Marena Bencomo

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Marena Bencomo

| image=Casos-publicos-relevantes-Hugo-Carvajal.jpg

| caption=Marena Bencomo with Hugo Chavez and Richard Boulton in 2007

| birth_place= Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1974|4|15}}

| birth_name= Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez

| height={{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

| eye_color= Hazel

| hair_color= Blonde

| title= Miss Venezuela 1996

| nationalcompetition= {{Ubl|Miss Venezuela 1996|(Winner)|Miss Universe 1997|(1st Runner-Up)}}

| spouse={{marriage|Richard Boulton|1998|2014| end=divorced}}

| children=2

}}

Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez (born April 15, 1974 in Valencia, Carabobo) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1996 and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1997.

Pageantry

=Miss Venezuela=

Bencomo competed in 1996 as Miss Carabobo in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1997.

=Miss Universe=

As the official representative of her country to the 1997 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida on May 16, 1997, she placed first runner-up to eventual winner Brook Lee of the United States.[http://www.pageant.com/universe97/index.html Miss Universe Coverage 1997] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918034344/http://www.pageant.com/universe97/index.html |date=2008-09-18 }}

At the time of participating in the contest, Bencomo studied Odontology in the University of Carabobo.

After delivering the crown of Miss Venezuela, she briefly intervened as host of the program Tv Time to lead the Public Relations and Publicity of the defunct airline Avensa. There she met her husband, the CEO Richard Boulton, with whom she was married in December 1998. On July 15, 2000 Boulton was kidnapped by paramilitaries of the "United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia" while on his farm. After negotiations he was released in July 2002, in Villavicencio, Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2130713.stm|title=Colombian rebels free captured tycoon|website=BBC|date=15 July 2002}} The couple have two sons.{{cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2014/10/18/hace-18-anos-marena-bencomo-se-coronaba-miss-venezuela-asi-esta-hoy-dia/|title=Hace 18 años Marena Bencomo se coronaba Miss Venezuela… así está hoy día|website=lapatilla.com|language=Spanish|date=18 October 2014}}

On October 9, 2014, she was invited as a jury on the final night of Miss Venezuela 2014, held in Studio 1 of Venevisión.

References

{{cite news|url=http://www.notitarde.com/Marena-Bencomo-20-anos-despues-de-su-coronacion-/Espectaculos/2016/10/04/1027914/|title=Marena Bencomo, 20 años después de su coronación|last=Muria|first=Eduardo|date=4 October 2016|work=Notitarde|language=Spanish|accessdate=26 September 2017}}

External links

[http://www.missvenezuela.com Miss Venezuela Official Website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202014745/http://misswuniverse.com/ Miss Universe Official Website]

{{succession box

| before={{flagicon|Aruba}} Taryn Mansell

| title=Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up

| years=1997

| after={{flagicon|Venezuela}} Veruska Ramírez

}}

{{succession box

| before={{flagicon|Yaracuy}} Alicia Machado

| title=Miss Venezuela

| years=1996

| after={{flagicon|Táchira}} Veruska Ramírez

}}