viviana Águeda Gibelli Gómez (born 22 December 1965) is a Venezuelan actress, tv host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated at

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obtaining the position of second finalist, she represented Venezuela in the contest: Miss Wonderland 1987 where she was crowned queen of the American continent.

Biography

Gibelli's father is of Brazilian-Italian descent while her mother is of

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origin. Gibelli has two brothers and has confessed that she prefers male friendships over female since she grew up playing with her brothers. In 1987, Gibelli represented

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state in the

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national beauty pageant and finished as fourth runner-up. She then started a career as a fashion model. Gibelli later participated in different types of television shows, beginning with ''Complicidades'', a daytime magazine show geared towards women. Later on, she worked on children's shows and

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s. In 2003, Gibelli also filmed several television shows in

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. Gibelli has participated in a total of five telenovelas, of which '' Gata Salvaje'' (''Wild Cat''), filmed in 2002, is the only one released internationally. She had big hits in Venezuela with '' El Pais de las Mujeres'' (''The Country of Women'') and ''Kaina'', in which she both played one of the lead female roles. She has also participated in one Venezuelan feature film. Gibelli is now a fixture of the

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network where she had a talk show called ''Viviana a la Media Noche'' (''Viviana at Midnight''), as well as the Venezuelan television mega-hit ''

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'' (''Battle of the Sexes'').

Filmography

Stage

*''El Método Grönholm'', Caracas, Venezuela, 15 July to 15 November 2005 *''El Mundo De Oz'', Caracas, Venezuela *''La Bella Durmiente y El Príncipe Valiente'', Caracas, Venezuela *''Hercules'', Caracas, Venezuela *''Hasta Que El Matrimonio Nos Separe'', Caracas, Venezuela

Telenovelas

* ''Arroz con leche'', 2007, Venezuela – Ella misma * '' Gata Salvaje'', 2002–2003, United States, Venezuela – Jacqueline Tovar * '' El País de las mujeres'', 1998–1999, Venezuela – Pamela Fuentes Gomez * '' Pecado de amor'', 1996, Venezuela – Esperanza Hernandez * '' Ka Ina'', 1995, Venezuela – Catalina Miranda * '' Por Amarte Tanto'', 1992, Venezuela – Laura Velásquez

Movies

*'' Ladies Room'', 2003 – Cloe

Series

*''Qué Chicas'', 1990–1991, Venezuela

Television programs

*''Confidencias con Viviana Gibelli'', 2011, Venezuela – host *''Miss Venezuela'', 2010 and 2013 – host *''Confidencias con... (Segunda Etapa)'', 2004, Venezuela *''

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'', 2001–2006, Venezuela *''La Guerra de los sexos'', 2000–2013, Venezuela – host *''Viviana a la Medianoche'', 1999–2001, Venezuela – host *''Confidencias... (Parte 1)'', 1997–1998, Venezuela *''Complicidades'', 1988–1991, Venezuela *''Gala de la Belleza del Miss Venezuela'', 1997–2003 and 2006–2009

References

External links

*
fulllatin.com, in Spanish
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