User:Mauriziok/Vanessa Coello

Vanessa Carolina Coello Coraspe (born September 1, 1995) is a Venezuelan model, dentist, entertainer and beauty pageant titlteholder who was crowned Miss Grand Venezuela 2021. Coello also represented the state of Monagas at the Miss Venezuela 2019 competition, managing to obtain fourth place, qualifying as 2nd Runner-Up.

Now, she will represent Venezuela at the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant.

Early life
Coello was born and raised in Maturín, Monagas. In 2019, Vanessa graduated and obtained a degree as a dentist, awarded by the Saint Mary University in Caracas, and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in prosthodontics at the Central University of Venezuela, also in Caracas. Coello is a member of the Venezuelan Society of Stomatological Prosthesis (SVPE) and of the Venezuelan Society of Endodontics.

In addition to speaking Spanish, Vanessa is also fluent in English and Portuguese. On the other hand, Coello has developed a career as a model, having the opportunity to parade in different countries such as Spain, Turkey and Italy.

Vanessa lived for a period in India, having the opportunity to appear in the Indian version of Vogue. She is currently the executive owner of a womenswear brand called La Belle Store.

Pageantry
Coello got her first taste of beauty pageants when she was a dental student. On May 14, 2016, and representing the Monagas state, she achieved the position of 1st Runner-Up by participating in Miss Odontology Venezuela 2016.

Subsequently, Coello would assume the functions of the winner.

Miss Venezuela 2019
Coello began her pageantry career representing her home state, Monagas, this time in Miss Venezuela 2019 pageant at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión in Caracas on August 1, 2019. Vanessa competed with 23 other candidates for the disputed crown, becoming one of the greats favorites of that edition. She placed as the 2nd Runner-Up and lost to eventual winner Thalía Olvino of Delta Amacuro as the new Miss Universe Venezuela 2019.

Miss Grand Venezuela 2021
After a selection process, in which 6 finalists were chosen and among those who were, (Gabriela de la Cruz, Miss Supranational Venezuela 2019 and 4th Runner-Up in Miss Supranational 2019; Lisandra Chirinos, Miss Portuguesa 2020 and Top 10 in Miss Venezuela 2020; María José Duque, Top 5 in Miss Venezuela World 2015; Jhosskaren Carrizo, Miss Lara 2020 and Top 10 in Miss Venezuela 2020; and Samira Boutros), Vanessa was selected as the new Miss Grand Venezuela. For this process, social networks, mainly Instagram, were taken into consideration for the final choice of the chosen one.

Finally, on August 24, 2021, Coello was titled Miss Grand Venezuela 2021, being crowned by Valentina Figuera; thus succeeding Eliana Roa as Miss Grand Venezuela. Coello could not be crowned by Roa, since she was based in Turkey at the time of the coronation.

Miss Grand International 2021
As Miss Grand Venezuela, Coello will represent Venezuela at the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant, which will take place on December 4, 2021 in Phuket, Thailand.

Controversies
Coello has received numerous criticisms on social networks since her participation in Miss Venezuela, referring to the features of her face, even claiming the possibility that she was a trans woman. She has even been compared to Miss Spain 2018, Ángela Ponce. Faced with these facts, Vanessa has reiterated on numerous occasions that awareness is raised on social networks about physical and gender discrimination against any person.