Valentina Belén Sánchez Trivella (born 19 June 1995) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021. She also represented the state of

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at the

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finishing as one of the finalists. Sánchez represented Venezuela at the

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competition, finishing as third runner-up.

Life and career

Early life

Sánchez was born in

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parents. In 1999, she moved to

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in her parents' home country of Venezuela where she grew up. Later on, she returned to the US, settling in

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and

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. After the death of her both grandmother and mother, Sánchez has worked to spread the importance of taking care of

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awareness at schools. She is also an advocate for the rights of the

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community; Sánchez has declared openly that her foster parents are gay men and has held conferences in schools in the state of Nueva Esparta regarding HIV awareness.

Pageantry

Sánchez represented her home state, Nueva Esparta at the Miss Teen Model Venezuela 2011. At the end of the event, Sánchez was crowned by her predecessor,

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Miss Teen USA 2014

On October 20, 2013, Sánchez participated and won

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representing Asbury Park. On August 2, 2014, held in

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, she ended as fourth Runner-Up in

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attended this event as the reigning

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Miss New Jersey USA 2020

On November 24, 2019, she participated at the

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2020 competition, where she placed as 2nd Runner-Up. Gina Mellish, another former

winner from Oceanport won the title.

Miss Venezuela 2020

After being selected once again to represent her home state,

, this time at

, Sánchez competed with 21 other candidates for the disputed crown, becoming one of the great favorites of said edition. At the end of the event, on September 24, 2020, she ended as a Top 5 finalist.

Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021

She was selected as one of the five candidates in Miss Supranational Venezuela. On May 27, 2021, she was crowned by her predecessor, Gabriela de la Cruz, as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021; this event was held in conjunction with the second edition of Mister Supranational Venezuela, where William Badell obtained the title.

Miss Supranational 2021

She represented Venezuela at the

pageant, held on August 21, 2021 in Strzelecki Park Amphitheater,

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, Poland. For her national costume, Sánchez considered highlighting the neospartan devotion to the Virgen del Valle, honoring one of the most outstanding religious expressions of her native state; However, this idea also generated some controversy among the public. Sánchez obtained the 3rd Runner-Up place, making the third time Venezuela enters into the group of finalists.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sánchez, Valentina 1995 births Living people American people of Venezuelan descent Beauty pageant contestants from New Jersey Manasquan High School alumni Miss Venezuela winners Miss Supranational contestants People from Nueva Esparta People from Orange County, California People from Asbury Park, New Jersey People from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 21st-century American women