María Milagros Véliz Pinto (born January 9, 1986, in
Guacara
Guacara is a city in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of Guacara Municipality.
It was officially founded 1624, although it was already a settlement of indigenous people. It has an estimated population for July 2009 of 178,000 inhabitants. It is ...
,
Carabobo
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state,
Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented
Venezuela in
Miss World 2009, held on December 12, 2009, in
Johannesburg,
South Africa. She was a finalist (top six) of the "
Miss World Sports" fast-track competition.
Véliz, who stands 1.78 m (5'10") tall, competed in
Miss Venezuela 2008
Miss Venezuela 2008 was the 55th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 10, 2008, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Stefanía Fernández, Miss Trujillo.
The pageant was broadcast live on Venevisi ...
, on September 10, 2008, and obtained the title of "Miss Venezuela Mundo". She represented
Anzoátegui state.
Véliz lives in
London,
United Kingdom, where she studies
International Business
International business refers to the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale.
It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more ...
at the
European Business School London. She practices
swim
Swim or SWIM may refer to:
Movement and sport
* Swim, a fad dance
* Aquatic locomotion, the act of biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium
* Human swimming, the useful or recreational activity of movement through water
* Swimming ( ...
,
Judo,
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
and other
sports; and speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.
http://www.missworld.com/contestant/showcontestant/venezuela/
References
External links
Miss Venezuela Official WebsiteMiss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB
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1986 births
People from Carabobo
Miss Venezuela World winners
Miss World 2009 delegates
Living people
Venezuelan beauty pageant winners
Alumni of European Business School London