Name	Marelisa Gibson
Height	5 ft 10 in
Naionality	Venezuelan
Date of Birth	26-August-1988
Place of Birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Famous for	Modeling

Marelisa Gibson is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2009. Gibson was born in Caracas, where she use to study architecture at the Central University of Venezuela. She speaks Spanish, English and French. She is the great-granddaughter of a Swedish immigrant and she admires Le Corbusier, Santiago Calatrava, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Renzo Piano. Her hobbies include theater and photography. Gibson currently attends the Art Institute of Philadelphia for Interior Design. Gibson, who stands 1.78 m (5'10"), became the sixth Miss Miranda to win that title since the Miss Venezuela pageant began in 1952. She also won the Best Face award. She represented Venezuela in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on August 23, and did not make it to the Top 15. This was only the third time in twenty-eight years that Venezuela was not among the semifinalists.