Geraldine Duque Mantilla (born September 21, 1991) is a Venezuelan model, lawyer and beauty pageant titleholder who was titled as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2017. Duque represented

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 ...

Miss Supranational 2017 Miss Supranational 2017 was the ninth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 1, 2017, at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Srinidhi Shetty of India crowned Jenny Kim of Korea at the end of the event. She is the first winner fr ...

Life and career

Early life

Geraldine was born in

San Cristóbal, Táchira San Cristóbal () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, from the Colombian ...

. She obtained a law degree from the Universidad Católica del Táchira in San Cristóbal.

Pageantry

One of Duque's first participations in beauty contests was when she participated and obtained the titles of Binational University Queen 2013, representing the Gran Colombia University Institute, and as the Queen of Tourism of the San Sebastián International Fair 2013.

Miss Venezuela 2016

Geraldine was also shortlisted as one of the official candidates for Miss Miranda 2016 contest, representing the

Lander municipality Lander is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 135,739. The ...

, heading for Miss Venezuela 2016. However, she did not advance in the qualifying rounds.

Miss Supranational Venezuela 2017

Duque was the one who applied herself directly to the international organization of

Miss Supranational Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland and a parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland. The current owners of Miss and Mister ...

, acquiring the rights to the franchise for her participation to represent Venezuela in the Miss Supranational 2017 competition.

Miss Supranational 2017

She represented Venezuela in the

pageant, which was held on December 1, 2017 at the MOSIR Arena, in

Krynica-Zdrój Krynica-Zdrój (until 31 December 2001 Krynica, rue, Крениця, uk, Криниця) is a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish betwee ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. For her typical costume, Geraldine chose to represent an allegory of the

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

, the Venezuelan

national flower In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions. Different processes have been used to ...

. However, Duque could not qualify in the semifinalists group, this being the sixth and last time that the South American nation failed in this feat. However, Duque won the special awards for ''Best Talent Show'', thanks to a flamenco demonstration and ''Best Gala Dress'', as Miss Elegance.

Another projects

Duque has stood out as a prominent

fashion influencer A fashion influencer is a personality that has a large number of followers on social media, creates mainly fashion content and has the power to influence the opinion and purchase behavior of others with their recommendations. Brands endorse them t ...

and consultant. In 2018, Duque created her own clothing collection. In addition, she started the publication of a digital magazine focused on women with a view to empowerment and personal and professional growth.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duque, Geraldine 1991 births Living people Miss Venezuela winners People from Táchira Venezuelan female models