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Valentina Belén Sánchez Trivella (born 19 June 1995) is a Venezuelan-American model, television producer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021. She also represented the state of Nueva Esparta at the Miss Venezuela 2020 where she ended as one of the finalist. Sánchez will represent Venezuela at the Miss Supranational 2021.

Early life
Sánchez was born in Orange County, California. In 1999, she moved to Porlamar, Nueva Esparta where she grow up. Later one, she comeback to US, specifically to Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey. She has a bachelor's degree in Communications in Television and Radio Production. After graduating she worked at Telemundo 47 in New York.

After the death of her both grandmother and mother, Sánchez has been in charge of spreading the importance of taking care of mental health awareness at schools. She is also an advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, Sánchez has declared openly that her foster parents are gay men and has held different conferences in schools in the state of Nueva Esparta regarding HIV awareness.

She speaks both Engish and Spanish.

Pageantry
Valentina has a diverse background in the beauty pageant world. She represented her home state, Nueva Esparta at the Miss Teen Model Venezuela 2011. At the end of the event, Sánchez was crown by her predecessor, Valeria Véspoli.

Miss Teen USA 2014
At 18, on October 20, 2013 Sánchez participated in Miss New Jersey Teen USA representing Asbury Park, winning again a title. On August 2, 2014 held in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas, she ended as 4th Runner-Up in Miss Teen USA 2014. Gabriela Isler attended to this event as the reining Miss Universe.

Miss New Jersey USA 2020
On November 24, 2019, she participated at the Miss New Jersey USA 2020 competition, where she placed as 2nd Runner-Up. Gina Mellish from Oceanport won the title.

Miss Venezuela 2020
After being selected once again to represent her home state, Nueva Esparta, this time at Miss Venezuela 2020, Sánchez competed with other 21 candidates for the disputed crown, becoming one of the great favorites of said edition. At the end of the event, on September 24, 2020 she ended as a Top 5 finalist.

Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021
She was selected as one of the five candidates in Miss Supranational Venezuela. On May 27, 2021 she was crowned by her predecessor, Gabriela de la Cruz, as Miss Supranational Venezuela 2021.

Miss Supranational 2021
She will represented Venezuela at the Miss Supranational 2021 pageant, host on August 21, 2021 in Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland.