Cristal Montañez

{{Short description|Venezuelan model (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| image = Cristal Montanez at Sister Cities International Annual Convention (7881609378).jpg

| caption = Montañez in 2012

| name = Cristal Montañez

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela{{r|bush}}

| birth_date = 1960

| birth_name = Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha

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File:Cristal Montañez in Miss Universe 1977.jpg

Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha (born 1960) is a Venezuelan politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1977 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant held in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on July 16 of that year.[http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1977.htm Miss Universe Coverage 1977]

During the presidency of Hugo Chavez she became active in politics. She participated in the Resistencia Civil de Venezolanos en el Exterior as an international coordinator, and was president of the International Venezuelan Council for Democracy from 2003 to 2008.{{r|bush}}