Yajaira Vera

Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán (born April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is Miss Venezuela 1988. She represented her country in Miss Universe 1988 placing as one of the 10 semifinalists^[1] and won the very first Miss Globe International pageant in 1988.

Miss Venezuela

She was supposed to represent Táchira in the 1987 Miss Venezuela national pageant, she was eventually replaced by another contestant called Rosalinda Serfaty Rosenstock. But neither Yajaira or Rosalinda represented Táchira. That year that andean state didn't have delegate in Miss Venezuela. Upon joining the pageant a year later, this time as the representative of Miranda, she won the title and was sent to Taipei, Taiwan as the representative of Venezuela for the Miss Universe pageant, where she placed among the 10 semi-finalists.^[1]

Miss Globe

Later that year, she represented Venezuela in the first edition of Miss Globe International, held in Bodrum, Turkey, where she won the crown and became the first titleholder ever. She married before giving up her crown to the new Miss Globe 1989, Karina Berger.

Life after pageants

In the mid 1990s, Yajaira Vera worked as a news presenter for El Observador, the news program of Radio Caracas Televisión. Now she is an ophthalmologist and she is working at the Avila Clinic in Caracas, Venezuela. She has 3 sons, Alejandro Javier, Alfredo and Veronica Villanueva.

References

External links

1. Yajaira Vera: When a college degree outweighs beauty
2. Results of the very first Miss Globe International in 1988

Awards and achievements
First	Miss Globe International 1988	Succeeded by Karina Berger
Preceded by Inés María Calero	Miss Venezuela 1988	Succeeded by Eva Lisa Ljung