Gabriela Isabel de la Cruz Brito (born October 25, 1999) is a Venezuelan model, communicator and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2019. She represented the state of

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at the pageant and represented

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where she placed as the 4th Runner-Up.

Life and career

Early life

Cruz was born in San Felipe,

. He has a younger sister and is a student of Social Communication.

Pageantry

Gabriela entered in the world of beauty pageants very early on. In 2016 she became the Reina de la Feria de Mayo in her hometown, San Felipe, representing the

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. Then she would participate on May 30, 2017 in the Miss Carabobo 2017 pageant, an event held at the Vesperia Hotel in

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, positioning herself as one of the finalists, with the aspiration of becoming a delegate of

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Miss Supranational Venezuela 2019

Subsequently, on June 26, 2019, Gabriela wearing the band of the Valencia municipality wins the Miss Earth Carabobo 2019, thus becoming one of the official candidates for both Miss Earth Venezuela and the inaugural Miss Supranational Venezuela competitions. On both occasions, Cruz represented the

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state. On August 22, 2019, at the Chacao Cultural Center in

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she was crowned by her predecessor, Nariman Battikha, as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2019. The honor roll consisted of the first Runner-Up, Ivana Rodriguez, Miss Supranational Capital District, and Maria Laura López, Miss Supranational Táchira, who was the second Runner-Up. Having won the title as Miss Supranational Venezuela, Cruz did not participate in Miss Earth Venezuela 2019 competition, leaving the Carabobo state band vacant in said competition.

Miss Supranational 2019

Gabriela represented

in the

pageant, which was held on December 6, 2019 at the Katowice International Congress Center, in

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, where she finished as the 4th Runner-Up. This is the highest position achieved by Venezuela since

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in 2016 as 1st Runner-Up.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:de la Cruz, Gabriela 1999 births Living people Miss Venezuela winners People from San Felipe, Venezuela Venezuelan female models