Alexandra Braun

Alexandra Braun Waldeck (, born May 19, 1983) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Earth 2005.

Braun has won four international best actress awards in various film festivals all over the world for her portrayal of the lead role in the movie, "Uma" at the London Film Festival, Monaco International Film Festival, the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta. The film also won recognition in the "Film of the World" category at the International Film Festival of India and won best foreign film at the Burbank International Film Festival in the United States.

Early life and background Braun grew up in Caracas and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Advertising. Her family migrated to Venezuela from Germany after World War II.

Pageantry Miss Venezuela Braun competed at Miss Venezuela 2005, She was crowned Miss Earth 2005 on October 23, 2005, where eighty contestants from all over the world took part in the competition. Braun also won the Best in Swimsuit.

Miss Earth 2005

During her Miss Earth reign, she met Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Malacañang Palace, which she considered as one of her most memorable experiences.

In April 2006, she travelled to Singapore, together with the Miss Earth Foundation to co-host the United Nations Environment Programme or UNEP gala event, The Champions of the Earth, an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders at a policy level. She co-hosted the awarding ceremony on April 21, 2006, with Eric Falt, UNEP Director of Communications and Public Information.

As Miss Earth winner, Braun travelled the world to participate and promote environmental awareness programs with the Philippine-based Miss Earth Foundation. She also visited several countries including Canada, Puerto Rico, Chile, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Venezuela.

Life after Miss Earth

After Miss Earth 2005, Braun launched her own accessories range under the name "DiBraun Accessories" with her twin sister Karina. She also appeared in a variety of magazines after Miss Earth including Philippine's 'Women's Journal', Variedades, Man, Ocean Drive, Maxim, Urbe, and Que Pasa (Chile). Braun is now an established model in Latin America, Europe and Asia, appearing in numerous television spots, magazines and advertising campaigns in countries such as Philippines, Romania, Malaysia, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Bolivia and her home country of Venezuela.

She started her career as an actress in Venezuela with her first movie directed by Abraham Pulido produced in 2012 and show to public in May 2015, "Hasta que la muerte nos separe" is about a model who falls in love with a boxer based on the novel Othello by William Shakespeare.

She started to make her first appearance in theatre in the play "Boeing Boeing" directed by Tullio Cavalli in August 2013. In 2014 she started her first soap opera called "Amor Secreto" on the TV channel Venevisión as Alejandra Altamirano as the antagonist of the history. It was launched in May 2015. In 2016 she was called for performing her second teather play called "Cronicas desquiciadas".

In 2016 she made her second movie as the lead role in the movie "UMA" directed by Alain Maiki.

In January 2017 started her third feather play called "Relatos Borrachos". In May started a new TV project called "Ellas aman, ellos mienten" and also at the same time started a movie project "Blindados" directed by Carlos Malave. In October 2018 she became Member of the ACACV Venezuelan Arts and Science Cinematography Academy

Career background

Beauty pageants Braun competed in the following pageants: Month & Year Pageant Placement October 2005 Miss Earth 2005 Winner September 2005 Miss Venezuela 2005 1st Runner-Up July 2005 Miss Earth Venezuela 2005 Winner

Catalogs Year/s Title Country 2009-2011 Miss Lulu Venezuela 2009-2010 Avon Hogar Venezuela 2007-2008 Vestimenta Venezuela 2008 Swim Catálogo Interno 2008 Canuan Catálogo Trajes de Baño 2006, 2007 Macla Venezuela 2006 Avon Beauty Venezuela 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Beco Venezuela 2004, 2005 Jade Venezuela

Ambassador non-profit organizations Year/s Organization Cause/Program 2008–present SENOSAYUDA Breast Cancer 2007–present UNO MAS Foundation Down Syndrome 2012 SIDA Acción Solidaria (Solidarity Action 2007–present Asociación Civil Ronald McDonald (Program “Give a Hand”) 2008–present UMA Foundation (Dinner with the Stars)

Filmography In December 2017, Braun won Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival called the Angel Film Awards for her performance in a love story movie Uma, which was produced in Italy by the production company Epic In Motion & AMZ along with Natalia Denegri's Trinitus Productions. The movie also won the Best Film, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Braun's performance in the movie Uma further earned her best actress awards in the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta.

In February 2018, she then won the Best Actress for the fourth time for the movie Uma at the London Film Festival which is produced by the British Film Institute which screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries.

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