Yajaira Vera
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán April 3, 1964 Caracas, Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 54.7 kg (121 lb) |
| Measurements | 90-60-90 (35.5-23.5-35.5) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Venezuela 1988 Miss Globe International 1988 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Venezuela 1988 (Winner) Miss Globe International 1988 (Winner) Miss Universe 1988 (Top 10; 7th place) |
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán (born April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is Miss Venezuela 1988. She represented her country in Miss Universe 1988 placing as one of the 10 semifinalists[1] and won the very first Miss Globe International pageant in 1988.
Miss Venezuela
She was supposed to represent Táchira in the 1987 Miss Venezuela national pageant, she was eventually replaced by another contestant called Rosalinda Serfaty Rosenstock. But neither Yajaira or Rosalinda represented Táchira. That year that andean state didn't have delegate in Miss Venezuela. Upon joining the pageant a year later, this time as the representative of Miranda, she won the title and was sent to Taipei, Taiwan as the representative of Venezuela for the Miss Universe pageant, where she placed among the 10 semi-finalists.[1]
Miss Globe
Later that year, she represented Venezuela in the first edition of Miss Globe International, held in Bodrum, Turkey, where she won the crown and became the first titleholder ever. She married before giving up her crown to the new Miss Globe 1989, Karina Berger.
Life after pageants
In the mid 1990s, Yajaira Vera worked as a news presenter for El Observador, the news program of Radio Caracas Televisión. Now she is an ophthalmologist and she is working at the Avila Clinic in Caracas, Venezuela. She has 3 sons, Alejandro Javier, Alfredo and Veronica Villanueva.
References
- 1 2 Dima, Mihaela (December 19, 2009). "Miss Universe charming dream". Adevărul (Bucharest, Romania). Retrieved 2010-09-22.
External links
- Yajaira Vera: When a college degree outweighs beauty
- Results of the very first Miss Globe International in 1988
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| First | Miss Globe International 1988 |
Succeeded by Karina Berger |
| Preceded by Inés María Calero |
Miss Venezuela 1988 |
Succeeded by Eva Lisa Ljung |