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Profile of Amelia Vega
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Amelia Vega |
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7th November 1984 |
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Victoria Amelia Vega Polanco (born November 7, 1984), better known simply as Amelia Vega, is a Dominican woman who won the Miss Universe contest on June 3, 2003.
Vega made history, as she became the first Dominican woman ever to win the Miss Universe title.
She had been mentioned by various media outlets as one of the favorite candidates to win the crown before the contest took place. Vega proved herself to be one of the contest's loudest candidates, when she went and screamed in front of a camera during a filming of a contest practice. Several press agencies covering the pageant, particularly Global Beauties.com, reported that Amelia's attitude was controversial among the other delegates, many of whom later retracted comments they had made of that nature. Despite backstage controversy, her victory was a clear-cut one and she has since become one of the most marketed faces to come out of the Miss Universe pageant. At 6'1" (185 cm) Vega is one of the pageant's tallest winners in history.
Amelia Vega was trained by Venezuelan pageant Maestro Osmel Sousa. Her win over 1st Runner up Mariangel Ruiz of Venezuela prompted Venevision the owner of the Venezuelan Pageant School to ban the training of foreign contestants there.
Famous singer Juan Luis Guerra is Vega's uncle-in-law. Her mother Patricia Polanco is a former Miss Dominican Republic to Miss World.
On July 24 of 2004, she and Shalim Ortiz announced that they are dating.
External links and references
- Miss Universe
- Miss Dominican Republic
- Trident Beauties
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