Goizeder Victoria Azúa Barríos (born February 23, 1984) is a Venezuelan television host, anchorwoman, model, journalist, and beauty queen who won

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. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.

Career

Miss Venezuela 2002

She began her beauty pageant career by winning the Miss Carabobo 2002 title, and then by winning the Miss Venezuela World 2002 crown in the Gala de la Belleza preliminary competition of

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Miss World 2002

Azúa represented

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in the

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pageant, where she placed in the top 10.

Miss Mesoamerica 2003

Azúa prior her participation at

pageant, went to Miss Mesoamerica 2003 in Las Vegas, where she won the crown.

Miss International 2003

Azúa was appointed to represent

in the

pageant, where she won the crown. Her win marked the fourth of eight victories of

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, the most of any nation.

Life after Miss International 2003

Once considered Venezuela's top fashion model, Azúa worked on Globovision as a journalist. She had her own TV program called Fun Race. She worked on

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as anchorwoman and now she is based in Spain. She is married and has 2 sons.

References

External links

Web Site Oficial del Miss Venezuela

Goizeder Azua @ Bellas Venezolanas
1984 births Living people Miss Venezuela International winners Miss International 2003 delegates Miss International winners Miss World 2002 delegates People from Valencia, Venezuela Venezuelan people of Basque descent Venezuelan female models Venezuelan television presenters Venezuelan television personalities Venezuelan women journalists Venezuelan women television presenters Venezuelan beauty pageant winners People from San Felipe, Venezuela {{venezuela-pageant-bio-stub