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Astrid Carolina Herrera

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Astrid Carolina Herrera
Born
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal

(1963-06-23) June 23, 1963 (age 61)
Occupation(s)Actress and model
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouses
  • Édgar Ignacio Padrón Godoy
    (m. 1998; div. 2001)
  • (m. 2002; div. 2005)
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss World 1984
Years active1984-2011
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Venezuela 1984
(1st runner-up)

Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal (born June 23, 1963) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen who won Miss World 1984 pageant in London, United Kingdom, becoming the third woman from her country to win the title.

Biography

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Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal was born on June 23, 1963, in Yaracuy, Venezuela. She is the third daughter of David Herrera and Odelia Irazábal. She has three sisters and one brother.

Personal life

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In 1988, she married the military man Edgar Ignacio Padrón Godoy. The couple divorced in 2001. In 2002, she married the Venezuelan baseball player Tony Álvarez in the Mayor's Office of Carrizal, Miranda. The couple divorced in 2005. On June 5, 2014, she gave birth to her first child, a girl, whom she called Miranda Carolina Herrera Irazábal. In 2017, she underwent surgery for a tumor in the pituitary gland that turned out to be benign.

Pageantry

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Miss World Venezuela

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Herrera, who stands 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, competed in 1984 as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, obtaining the title of Miss World Venezuela.

Miss World

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As the official representative of her country to the 1984 Miss World pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 15, 1984, she obtained the Photogenic award, became Miss World Americas and was crowned Miss World 1984.[1]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Character Channel
1987-1988 Mi amada Beatriz Estefanía RCTV
1988-1989 Alma mía Alma Mía RCTV
1988-1989 Abigail Amanda Riquelme RCTV
1989 La pasión de Teresa Teresa de Jesús Velasco RCTV
1990 Emperatriz Endrina Lander Corona/Eugenia Sandoval Venevisión/Marte Televisión
1992 La loba herida Isabel Campos/Álvaro Castillo/Lucero Gitano Venevisión/Marte Televisión
1992 Las dos Dianas Jimena Marte Televisión
1992 Divina obsesión Daniela Esposito Marte Televisión
1993-1994 Morena Clara Clara Rosa Guzmán/Clara Rosa "Morena Clara" Aldara Venevisión
1995-1996 El manantia Eva María Sandoval Producciones JES
2000-2001 Amantes de luna llena Perla "La Perla" Mujica Venevisión
2001-2002 Secreto de amor Yesenia Roldán Venevisión/Fonovideo Productions
2002 La mujer de Judas Altagracia del Toro RCTV
2003 Engañada Yolanda Venevisión
2004-2005 Sabor a ti Raiza Alarcón de Lombardi Venevisión
2007-2008 Arroz con leche Abril Lefebvre Venevisión
2011 La viuda joven Ivana Humboldt de Calderón Venevisión

References

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  1. ^ "Miss Venezuela wins Miss World title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 16, 1984. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss World
1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Colombia Rocío Isabel Luna
Miss World Americas
1984
Succeeded by
United States Brenda Denton
Preceded by
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bernarda Marovt
Miss World Photogenic
1984
Succeeded by
Zaire Kayonga Mureka Tete
Preceded by Miss World Venezuela
1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Donna Bottone
Miss Miranda
1984
Succeeded by
Yvonne Balliache