Valeria Alejandra Vespoli Figuera (born November 25, 1994) is a Venezuelan model, social communicator and beauty pageant titleholder who was titled Miss Supranational Venezuela 2016. Vespoli also represented the

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state in

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where she ended up as one of the semifinalists. Vespoli represented Venezuela in

Miss Supranational 2016 Miss Supranational 2016 was the eighth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 2, 2016, at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Stephanía Vasquez Stegman of Paraguay crowned Srinidhi Shetty of India at the end of the event. Con ...

, obtaining the position of 1st Runner-Up.

Life and career

Early life

Vespoli was born in

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. She is of Italian descent and has two brothers. She moved to the

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, and it is there that he obtained a BA in Social Communication from

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. Vespoli has also been playing soccer since the edge of 14.

Pageantry

Valeria began her journey in beauty pageants at the age of 9. Then, when she turned 15, she participated and won the Teen Model Venezuela 2010.

Miss Venezuela 2015

Vespoli was selected to represent her home state,

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, in

. Vespoli competed with 24 other candidates for the disputed crown. At the end of the event, on October 8, 2015, she obtained the special ''Miss Authentic'' award, and managed to classify within the group of 10 semifinalists.

Miss Supranational Venezuela 2016

Vespoli was designated by the Miss Venezuela Organization in conjunction with

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, as the Venezuelan representative to the international contest,

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Miss Supranational 2016

She represented Venezuela in the

pageant, an event that took place on December 2, 2016 at the Municipal Sports and Recreation Center MOSIR, in

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. Valeria obtained the position of 1st Runner-Up, the highest place achieved by Venezuela in said contest. In addition, she was crowned Continental Queen of the Americas in that edition.

Other projects

Due to the

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, Valeria remains in Venezuela, there she starts a venture as a fashion designer; as well as being the presenter of the Monaguense newspaper, El Siglo. In addition to this, she currently works as a financial advisor.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vespoli, Valeria 1994 births Living people Miss Venezuela winners People from Maturín Venezuelan female models