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Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
María Daniela Velasco Rodríguez (born August 21, 1993) is a Venezuelan model, anthropologist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Venezuela 2021.[3][4] She also represented the Capital District at the Miss Earth Venezuela 2017 where she ended as one of the finalist. Velasco represented Venezuela at Miss Earth 2021 competition and placed at Top 8.[5]
María Daniela Velasco | |
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Born | María Daniela Velasco Rodríguez August 21, 1993 Caracas, Venezuela |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Earth Distrito Capital 2017 Miss Venezuela Continentes Unidos 2017 Miss Earth Venezuela 2021[2] |
Major competition(s) | Miss Earth Venezuela 2017 (Top 7) Miss Continentes Unidos 2017 (Top 10) Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 (Winner) Miss Earth 2021 (Top 8) |
Velasco was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She is the daughter of Major General Efraín Velasco Lugo.[6] She obtained a degree as an anthropologist from the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. In addition to this, she has carried out training studies in ecolidership and sustainable business management at the University of Cambridge.[7] On the other hand, Daniela has worked as a television presenter and is also the founder of the environmental NGO 'Okospiri' and is CEO of the company Ecopreneur Evolution.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
María Daniela is also bilingual in both English and Spanish.[14]
Velasco began her participation in beauty pageants in 2017, as a participant in the inaugural edition of Miss Earth Venezuela in that year. María Daniela represented the Capital District in said pageant, managing to position herself as one of the seven finalists. In addition to that, she got the special band for Best Catwalk. In the end, Ninoska Vásquez from Lara state would obtain the aforementioned title.[15][16]
In that same year, Daniela reached her first international competition, after having replaced Oriana Gómez (candidate for Miss Miranda 2016) as the Venezuelan representative in the Miss Continentes Unidos competition.[17][18] Velasco then represented Venezuela in the Miss Continentes Unidos 2017 contest, which took place on September 23, 2017, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[19]
Finally, María Daniela managed to position herself within the group of 10 semifinalists within said competition.[20][21][22]
Velasco returned to the ranks of Miss Earth Venezuela, but on that occasion as a possible nominee to represent Venezuela in Miss Earth 2021.[23]
After a selection process of several weeks in which Instagram followers were involved. Velasco was chosen as one of the 5 finalists. Within this group were also foundː
On October 11, 2021, this group was reduced to 3 finalistsː Lisandra Chirinos, Elizabeth Gasiba and María Daniela Velasco.[24]
On October 15, 2021, the designation event was held, in which Gasiba and Velasco would finally be tied. In this event, a group of juries was in charge of evaluating the candidates taken into consideration for the final round.[25] Among those who wereː
In this designation ceremony, both were put to the test in a varied round of questions.
At the end of the event, the president of the Miss Earth Venezuela Organization, Prince Julio César, declared that both María Daniela Velasco and Elizabeth Gasiba would both be bearers of the title of Miss Earth Venezuela, Velasco as Miss Earth Venezuela 2021, and Gasiba as Miss Earth Venezuela 2022.[26][27] Finally, her predecessor, Stephany Zreik, gave the crown to Velasco as the new Miss Earth Venezuela.[28]
Velasco represented Venezuela at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant on November 21, 2021, and finished as a Top 8 semifinalist.[29][30]
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