Melissa Jiménez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Guevara.

Melissa Ester Jiménez Guevara (born December 9, 1998, in Maracaibo, Zulia) is a Venezuelan model and beauty titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela International 2019.^[2] She represented the state of Zulia at the pageant and represented Venezuela at Miss International 2019 where she finished as Top 15.^[3]

Melissa Jiménez
Born	Melissa Ester Jiménez Guevara (1998-12-09) December 9, 1998 (age 25) Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
Occupation(s)	Model Nutrition and Dietetics student
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Zulia 2019 Miss Venezuela International 2019
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Black
Major competition(s)	Miss Venezuela 2019 (Miss Venezuela International 2019) (Best Hair) Miss International 2019 (Top 15) (Best in Evening Gown)

Personal life

Jiménez was born and raised in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela. She is currently studying a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at University of Zulia in Maracaibo city. She was also a professional acro dancer for 13 years and is a certified life coach.

Melissa started modeling at the age of 15.

Pageantry

Miss Zulia 2018

The first participation of Jiménez on a beauty contest was in the regional competition, Miss Zulia 2018, where she was selected as one of the winners.^[4]

Miss Venezuela 2019

Jiménez stands at 174 centimeters and competed as Miss Zulia 2019. As one of 24 finalists in her country's national competition, she was awarded Best Hair at the grand final show of Miss Venezuela 2019. She succeeded outgoing Miss Venezuela International 2017 and Miss International 2018, Mariem Velazco of Barinas.^[5]

Miss International 2019

On November 12, 2019, she represented Venezuela at the Miss International 2019 pageant hosted in the Tokyo Dome City Hallin Tokyo, Japan. For her national costume, she chose to represent an allegory of Wayuu communities. On the final night she placed as one of the Top 15.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

References

1. "Candidata: MELISSA JIMÉNEZ - MV".
2. "First Miss Venezuela crowned after ditching measurements". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
3. Nacional, El (2019-11-12). "Melissa Jiménez no pasó del Top 15 en el Miss International 2019". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
4. "Miss Zulia coronó a 10 ganadoras - Noticias Digital58 - julio 2021". digital58.com.ve. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
5. "Melissa Jimenez crowned Miss International Venezuela 2019 - BeautyPageants". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
6. "Conoce a las misses que serán "Venezuela" ante el mundo". La Prensa de Lara. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
7. "Melissa Jiménez lucirá como una princesa guajira en Miss International 2019". Diario Primicia (in Spanish). 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
8. "Melissa Jiménez buscará el "back to back" de Venezuela en Miss Internacional 2019". Diario Primicia (in Spanish). 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
9. Gómez, Liseth (2019-10-25). "Creer, la palabra que identifica a Melissa Jiménez, Miss Venezuela International". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
10. "MELISSA JIMÉNEZ REPRESENTÓ EL ROL INTEGRAL DE LA MUJER Y SU TRASCENDENCIA EN EL MUNDO". Miss Venezuela. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

External links

• Miss Venezuela Official Website
• Melissa Jiménez on Instagram

Awards and achievements
Preceded by  Emily Tokić   Vania Fitryanti   Esmeralda Malleka   Nebai Torres   Daisy Lezcano   Keeratiga Jaruratjamon   Bohdana Tarasyk	Miss International Top 15 Semifinalsit (with   Maria Perviy,   Jutta Kyllönen,   Kaye Cheung,   Elize Joanne de Hong,   Ivana Carolina Irizarry and   Pawani Vithanage) 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by   Mariem Velazco	Miss Venezuela International 2019	Succeeded by   Isbel Parra
Preceded by María Eugenia Penoth	Miss Zulia 2019	Succeeded by Mariángel Villasmil