Marena Bencomo
| Marena Bencomo | |
|---|---|
 Marena Bencomo with Hugo Chavez and Richard Boulton in 2007 | |
| Born |
Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez April 15, 1974 Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Title | Miss Venezuela 1996 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Hazel |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Venezuela 1996 (Winner) Miss Universe 1997 (1st runner-up) |
Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez (born April 15, 1974 in Valencia, Carabobo) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1996 and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1997.
Miss Venezuela
Bencomo competed in 1996 as Miss Carabobo in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1997.
Miss Universe
As the official representative of her country to the 1997 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida on May 16, 1997, she placed first runner-up to eventual winner Brook Lee of the United States.[1] At the time of participating in the contest, Bencomo studied Odontology in the University of Carabobo.
After delivering the crown of Miss Venezuela, she briefly intervened as host of the program Tv Time to lead the Public Relations and Publicity of the defunct airline Avensa. There she meets his husband, the CEO Richard Boulton Winckelman, with whom he married in December 1998. On July 15, 2000 Boulton suffers a kidnapping by paramilitaries of "United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia" in his farm. After worst negotiations he was released in July 2002, in Villavicencio, Colombia. Currently, the couple has a son named John Henry Boulton Bencomo (2003).
On October 9, 2014, she was invited as a jury on the final night of Miss Venezuela 2014, held in Studio 1 of Venevisión.
References
- ↑ Miss Universe Coverage 1997 Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- Muria, Eduardo (4 October 2016). "Marena Bencomo, 20 años después de su coronación". Notitarde (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by |
Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up 1997 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by |
Miss Venezuela 1996 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Jackqueline del Valle |
Miss Carabobo 1996 |
Succeeded by Heidi García |
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