Vanessa Gonçalves

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Vanessa Gonçalves
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Vanessa Andrea Gonçalves Gómes
(1986-02-10) February 10, 1986[1]
Baruta, Miranda, Venezuela[1]
Alma mater Universidad Santa María[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Measurements 90-60-90 (35-23-35)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Green
Title(s) Miss Miranda 2010
Miss Venezuela 2010
Major
competition(s)
Miss Venezuela 2010
(Winner)
(Best Body)
(Best in Evening Gown)
Miss Universe 2011
(Top 16)

Vanessa Andrea Gonçalves Gómes (born February 10, 1986) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2010.

Early life

Born in Baruta, Miranda, Venezuela, Gonçalves is a dentist. She is of Portuguese descent, being born to a father from Madeira, Portugal and a mother of Portuguese ancestry.[3] She is a graduate from the school of dentistry at Universidad Santa María in Caracas.[1]

Miss Venezuela 2010

Gonçalves, who stands 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in), competed as Miss Miranda, one of 28 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela 2010, held on October 28, 2010 in Maracaibo, where she obtained the Best Body and Evening Gown awards[4] and became the seventh Miss Venezuela winner from Miranda, gaining the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 2011.[5]

Miss Universe 2011

As Miss Venezuela 2010,[6] she went on to compete in Miss Universe 2011 on September 12, 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and placed in the top 16.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Miss Venezuela 2010: Vanessa Goncalves, body fitness". La Voz Libre. October 30, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  2. "Miss Miranda". missvenezuela.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  3. "New Miss Venezuela is Luso-descendant and said she was "closely identified" with Portugal". Diário de Notícias. October 30, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  4. "Gala de la belleza dio a conocer a las primeras ganadoras". sinflash.com. October 18, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  5. "Vanessa Goncalves, 24, crowned Miss Venezuela 2010". ABC. EFE. October 29, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 
  6. "São Paulo, Brazil to host the 2011 Miss Universe® Pageant Live on NBC". PRNewswire. December 18, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011. 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Marelisa Gibson
Miss Venezuela
2010
Succeeded by
Irene Esser
Preceded by
Marelisa Gibson
Miss Miranda
2010
Succeeded by
Isabel Zamora
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