In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Francisco.
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Diana Carolina Silva Francisco is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2022 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador where she finished in the Top 10.
She had previously won Miss Earth Venezuela 2018, and also represented Venezuela at Miss Earth 2018 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines where she reached the top eight.
Beginnings and personal life
Diana Carolina Silva Francisco's childhood was marked by health problems; at the age of six, she was hospitalized in the oncology department of the Doctor Luis Razetti Hospital in Caracas.
Silva began modeling at the age of 13. Also in her beginnings, she held different types of jobs, such as a babysitter, secretary, and production assistant in a ceramics company.
She graduated from the Caracas Air aeronautical instruction center, as passenger cabin crew. She is also an advertising student.
She has been part of different social activities with various non-profit organizations, the most prominent being her ecological work that she has been carrying out since 2018, in the Caracas botanical garden, with the aim of recovering green areas, collecting organic waste and plant plants, thus contributing to rehabilitate the vegetal lung of the Venezuelan capital.
Pageants
Miss Earth Venezuela 2018
Silva joined and won Miss Earth Venezuela, which took place at the Chacao Municipal Theater in the city of Caracas, Venezuela; on 12 August 2018, representing the state of Lara. This win allowed her to represent Venezuela at Miss Earth 2018.
Miss Earth 2018
Main article: Miss Earth 2018Silva represented Venezuela at Miss Earth 2018 in the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, where she reached the top eight. During the event, Silva suffered a blackout that prevented her from continuing to participate in the contest held in the Philippines. In a statement by Prince Julio César (president of Miss Earth Venezuela), he reported that Silva was not reacting, and the doctors, when taking her blood pressure reported it between eight and nine, after several tests she was put on oxygen. "When she passed out, she suffered a blow to the cheekbone," he said.
Miss Venezuela 2022
Silva joined and won Miss Venezuela 2022, representing the Capital District, on 16 November 2022 at Poliedro de Caracas Arena. During her reign, she continued to volunteer with the social program of the Miss Venezuela organization "Yo Sueño yo puedo ("I dream, I can") in alliance with various non-profit associations, where she has given workshops on self-esteem and gender violence to 25 girls of the Cota 905 community, located in Caracas.
Miss Universe 2023
She represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador on November 18, 2023, and was one of the top 10 finalists.
References
- "Miss Earth Lara | Candidata al Miss Earth Venezuela 2018". Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- "DIANA SILVA Miss Distrito Capital". Miss Venezuela.com (in Spanish). 2022.
- González, Isaac (14 August 2018). "Diana Silva: "Siento que me faltó mucho y mi respuesta no fue la mejor"". Miss News (in Spanish).
- "DIANA SILVA Miss Distrito Capital". MissVenezuela.com.
- "Quién es Diana Silva, coronada Miss Venezuela 2022?". El Comercio.
- "Culminé curso de tripulante de cabina". Instagram (in Spanish). 2022.
- ""Miss Earth Venezuela 2018 Diana Silva, realizó su segunda actividad ecológica en el jardín botánico de Caracas"". Instagram (in Spanish). Globovision. 9 September 2018.
- ObelMejías, Yoliber (13 August 2018). "Lara conquistó por segundo año consecutivo la corona del Miss Earth Venezuela" [Lara conquistó por segundo año consecutivo la corona del Miss Earth Venezuela]. El Universal (in Spanish).
- "Diana Silva fue coronada como Miss Earth Venezuela 2018". El-Nacional.com (in Spanish). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- "Descalificada por desmayo venezolana Diana Silva del Miss Earth". Noticias al día y la hora. 3 November 2018.
- Tuazon, Nikko (3 November 2018). "Vietnam's Phuong Khanh Nguyen hailed Miss Earth 2018; PH bet Celeste Cortesi in Top 8". PEP.ph. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- "FULL LIST: Winners, Miss Earth 2018". Rappler. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ""DIANA SILVA ES MISS VENEZUELA 2022 Y ANDREA RUBIO ES MISS INTERNATIONAL VENEZUELA 2022"". MissVenezuela.com.
- "Diana Silva, una tripulante de cabina, es la nueva Miss Venezuela". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- Salazar Nunez, Marco (17 November 2022). "Todo lo que debes saber de la nueva Miss Venezuela: Diana Silva". E! Online (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- "DIANA SILVA INICIA SU VOLUNTARIADO JUNTO A CÁRITAS VENEZUELA / DIANA SILVA STARTS HER VOLUNTEER WORK WITH CARITAS VENEZUELA". missvenezuela.com (in Spanish). 17 May 2023.
- Hernández, Sonia (23 June 2023) . "Diana Silva, Miss Venezuela 2022, compartió con niñas de la Cota 905" [Diana Silva, Miss Venezuela 2022, compartió con niñas de la Cota 905]. Última Noticias (in Spanish).
- Virella, Rafael (28 July 2023). "Revelan fecha para el Miss Universo 2023: descubre cuándo tendremos nueva reina / Reveal date for Miss Universe 2023: find out when we will have a new queen". Telemundo52 Los Angeles.
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Preceded by Amanda Dudamel
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Miss Universe Venezuela 2023 |
Succeeded by Ileana Márquez
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| Preceded byAmanda Dudamel, Mérida | Miss Venezuela 2022 |
Succeeded byIleana Márquez, Amazonas |
| Preceded byFabiana Rodríguez | Miss Distrito Capital 2022 |
Succeeded byVictoria Abuhazi |
| Preceded byNinoska Vásquez, Lara | Miss Earth Venezuela 2018 |
Succeeded byMichell Castellanos, Guárico |
| Preceded byNinoska Vásquez | Miss Earth Lara 2018 |
Succeeded byGabriela Coronado |
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