User:Mauriziok/Valentina Martínez (model)

Valentina del Pilar Martínez Landkœr (born 9 March 2000) is a Venezuelan model, journalist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Grand Venezuela 2022. She represented the state of Anzoátegui at the pageant. She will represent Venezuela at the Miss Grand International 2023 competition.

Early life
Martínez was born in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui. Her father is Federico Martínez Cajiga, born in Santoña, Cantabria, Spain and her mother is Liney Landkœr Molina, a Venezuelan Dutch descendant. She also has a younger sister called Valeria Sofía.

She is a Systems Engineer student at the Universidad Santa María in Barcelona, Anzoátegui. Martinez also has bachelor's degree in Social Communications. Valentina is an active member of the Galician Center of Lechería.

She speaks both Eniglish and Spanish.

Miss Grand Venezuela 2022
Martínez started her journey in the pageantry world by winning her first title as Miss Grand Anzoátegui 2021 representing the town of Píritu on December 14, 2021 at the Maremares Hotel Marina & Spa in Lecherías, Anzoátegui. She competed with 17 other delegates getting the Miss Popularity vote and the Best Face award.

Then she participated in the Miss Grand Venezuela 2022 competition held on August 13, 2022 at the Teatro Municipal of Caracas where she finally was crowned Miss Grand Venezuela 2022 by Vanessa Coello, Miss Grand Venezuela 2021. Valentina also won the Miss Congeniality special award in this contest.

During her reign Valentina has realized several activities with non profit organizations and with her social project, 'Create' (Ruta Crear), encouring child in the promotion and ecouragement of values among children.

On May 12, 2023, she attend a cultural meeting at the Vietnamese Embassy in Caracas.

Miss Grand International 2023
Martínez will represent Venezuela at the Miss Grand International 2023 competition to be held on October 25, 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.