Valeria Piazza Vasquez was born on 8 December 1989 and is a Peruvian social communicator, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Peru 2016 and represented Peru at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant where she was a semifinalist.
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Valeria Piazza graduated with a degree in communications from the University of Lima.
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Valeria Piazza's journey began with modeling from a young age and that transcended to the international level.
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Valeria Piazza participated at Miss Model of the World 2014, where she finished as a finalist and at Tropic Beauty of the World 2015 where she placed as the 1st Runner-up.
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In 2016, Valeria Piazza competed at her country's national beauty pageant for the first time.
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Valeria Piazza was crowned by Miss Peru 2015, Laura Spoya and special guest Miss Universe 2015, Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines.
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Valeria Piazza represented Peru at Miss Universe 2016 pageant where she successfully placed in the Top 13.
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Valeria Piazza became the 18th Peruvian to place in Miss Universe history.
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Valeria Piazza was the first Peruvian to place in the semifinals since Nicole Faveron in 2012 and the first limena to place as Miss Peru since Maria Francesca Zaza in 1982.
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In October 2016, while continuing her social work in Peru and preparing for Miss Universe, Valeria Piazza received serious injuries in a car accident after her vehicle was hit by another driver.
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In January 2018, Valeria Piazza was admitted to the intensive care unit in Lima for a life-threatening autoimmune disease she had been born with.