Laura Goncalves biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Portugal 2011

Laura Adriana Gonçalves da Câmara is a Portuguese-Venezuelan model and beauty queen. She represented Portugal in Miss Universe.

Gonçalves is 5’9″ tall and she is fluent in fluent Portuguese, Spanish and English. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Baruta, Miranda, Venezuela to Portuguese parents.
2. She grew up in Caracas, Venezuela.
3. She spent three years studying the Spanish language in Caracas and another year in Madeira, Portugal.
4. In 1994, she wanted to be Miss Venezuela.
5. In 2005, she visited Lisbon, Portugal for the first time.
6. In 2007, she graduated from Academia Merici in Caracas and started modeling professionally.
7. In 2008, she entered the Universidad Simón Bolívar to pursue a bachelor’s degree in architecture.
8. In 2009, she moved to Caracas to Lisbon. She won the Cabelo Pantene 2009 competition.
9. On July 29, 2011, she was crowned Miss Universo Portugal 2011 at the Hotel Miragem in Cascais, Portugal.
10. On September 12, 2011, she represented Portugal at Miss Universe 2011 and competed against 88 other candidates at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil. She finished in the Top 10.
11. In an interview with VIP in October 2011, she said she entered the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in Lisbon to pursue a master’s degree in international management.
12. In an interview with Publico in November 2011, she said she was happy that Angola’s Leila Lopes won Miss Universe 2011 and described Lopes as very pretty and friendly.
13. On February 4, 2024, she turned 35.