Isbel Cristina Parra Santos is a Venezuelan fashion designer, gymnastics coach, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Venezuela International 2020. As a former gymnast, Parra represented Venezuela at various international competitions, and now coaches girls from low-income families.
Life and career
Early life and education
Parra was born and raised in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
, Venezuela. She comes from a family of athletes, has four brothers; her mother, Isabel Santos, was a high-level diver and now works as an international swimming judge, and her father, Humberto Parra, is a retired professional basketball player. Parra is a fashion designer, having graduated from the Brivil Institute of Environmental Design and Fashion in Caracas; characterized by promoting
upcycling in her designs. She is also a certified life coach.
Artistic gymnastics
Parra began gymnastics at the age of four, becoming part of the Venezuelan Gymnastics Team. She represented Venezuela in various international competitions, retiring from competitions at the age of 18. Her last competition was the Gasparilla Classic, in
Tampa, Florida, United States. Parra then began work as a coach and instructor of artistic gymnastics, especially girls from with low-income families in her home city. She founded the Génesis Gymnastic Club in Caracas. She also became a coach at the Dream Elite Gymnastics Club in Los Angeles, California.
Pageantry
Miss Earth Venezuela 2017
Parra began competing in beauty pageants in 2012, and participated in the inaugural edition of
Miss Earth Venezuela 2017
Miss Earth Venezuela 2017 was the 1st edition of Miss Earth Venezuela pageant held on August 20, 2017 at the ''Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel'' in Caracas, Venezuela. At the end of the event, Ninoska Vásquez of Lara was crowned as the pageant' ...
, representing the state of
Trujillo.
Miss Venezuela 2020
Parra competed and won at Miss Venezuela International 2020 on September 24, 2020. She was the first
Miss Región Guayana, competing as one of 22 finalists. Parra succeed
Miss Venezuela 2019
Miss Venezuela 2019 was the 66th edition of the Miss Venezuela held on August 1, 2019, at the Estudio 5 de Venevisión in Caracas, Venezuela. At the end of the event, Miss Venezuela 2018, Isabella Rodríguez, crowned Thalía Olvino of Delta ...
,
Melissa Jiménez
Melissa Ester Jiménez Guevara (born December 9, 1998, in Maracaibo, Zulia) is a Venezuelan model and beauty titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela International 2019. She represented the state of Zulia at the pageant and represented Vene ...
of
Zulia.
During her reign, Parra was appointed by the
Venezuelan Olympic Committee as the official ambassador of the
Venezuelan delegation at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo. Another of the activities of her reign has been teaching basic
Japanese calligraphy
also called is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language.
Written Japanese was originally based on Chinese characters only, but the advent of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries resulted in intrin ...
courses on social networks.
In August 2021, she became a guest host for
Venevisión's morning magazine ''
Portada's'', as part of her preparation for the Miss International 2021 contest.
Miss International 2022
As Miss Venezuela International, competed at Miss International 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, but was unplaced.
References
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1994 births
Living people
Venezuelan beauty pageant winners
Miss International 2021 delegates