Irene Sáez
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde 13 December 1961 Caracas, Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Residence | Miami, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Occupation |
Mayor of Chacao (1993–1998) Governor of Nueva Esparta (1999–2000) |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 59.2 kg (131 lb) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Light Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Venezuela 1981 (Winner) Miss Universe Venezuela 1981 (Winner) Miss Confraternidad Sudamericana (Winner) |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Universe 1981 (Winner) |
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde (born 13 December 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1981. She has been a model, was the mayor of Chacao (a municipality of Caracas), Governor of the state of Nueva Esparta and a former presidential candidate.
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde was born on December 13, 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela. She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela.
Early in her career, Sáez was named Queen of Club Campestre Los Cortijos for three years in a row. Sáez was crowned Miss Venezuela 1981 and later, crowned Miss Universe 1981 at the 30th annual pageant in New York City at the age of 19. After spending a year traveling the world as Miss Universe, Sáez had studied political science at the Central University of Venezuela, and then served successfully a year as Venezuela's cultural representative to the United Nations expanding the international contacts developed into the realm of culture and diplomacy.
In the early 1990s Sáez turned to electoral politics and a week after the November 1992 coup attempt, led by Hugo Chavez, was elected mayor of Chacao Municipality, the wealthiest of the five municipalities of Caracas. Unbeknownst to Sáez at the time her political future would continue to be tied to Chavez's meteoric rise in the OPEC nation. In office as mayor of Chacao Municipality, Sáez tackled Chacao's high crime rate by professionalising the municipal police force, with university graduates as officers, higher pay, new police vehicles, and a variety of mobility devices (including roller skates and mountain bikes) allowing the police to move around quickly. Crime fell dramatically as a result of her innovative ideas. Without political experience or an established party machine, Sáez was content to delegate on experts, and "hired top-notch administrators and listened to their advice about everything from setting the budget to running public services."
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