María Elisa "Marelisa" Gibson Villegas (born 26 August 1988) is a Venezuelan designer and beauty pageant *leholder who won Miss Venezuela 2009.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Miss Venezuela
  • 2.2 Miss Universe
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Early life

Gibson was born in Caracas, where she use to study architecture at the Central University of Venezuela. She speaks Spanish, English and French. Gibson attended the Art Ins*ute of Philadelphia for Interior Design.

Career

Miss Venezuela

Gibson, who stands 1.78 m (5'10"), became the sixth Miss Miranda to win that *le since the Miss Venezuela pageant began in 1952. She also won the Best Face award.

Miss Universe

She represented Venezuela in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on August 23, and did not make it to the Top 15. This was only the third time in twenty-eight years that Venezuela was not among the semifinalists after Ana Karina Áñez in 2004 and Jictzad Viña in 2006.

References

External links

• Miss Venezuela Official Website
• Miss Universe Official Website