Daniela Anette di Giacomo di Giovanni (born May 15, 1985) is a Venezuelan TV host, journalist, radio host, model and beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Venezuela International 2005 and then

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. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008. She worked on Venezuelan channel

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for a long time and now works for

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in the

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. Her victory in the 46th edition of

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, held in

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, earned

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its fifth title in the

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's history, making it the most successful country to date. She bested 51 other delegates to wear the pageant's newly unveiled crystal crown, rather than the traditional pearl crown. Di Giacomo received as a prize a ¥3,000,000 check, a Maki Diamond tiara with 637 diamonds and a ''

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III'' kutani blue ceramic trophy.

Personal life

Di Giacomo is an

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personality who was born in

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. Standing at 5'9", her modeling career started in

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and

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at the age of 17. She attended Monteavila University in

and is fluent in both Spanish and Italian.

Pageant participations

Di Giacomo represented Barinas in the Miss Venezuela 2005 pageant, where she was crowned as Miss Venezuela International. She then went on to win

, in

. Prior to winning

, Di Giacomo competed in Miss World Coffee pageant in

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, where she placed as a finalist and won the Miss Photogenic title. On October 15, 2007, Di Giacomo crowned

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. The pageant was held in

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References

External links

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Di Giacomo in "Bellas Venezolanas"
1985 births People from Caracas Living people Miss International 2006 delegates Miss International winners Miss Venezuela International winners Venezuelan people of Italian descent Venezuelan television presenters Venezuelan women television presenters Venezuelan beauty pageant winners {{Venezuela-pageant-bio-stub