Diana Silva (model)

{{short description|Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder}}

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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 {{Cite web|url=https://missearthvenezuela.com/candidata-miss-earth-lara-2018/|title=Miss Earth Lara | Candidata al Miss Earth Venezuela 2018|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316014413/https://missearthvenezuela.com/candidata-miss-earth-lara-2018/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=DIANA SILVA Miss Distrito Capital |url=https://www.missvenezuela.com/candidata/2022/miss-distrito-capital |website=Miss Venezuela.com |language=Es}}

Silva began modeling at the age of 13.{{Cite news |last=González |first=Isaac |date=August 14, 2018 |orig-date= |title=Diana Silva: "Siento que me faltó mucho y mi respuesta no fue la mejor" |language=Es |work=Miss News |url=http://www.missnews.com.br/noticias/diana-silva-siento-que-me-falto-mucho-y-mi-respuesta-no-fue-la-mejor}} Also in her beginnings, she held different types of jobs, such as a babysitter, secretary, and production assistant in a ceramics company.{{Cite web |title=DIANA SILVA Miss Distrito Capital |url=https://www.missvenezuela.com/candidata/2022/miss-distrito-capital |website=MissVenezuela.com}}{{Cite news |title=Quién es Diana Silva, coronada Miss Venezuela 2022? |work=El Comercio |url=https://elcomercio.pe/viu/belleza/quien-es-diana-silva-coronada-miss-venezuela-2022-miss-venezuela-2022-diana-silva-certamen-de-belleza-belleza-venezuela-noticia/?outputType=amp}}

She graduated from the Caracas Air aeronautical instruction center, as passenger cabin crew. She is also an advertising student.{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Culminé curso de tripulante de cabina |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIKIxJr1hG/?igshid=NjcyZGVjMzk= |website=Instagram |language=Es}}

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.{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2018 |title="Miss Earth Venezuela 2018 Diana Silva, realizó su segunda actividad ecológica en el jardín botánico de Caracas" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BngWgnbAWPq/?igshid=NjcyZGVjMzk= |website=Instagram |language=Es |agency=Globovision}}

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.{{Cite news |last=ObelMejías |first=Yoliber |date=August 13, 2018 |title=Lara conquistó por segundo año consecutivo la corona del Miss Earth Venezuela |language=Es |trans-title=Lara conquistó por segundo año consecutivo la corona del Miss Earth Venezuela |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com/entretenimiento/17566/lara-conquisto-por-segundo-ano-consecutivo-la-corona-del-miss-earth-venezuela}}{{cite web|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/diana-silva-fue-coronada-como-miss-earth-venezuela-2018_247758|title=Diana Silva fue coronada como Miss Earth Venezuela 2018|website=El-Nacional.com|date=12 August 2018|accessdate=August 12, 2018|language=es}}

=Miss Earth 2018=

Silva 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.{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2018 |title=Descalificada por desmayo venezolana Diana Silva del Miss Earth |work=Noticias al día y la hora |url=https://noticiasaldiayalahora.co/entretenimiento/descalificada-por-desmayo-venezolana-diana-silva-del-miss-earth/}}{{Cite web |last=Tuazon |first=Nikko |date=2018-11-03 |title=Vietnam's Phuong Khanh Nguyen hailed Miss Earth 2018; PH bet Celeste Cortesi in Top 8 |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/71928/vietnams-phuong-khanh-nguyen-hailed-miss-earth-2018-ph-bet-celeste-cortesi-in-top-8 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=PEP.ph |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106140358/https://www.pep.ph/news/71928/vietnams-phuong-khanh-nguyen-hailed-miss-earth-2018-ph-bet-celeste-cortesi-in-top-8 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-03 |title=FULL LIST: Winners, Miss Earth 2018 |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/215820-winners-coronation-november-3-2018/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}

=Miss Venezuela 2022=

Silva joined and won Miss Venezuela 2022, representing the Capital District, on 16 November 2022 at Poliedro de Caracas Arena.{{Cite web |title="DIANA SILVA ES MISS VENEZUELA 2022 Y ANDREA RUBIO ES MISS INTERNATIONAL VENEZUELA 2022" |url=https://www.missvenezuela.com/noticia/diana-silva-es-miss-venezuela-2022-y-andrea-rubio-es-miss-international-venezuela-2022 |website=MissVenezuela.com}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-17 |title=Diana Silva, una tripulante de cabina, es la nueva Miss Venezuela |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/notas/diana-silva-una-tripulante-de-cabina-es-la-nueva-miss-venezuela/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Salazar Nunez |first=Marco |date=2022-11-17 |title=Todo lo que debes saber de la nueva Miss Venezuela: Diana Silva |url=https://www.eonline.com/mx/news/1354947/todo-lo-que-debes-saber-de-la-nueva-miss-venezuela-diana-silva |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=E! Online |language=es}} 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.{{Cite web |title=DIANA SILVA INICIA SU VOLUNTARIADO JUNTO A CÁRITAS VENEZUELA / DIANA SILVA STARTS HER VOLUNTEER WORK WITH CARITAS VENEZUELA |url=https://www.missvenezuela.com/noticia/diana-silva-inicia-su-voluntariado-junto-a-caritas-venezuela |website=missvenezuela.com |language=Es |publication-date=May 17, 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Sonia |orig-date=June 23, 2023 |title=Diana Silva, Miss Venezuela 2022, compartió con niñas de la Cota 905 |language=Es |trans-title=Diana Silva, Miss Venezuela 2022, compartió con niñas de la Cota 905 |work=Última Noticias |publication-date=June 23, 2023 |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/general/diana-silva-miss-venezuela-ninas-cota-905/}}

=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.{{Cite news |last=Virella |first=Rafael |date=July 28, 2023 |title=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 |work=Telemundo52 Los Angeles |url=https://www.telemundo52.com/entretenimiento/entretenimiento-destacados/miss-universo-anuncia-fecha-nueva-edicion-celebrara-el-salvador/2461205/?amp=1}}