Amanda Victoria Vilanova Pérez (born December 30, 1991) is a Puerto Rican TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Puerto Rico 2011 and represented

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Miss World 2011 Miss World 2011, the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 6 November 2011 at the Earls Court Two in London, United Kingdom. As part of the events, the contestants also travelled to Edinburgh, Scotland between 23 and 27 October ...

and placed 2nd runner-up.

Pageant participations

Miss Latin America 2010

In 2010 she placed 1st Runner-Up in Miss Latin America 2010, in

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Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2011

The Miss World Puerto Rico 2011 pageant was held at the Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Theater,

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, on June 9, 2011, where Vilanova, representing

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, won the title.

Miss World 2011

Amanda Vilanova represented

at the 61st

pageant, which was held at

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, UK on November 6, 2011. She finished as 2nd Runner-Up (2nd Princess) to

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Theater appearances

Vilanova has had experience in various plays as an actress. In 2010 she started acting in the theater during the play

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, directed by José Juan. In April 2011 she played the role of Sister James in a Spanish translation of

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's '' Doubt: A Parable''. The play was presented on the Teatro theater in the

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References

Living people Models from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican beauty pageant winners Miss World 2011 delegates 1991 births {{pageant-bio-stub