Mariángel Villasmil Arteaga (born 22 April 1996) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2020. She represented the state of

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at the pageant and represent Venezuela at the

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competition.

Life and career

Early life

Villasmil was born in

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. She is a psychology student at Arturo Michelena University in

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. Villasmil began her career in the world of beauty in regional competitions for the state of Zulia and as a model in small agencies in Ciudad Ojeda. In 2018 she also participated in the Venezuelan reality show El Contest ('El Concurso': ''in spanish'') By

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where she advance into the semifinalists of the western region or Zulia region.

Education

She is also a writer and a professional pastry chef, owner of her own pastry shop in Maracaibo, called ''Sláinte Cakes''. Before winning Miss Venezuela, Villasmil was in her fourth semester studying psychology at the Arturo Michelena University in Valencia, Carabobo. She speaks both English and her native Spanish. She is also a model and a writer.

Pageantry

Miss Venezuela 2020

At the end of Miss Venezuela 2020 held on September 24, 2020, Villasmil was crowned Miss Venezuela 2020. She will represent Venezuela in

. Villasmil succeeded

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and was crowned by her at the final event. Her court included Miss Venezuela World 2020, Alejandra Conde from

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and Miss Venezuela International 2020, Isbel Parra from Región Guayana. Since her crowning, Villasmil has attended many events with her fellow Miss Venezuela and Mister Venezuela titleholders. She has advocated for her "Love Yourself" campaign, which tries to promote self-love and self-knowledge in people.

Miss Universe 2020

In May 2021, she represented Venezuela at the

pageant hosted in

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. For her national costume, she chose to represent the known

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, an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into

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in Venezuela. On the night of the pageant, she did not place in the Top 21 and thus became the 23rd Miss Venezuela to not place in the semifinals. Other recent candidates that did not place in the semifinals are Ana Karina Añez in

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, Jictzad Viña in

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, Marelisa Gibson in

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and Mariam Habach in

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. Mariángel Villasmil is the first Miss Venezuela not to place following the retirement of longtime pageant director

and the first under new national director

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References

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