Daniela Kosán Montcourt (born 24 February 1974 in

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) is a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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and

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. She was a contestant in the

Miss Venezuela Miss Venezuela (Spanish: ''Organización Miss Venezuela'') is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela, traditionally held in September. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The fi ...

pageant in 1997 and a major favorite for the crown behind Cristina Dieckmann; Kosan placed third in the final contest after Dieckmann and Veruska Ramirez, the eventual winner. Thereafter she represented Venezuela in the ''Nuestra Belleza Internacional'' pageant where she finished as the winner. After that, she represented her country in

Miss International 1998 Miss International 1998, the 38th Miss International pageant, took place on 26 September 1998 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was won by Lía Victoria Borrero González of Panama. Results Placements Special awards *Friendship ...

, narrowly missing the crown; her second-place finish was attributed to the reigning Miss International,

Consuelo Adler Consuelo Adler Hernández (born in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who became the second Miss International from her country in 1997. Miss Venezuela A year prior to her win as Miss International, she competed as Mis ...

, being a fellow Venezuelan. The next year, she was the weather girl in

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s. In 2000, she worked as hostess for E!

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Televen Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network headquartered on the Caracas neighborhood of Horizonte. For this reason it is also called 'Canal de Horizonte'. Televen was inaugurated as the ''TELEVEN Corporation'' (''Corporación TEL ...

. She hosted the Venezuelan adaptation of American game show ''

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'' called ''Contra reloj'' from 2001 to 2002. Kosán was also known for being one of the '' Chicas Polar'' for an advertising campaign for a

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External links

FanSite de la bella Daniela KosanProfile in Televen (Google cache)E! Online Latino
People from Maracay Miss Venezuela International winners Venezuelan female models 1974 births Living people Venezuelan television presenters Miss International 1998 delegates Venezuelan women television presenters {{venezuela-pageant-bio-stub