Migbelis Lynette Castellanos Romero (born June 7, 1995) is a Venezuelan actress, TV host, model, and beauty queen. She represented the Costa Oriental region of the state of

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at the Miss Venezuela 2013 pageant. She represented Venezuela, and eventually became a top 10 finalist at

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. She was also crowned as Nuestra Belleza Latina 2018.

Early life

Migbelis attends the

Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín The Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin University ( es, Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, URBE) is a private university in Maracaibo, Zulia State Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezu ...

, in

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, where she was pursuing two BAs, one in Social Communication and another one in Political Science in the

Universidad del Zulia The University of Zulia ( es, La Universidad del Zulia, also known as LUZ literally meaning "light" in Spanish), is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important ...

(LUZ-Maracaibo).

Pageantry

Miss Teen Costa Oriental

In 2010, Migbelis won the title Miss Teen Costa Oriental 2010

Miss Venezuela 2013

On October 10, 2013, Migbelis participated in and was crowned as Miss Venezuela 2013.

Miss Universe 2014

Migbelis represented Venezuela at

, which was held on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at

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in Doral,

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and she placed in the Top 10, finishing 10th overall.

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2018

In 2018, Migbelis competed on the

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show

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. On December 2, 2018, Castellanos was crowned the winner, becoming the first Venezuelan and South American to win the competition. As her prize for winning the pageant, Castellanos gets a one-year contract with Univision. Also, she gets $100,000 from winning the pageant.

References

External links

Miss Venezuela Official WebsiteMiss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB
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