Pilín León (born Carmen Josefina León Crespo, May 19, 1963) is a Venezuelan writer and beauty queen who won the Miss World Venezuela 1981 crown and later

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pageant in 1981, held in

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, United Kingdom, representing Venezuela. León was born in

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. She became the second Venezuelan (

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was the first in

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) to win the title. As

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, she was the first celebrity to switch on the

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lights in

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in 1981. In 2014, she was guest judge in the final

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beauty pageant in

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External links

Pilin León @ "Bellas Venezolanas"
Miss Venezuela World winners Miss World winners Miss World 1981 delegates People from Maracay 1963 births Living people Venezuelan beauty pageant winners {{venezuela-pageant-bio-stub