Mónica Spear

Pageantry Miss Venezuela 2004 During the Miss Venezuela 2004 pageant, Spear won the national crown and represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand.

Miss Universe 2005 Prior to being named the fourth runner-up in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant, before returning to Venezuela to compete in the national pageant. Her participation in Miss Venezuela garnered notoriety when she was asked during the traditional "breakfast with press" the day after the pageant, because of her degree, which Venezuelan playwright she liked the most, to which she answered, "Gabriel García Márquez", a Colombian writer.

Professional life After modeling, Mother Agency Mariela Centeno, Spear became one of the most successful actresses in Venezuela for her main roles in telenovelas. Her first role as a protagonist was in the RCTV telenovela Mi Prima Ciela (My Cousin Ciela), in which she played a high-school student battling leukemia. The show was a success in Venezuela and other parts of South America, and it was televised in the US by TeleFutura. Spear held the starring role in Venevisión's telenovela La Mujer Perfecta in 2010, and later had a lead role in Flor Salvaje, a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the Miami-based television network Telemundo and RTI Producciones. She had lived in Miami since she began working for Telemundo.

Venezuelan channel Venevisión broadcast La Mujer Perfecta in honor of Spear and a foundation aid for people with Asperger syndrome. Same television special will Mónica Spear, led by the former Miss Venezuela, cheerleader and actress Mariangel Ruiz.

Death

On 6 January 2014, Spear was in her native Venezuela on vacation with her ex-husband and their five-year-old daughter. While inside their car waiting for assistance after the vehicle had broken down on a highway in central Carabobo, Spear and her ex-husband were killed during an attempted robbery and their daughter shot and wounded in the leg. The police reported that the incident occurred around 9 or 10 p.m. It has been theorized that the couple resisted the robbery attempt.

On the initial suggestion that her former husband was Irish, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs was investigating the incident. However, local police said he was travelling on a British passport.

Protests

Spear's murder set off a wave of protests against the growing violence in Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela. and the murder rate, which in 2014, was the second-highest in the world. Maduro blamed soap operas for escalating crime in Venezuela.

Memorials Telemundo re-ran shows that Spears had starred in; Venezuela's Televen cancelled a special that was to honor Spear "out of fear that the government would retaliate against the station", according to a spokesperson for the show. At the time of the arrest, the Venezuelan authorities also confiscated several items believed to have been owned by Spear and Berry.

After two years, six of the people that were involved in their murder had received sentences, including Gerardo José Contreras Álvarez, Colina, Ferreira Herrera and Jiménez Álvarez were each sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. !! Role !! Notes

Awards and nominations Year Award CategoryNominated work Result 2007 Premios 2 de Oro New actress of the year El Desprecio 2008 El Galardón del Universo del Espectáculo Best young lead actress Mi prima Ciela 2013Premios Tu Mundo Favorite Lead ActressPasión prohibida