Viviana Águeda Gibelli Gómez (born 22 December 1965) is a Venezuelan TV show host, actress, and ex-beauty queen. She was a participant in the beauty pageant miss Venezuela in 1987 obtaining the position of second finalist, she represented Venezuela in the contest: Miss Wonderland 1987 where she was crowned queen of the American continent.

Biography

Gibelli's father is of Brazilian-Italian descent while her mother is of

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origin. Gibelli has two brothers and has confessed that she prefers male friendships over female since she grew up playing with her brothers. In 1987, Gibelli represented

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state in the

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national beauty pageant and finished as fourth runner-up. She then started a career as a fashion model. Gibelli later participated in different types of television shows, beginning with ''Complicidades'', a daytime magazine show geared towards women. Later on, she worked on children's shows and

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s. In 2003, Gibelli also filmed several television shows in

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. Gibelli has participated in a total of five telenovelas, of which ''

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'' (''Wild Cat''), filmed in 2002, is the only one released internationally. She had big hits in Venezuela with ''

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'' (''The Country of Women'') and ''Kaina'', in which she both played one of the lead female roles. She has also participated in one Venezuelan feature film. Gibelli is now a fixture of the

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network where she had a talk show called ''Viviana a la Media Noche'' (''Viviana at Midnight''), as well as the Venezuelan television mega-hit '' La Guerra de Los Sexos'' (''Battle of the Sexes'').

Filmography

Stage

*''El Método Grönholm'', Caracas, Venezuela, 15 July to 15 November 2005 *''El Mundo De Oz'', Caracas, Venezuela *''La Bella Durmiente y El Príncipe Valiente'', Caracas, Venezuela *''Hercules'', Caracas, Venezuela *''Hasta Que El Matrimonio Nos Separe'', Caracas, Venezuela

Telenovelas

* ''Arroz con leche'', 2007, Venezuela – Ella misma * ''

'', 2002–2003, United States, Venezuela – Jacqueline Tovar * ''

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'', 1998–1999, Venezuela – Pamela Fuentes Gomez * '' Pecado de amor'', 1996, Venezuela – Esperanza Hernandez * ''

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'', 1995, Venezuela – Catalina Miranda * '' Por Amarte Tanto'', 1992, Venezuela – Laura Velásquez

Movies

*''Baño de Damas'', 2003 – Cloe

Series

*''Qué Chicas'', 1990–1991, Venezuela

Television programs

*''Confidencias con Viviana Gibelli'', 2011, Venezuela – host *''Miss Venezuela'', 2010 and 2013 – host *''Confidencias con... (Segunda Etapa)'', 2004, Venezuela *''

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'', 2001–2006, Venezuela *''La Guerra de los sexos'', 2000–2013, Venezuela – host *''Viviana a la Medianoche'', 1999–2001, Venezuela – host *''Confidencias... (Parte 1)'', 1997–1998, Venezuela *''Complicidades'', 1988–1991, Venezuela *''Gala de la Belleza del Miss Venezuela'', 1997–2003 and 2006–2009

References

External links

*
fulllatin.com, in Spanish
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