Mónica Spear

Miss Venezuela 2004

Profile
Birth name                  Mónica Spear Mootz
Birth date                   October 1, 1984
Birth place                 Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
Occupation                Actress
Alma mater                University of Central Florida
Height                       5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color                  Black
Eye color                   Brown
Title(s)                       Miss Venezuela 2004
Major competition(s)  Miss Universe 2005


Biography
Mónica Spear Mootz  is a former beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004 and an actress.
Despite being considered a dark horse during the Miss Venezuela 2004 pageant, Spear went on to win the national crown and represent Venezuela at Miss Universe 2005. She made the top 15 after Ana Karina Áñez (Miss Venezuela 2003) failed to make the top 15 in Miss Universe 2004 (the first time in 22 years for a Venezuelan  in Quito, Ecuador. She went on to place in the top five after the evening gown and swimsuit competitions. During the interview or Final Question round, Spear failed to answer the question given by Miss Mexico, Laura Elizondo, and therefore was named only 4th runner-up.

She is currently one of the most successful actresses in Venezuela for her main roles in soap operas.
She took her first role as a protagonist in the successful RCTV soap opera "Mi Prima Ciela" (My Cousin Ciela), in which she played a high school student ill with leukemia. The show was a success in Venezuela and other parts of South America, and it was also televised in the U.S. by TeleFutura. Spears held the starring role in Venevision's soap opera "La Mujer Pefecta" in 2010 and currently has a starring role in "Flor Salvaje"; a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Producciones.


Telenovelas
El Desprecio (2006)
Mi Prima Ciela (2007)
KaReen (2008)
Calle Luna, Calle Sol (2009)
La Mujer Perfecta (2010)
Flor Salvaje (2011)
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