Mother of 11-year-old girl wins the Miss Universe Venezuela 2023 pageant
Motherhood is in fashion on the Miss Universe stage, Ileana Márquez became Miss Universe Venezuela 2023 last night and with the crown comes the right and responsibility to represent her country at Miss Universe 2024 to be held in Mexico. The Venezuelan is the third mother to be chosen as queen in a national pageant towards Miss Universe. The first was Miss Universe Guatemala 2023, Michelle Cohn and the second was Miss Universe Colombia 2023, Camila Avella.
It is remarkable that Latin America is, so far, the only region that is taking advantage of this new pageant regulation, which since this year allows married women or women with children to participate in the most important and most followed beauty pageant in the world. While European countries have taken advantage of the right to inclusion of transgender women, a right also granted in the new regulation. Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands have taken the initiative and already achieved their first top, since just 15 days ago, the Netherlands managed to be part of the top 20 of Miss Universe 2023, held in El Salvador.
Who is Iliana Márquez?
Ileana is a beautiful 27-year-old Venezuelan who loves singing, dancing and acting; She is a teacher in Early Childhood Education and considers herself an authentic woman because she is attached to her values and ideals.
For Ileana, motherhood has not been easy at all. The young woman gave birth to her daughter, her 11-year-old daughter named Guadalupe, at just 16 years old. "Being a mother in my youth changed me as a person by having to face a society in which I did not fit into its standards; however, positively I matured, studied, worked and moved forward" quotes the young woman, on the page official of Miss Venezuela.
Favorite from the beginning
Ileana's beauty, poise, charisma, stage projection and her incredible silhouette made her from the beginning of the competition one of the great favorites to win, and there was competition this year in "the most beautiful night" of Venezuela, but I will tell you more about that another time, because there is a lot to say about the candidates, the top 10 and the production of the contest.
Meanwhile, I want to congratulate Miss Universe Venezuela 2023, a woman
who did a beautiful job during the preliminary and final night of the pageant.
I have no doubt that she will continue to conquer more followers and more
successes will come to her life. Congratulations Ileana!
