Laksmi Rodríguez de la Sierra Solórzano (born November 19, 1985 in San Cristóbal) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela International 2008.[1] She competed in the Miss International 2009 beauty pageant.[citation needed]

Laksmi Rodríguez
Born
Laksmi Rodríguez de la Sierra Solórzano

(1985-11-19) November 19, 1985 (age 38)
Other namesLaksmi Rodríguez
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Venezuela International 2008
Miss Supranational Venezuela 2010
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Venezuela 2008
(Miss Venezuela International 2008)
Miss Supranational Venezuela 2010
(Winner)
Miss International 2009
(Top 15)
Miss Supranacional 2010
(Top 20)

Rodríguez, who is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela 2008, on September 10, 2008, and obtained the title of Miss Venezuela International. She represented Monagas state.

She stands 178 cm (5'10") and her measurements are 90-61-90.

Laksmi also participated in the Miss Supranational 2010 competition, where she managed to advance to the final ten, finally occupying the sixth position.

Life and career edit

Early life edit

Rodríguez studied Social Communication at the Santa María University, in Caracas.

Pageantry edit

Miss Venezuela 2008 edit

Rodríguez was selected to represent the Monagas state in Miss Venezuela 2008. Competing with 27 other candidates. At the end of the event, on September 10, 2008, at the Poliedro de Caracas, she was crowned by her predecessor, Dayana Colmenares, as Miss Venezuela International 2008.[2]

In addition, the designer Gionni Straccia, won the award for Best Design in Evening Dress, which was awarded for the first time in the history of the contest; this thanks to the creation carried by Laksmi in the final night.

Miss International 2009 edit

Rodríguez represented Venezuela at Miss International 2009.[citation needed]

Miss Supranational 2010 edit

After this, the Miss Venezuela Organization in conjunction with Osmel Sousa, decided to select her to represent the country at Miss Supranational 2010.

Rodríguez finally represented Venezuela in the Miss Supranational 2010 pageant.[citation needed]

Personal life edit

She has been in a long-term relationship with the Chilean singer, Beto Cuevas, former vocalist of La Ley; It was even stated that they were together even when he was a partner of the actress Bárbara Mori and the latter in turn of Elías Wehbe, who died.

On Thursday, April 11, 2013, while she and a companion were going to their residence in Bello Monte, Caracas, they were intercepted by a group of antisocials who shot the vehicle in which they were in the event, Rodríguez is shot in the chest from which she would recover satisfactorily. However, her friend died hours later in the hospital.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Miss Trujillo Stefanía Fernández fue electa Miss Venezuela". El Universal. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  2. ^ "AFP: Trujillana Estefanía Fernández gana corona del Miss Venezuela 2008". 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. ^ "Ex Miss Laksmi Rodríguez recibió un disparo en el tórax | Últimas Noticias". 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss International
Top 15 Semifinalist
(with   Yana Supranovich,   Cassandra D'Ermilio,   Rayanne Morais,   Chanel Beckenlehner,   Patricia Rosales,   Victoria Fernández,   Linda Wikstedt,   Yuka Nakayama,   Joyce Jacobi,   Melody Gersbach and   Melania Santiago)

2009
Succeeded by
  Mariela Aparicio
  Florima Treiber
  Johanna Acs
  Neha Hinge
  Etsuko Kanagae
  Ko Hyeon-yeong
  Laura Spoya
  Krista Kleiner
  Aideliz Hidalgo
  Anja Šaranović
  Desirée Panal
  Dilay Korkmaz
Preceded by
Miss Supranational
Top 10 Semifinalist
(6th Place)

2010
Succeeded by
  Analisa Kebaili
Preceded by Miss Venezuela International
2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
  Silvia Meneses
Miss Supranational Venezuela
2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Nuritza Carolina Idrogo Siegler
Miss Monagas
2008
Succeeded by
Yuli Tovar González