Dayana Mendoza
Dayana Mendoza was born in Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela on June 1st, 1986 and is the Pageant Contestant. At the age of 37, Dayana Mendoza biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada (born June 1, 1986) is a Venezuelan model, actress, and former beauty pageant who competed for Miss Universe 2008.
She previously won Miss Venezuela 2007 in Caracas on September 13, 2007.
Personal life
Dayana Mendoza was born in Caracas and her parents, Willy Mendoza and Laura Moncada, are from Táchira and Araca. (Venezuela)
Mendoza was kidnapped in Venezuela once and said that its psychological trauma aided her to remain poised under pressure. After being top 15 semifinalist at the Elite Model Look International 2001 held in Nice, France, she joined Elite Model Management in 2001. She has worked with Max Mara and Costume National, where she modeled in New York City, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, and Spain for Versace, Roberto Cavalli and other fashion designers over eight years. She speaks Spanish, English, and Italian fluently.
She joined Elite Model Management in 2009 and Names Model Agency in Milan.
She denied rumors that she had a friendship with magnate Donald Trump in 2012.
Michael Pagano, a dayana married businessman, was married on December 6th, 2013. The wedding took place in Altos de Chavón, Dominican Republic, Argentina. The festival lasted three days. The former Miss Universe wore a costume created by Venezuelan fashion designer ngel Sánchez.
Mendoza's wife and expecting a daughter appeared on her Instagram account on June 7, 2015, a year later.
Eva Mendoza Pagano was born in New York on October 5th, 2015.
Mendoza officially broke from Michael Pagano in September 2016, announcing in an interview that the break was carried out on good terms.
She was baptized in August 2020 under the evangelical Christian faith.
Artistic career
Dayana Mendoza studied acting and cinema at New York Film Academy, one of the most important film institutes in the United States, thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Miss Universe Organization.
In 2009, she starred in her first short film Sweet Misery. In that year, she was part of the group of presenters of the morning show Venevisión, Portadas. In 2010, she hosted Relaxed, a celebrity talk show broadcast on E! Entertainment, Latin America. That same year, she appeared in the music video "Bla Bla Bla". and accompanied Donald Trump to the island of Puerto Rico, where she recorded a golf program featuring the billionaire.
Also in 2010, Dayana is part of the cast of the comedy Lord of the Dreams.
Dayana participated in the famous reality show The Celebrity Apprentice with businessman Donald Trump, where she interacted with personalities such as Lisa Lampanelli, George Takei, Clay Aiken and Debbie Gibson. Dayana's participation in the TV program was involved in controversy, due to the alleged rivalry she had with the American comedian Lisa Lampanelli.
In 2013, she played Jasmine in the short film, The Mermaid Complex.
In 2017, she starred in the movie Nothing's Fair in Love, where she played Jessica.
In 2018, she produced her first film titled Honey, which received good reviews. Honey was recognized as a semi-finalist film by the Hollywood International Film Festival.
In 2019, she participated as the host of the Queen Beauty Universe.
Together with Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz, Mendoza was the goodwill ambassador of Venezuela-based technology firm Smartmatic to thank the Philippines for entrusting the company the success of their 2010 presidential elections.
On June 3, 2012, Mendoza served as one of the panel of judges for the Miss USA 2012 competition.
In March 2015, she appears in a commercial for a drink, along with Miss Universe 2012; Olivia Culpo of the United States and Miss Universe 2014; Paulina Vega from Colombia. The filming took place on the island of Bali in Indonesia.
On January 6, 2018, Mendoza returned to the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where she was crowned Miss Universe 2008, as a judge on Miss Universe Vietnam 2017.