Bárbara Palacios Teyde
Encyclopedia
Bárbara Palacios Teyde is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is the third woman from Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
to capture the Miss Universe
Miss Universe 1986
Miss Universe 1986, the 35th Miss Universe pageant, was held at ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on July 21, 1986. 22-year-old Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1986 by the outgoing titleholder, Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico...
crown, on July 21, 1986 in Panama City, Panama.
Personal life
She was born to divorced actor parents Jorge Palacios (born Ambrosio Pérez) and Bárbara Teyde (born María Antonia Hernández), Spanish actress with a prolific acting career in Venezuela who died in September 2008. Palacios Teyde has several half-siblings, among them Georgina Palacios and Gian Piero Pérez Spagna.After Miss Universe
Palacios has worked as a television host for over two decades, and has been a spokesperson for multinational corporations in the United States and Latin America.She has founded several advertising agencies, and owns Barbara Palacios Corporation, a U.S.-based company that commercializes women products, with lines of jewelry and beauty products sold in stores under her name in Florida, United States. The Barbara Palacios Casual line of products is distributed in several Latin American countries.
Her being a perpetual motivator, public speaker, advocate and promoter of a holistic lifestyle along with her understanding of diverse cultures around the world have enabled her to combine her professional background as a publicist with her unique life experiences in order to launch her newest enterprise: BP Inspiration, where she's the main motivational speaker.
Palacios is now married to Víctor Manrique, with whom she has two sons, Víctor Tomás and Diego Alfonso.