María Milagros Véliz

Venezuelan beauty pageant winner

María Milagros Véliz
Born	María Milagros Véliz Pinto (1983-01-09) January 9, 1983 (age 41) Guacara, Carabobo, Venezuela
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Anzoátegui 2008 Miss Venezuela World 2008
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Venezuela 2008 (Miss Venezuela World 2008) Miss World 2009 (Unplaced)

María Milagros Véliz Pinto (born January 9, 1986, in Guacara, Carabobo state, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela in Miss World 2009, held on December 12, 2009, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was a finalist (top six) of the "Miss World Sports" fast-track competition.^[1]

Véliz, who stands 1.78 m (5'10") tall, competed in Miss Venezuela 2008, on September 10, 2008, and obtained the title of "Miss Venezuela Mundo". She represented Anzoátegui state.^[2]

Véliz lives in London, United Kingdom,^[3] where she studies International Business at the European Business School London.^[4] She practices swim, Judo, high jump and other sports; and speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.^[5]

References

^ http://www.missworld.com/Miss-World-News/miss-world-sportswoman-2009.html Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Miss Trujillo Stefanía Fernández fue electa Miss Venezuela 2008". El Universal. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
^ "Venezuela quiere otra Miss Mundo". Estampas. Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
^ http://www.mematalacuriosidad.com/2009/12/miss-venezuela-maria-milagros-veliz.html
^ http://www.missworld.com/contestant/showcontestant/venezuela/ Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Miss Venezuela Official Website
Miss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB
[1]^{[permanent dead link]}

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hannelly Quintero	Miss Venezuela World 2008 2008	Succeeded by Adriana Vasini
Preceded by María Ortiz	Miss Anzoátegui 2008	Succeeded by Flory Díez

Miss World 2009 contestants

v t e Venezuelan placements in Miss World
Miss World	Susana Duijm (1955) Pilín León (1981) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Ivian Sarcos (2011)
1st runner-up	Albany Lozada (1987) Martina Thorogood (1999)
2nd runner-up	Sharon Luengo (1990) Francis Gago (1992) Irene Ferreira (1994) Adriana Vasini (2010)
4th runner-up	Marzia Piazza (1969)
Top 5-7	María Conchita Alonso (1975) Ruddy Rodríguez (1985) María Begoña Juaristi (1986) Emma Rabbe (1988) Mónica Lei (1993) Ana Cepinska (1996)
Top 10	Goizeder Azúa (2002)
Top 15-17	Betzabé Franco (1962) Mercedes Hernández (1964) Ana María Padrón (1971) Genoveva Rivero (1976) Patricia Tóffoli (1978) Hilda Abrahamz (1980) Federica Guzmán (2006) Claudia Suárez (2007) Hannelly Quintero (2008)
Top 20	Valentina Patruno (2003)
Top 30-40	Ana Carolina Ugarte (2017) Veruska Ljubisavljević (2018) Isabella Rodríguez (2019) Alejandra Conde (2021)
Unplaced	Celsa Pieri (1956) Consuelo Nouel (1957) Ida Margarita Pieri (1958) Bexi Romero (1961) Milagros Galíndez (1963) Nancy González (1965) Jeannette Köpp (1966) Irene Böttger (1967) Cherry Núñez (1968) Tomasita de las Casas (1970) Amalia Heller (1972) Edicta García (1973) Alicia Rivas (1974) Jacqueline van den Branden (1977) Tatiana Capote (1979) Michelle Shoda (1982) Carolina Cerruti (1983) Fabiola Candosin (1989) Christina Dieckmann (1997) Veronica Schneider (1998) Vanessa Cárdenas (2000) Andreína Prieto (2001) Andrea Milroy (2004) Susan Carrizo (2005) María Milagros Véliz (2009) Gabriella Ferrari (2012) Karen Soto (2013) Debora Menicucci (2014) Anyela Galante (2015) Diana Croce (2016) Ariagny Daboín (2023)
Did not compete	Miriam Estévez/Aura Rodríguez (1960)
Miss Venezuela Miss World Venezuela Miss World

v t e Miss World Venezuela titleholders
1950s	Susana Duijm (1955) Celsa Pieri (1956) Consuelo Nouel (1957) Ida Margarita Pieri (1958)
1960s	Miriam Estévez/Aura Rodríguez (1960) Bexi Romero (1961) Betzabé Franco (1962) Milagros Galíndez (1963) Mercedes Hernández (1964) Nancy González (1965) Jeannette Köpp (1966) Irene Böttger (1967) Dolores Núñez (1968) Marzia Piazza (1969)
1970s	Tomasita de las Casas (1970) Ana María Padrón (1971) Amalia Heller (1972) Edicta García (1973) Alicia Rivas (1974) María Conchita Alonso (1975) Genoveva Rivero (1976) Jacqueline Branden (1977) Patricia Tóffoli (1978) Tatiana Capote (1979)
1980s	Hilda Abrahamz (1980) Pilín León (1981) Michelle Shoda (1982) Carolina Cerruti (1983) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Ruddy Rodríguez (1985) María Begoña Juaristi (1986) Albany Lozada (1987) Emma Rabbe (1988) Fabiola Candosin (1989)
1990s	Sharon Luengo (1990) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Francis Gago (1992) Mónica Lei (1993) Irene Ferreira (1994) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Ana Cepinska (1996) Christina Dieckmann (1997) Veronica Schneider (1998) Martina Thorogood (1999)
2000s	Vanessa Cárdenas (2000) Andreína Prieto (2001) Goizeder Azúa (2002) Valentina Patruno (2003) Andrea Milroy (2004) Susan Carrizo (2005) Federica Guzmán (2006) Claudia Suárez (2007) Hannelly Quintero (2008) María Milagros Véliz (2009)
2010s	Adriana Vasini (2010) Ivian Sarcos (2011) Gabriella Ferrari (2012) Karen Soto (2013) Debora Menicucci (2014) Anyela Galante (2015) Diana Croce (2016) Ana Carolina Ugarte (2017) Veruska Ljubisavljević (2018) Isabella Rodríguez (2019)
2020s	Alejandra Conde (2021) Ariagny Daboín (2023)