Gabriela Isler biography: 24 things about Miss Universe 2013

Who is Gabriela Isler?

María Gabriela de Jesús Isler Morales is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. Her father Juan Isler Lengemann is of Swiss and German descent and her mother Emperatriz J. Morales Flores is Venezuelan.

A citizen of both Venezuela and Switzerland, Gabriela is an alumna of the Universidad Tecnológica del Centro in Carabobo. Her paternal grandfather is from Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gabriela is 5’10” tall. She is the seventh Miss Universe from Venezuela.

Since 2018, Gabriela has been the national director of Miss Venezuela. Here are 24 more things about her:

1. In 2002, she started modeling professionally.
2. From 2007 to 2012, she attended the Universidad Tecnológica del Centro where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing.
3. On August 30, 2012, she represented Guarico at Miss Venezuela 2012 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Salón Naiguatá of Hotel Tamanaco Intercontinental in Caracas, Venezuela.
4. On October 10, 2013, she crowned her successor Miss Venezuela 2013 Migbelis Castellanos at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas.
5. On November 9, 2013, she represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2013 and competed against 85 other candidates at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, Russia. She won the title.
6. On March 1, 2014, she and Megan Young served as judges at Miss Russia 2014 at the Crocus National Exhibition Hall in Moscow.
7. On March 30, 2014, she was a Binibining Pilipinas 2014 judge at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
8. On October 2, 2014, she, Luigi Borgia and Donald Trump attended a Miss Universe press conference at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, United States.
9. On November 19, 2014, she attended the United Nations 2014 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day at United Nations in New York City, New York, USA.
10. On January 25, 2015, she crowned her successor Paulina Vega at the FIU Arena in Miami, Florida.
11. From February 2015 to February 2017, she was a Washington Speakers Bureau speaker in the U.S.
12. On June 18, 2016, she attended Amigos For Kids Annual Fundraiser 2016 Miami Celebrity Domino Night at Jungle Island in Miami.
13. On October 13, 2016, she attended The Resolution Project’s Resolve 2016 Gala at The Harvard Club of New York 2016 in New York City. 
14. In June 2017, she and Alberto D. Figueroa got engaged.
15. On November 20, 2017, she attended the 45th International Emmy Awards at New York Hilton in New York City.
16. On March 23, 2018, she and Figueroa got married. They spent their honeymoon in Bali, Indonesia.
17. On April 18, 2018, she became the communications and training director of the Miss Venezuela Organization.
18. On December 17, 2018, she attended the coronation of Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
19. In January 2019, she went to Coron, Palawan, Philippines for a charity mission in partnership with Cordaid. 
20. In November 2019, she joined ImpactWayv in New York as the chief people and diversity officer and a senior advisor.
21. On December 8, 2019, she attended Miss Universe 2019 at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
22. On October 1, 2021, she gave birth to Joaquín Figueroa Isler.
23. On March 21, 2024, she turned 36.
24. On December 5, 2024, she presented the Miss Congeniality award to Laleska Mora at Miss Venezuela 2024 at Centro Comercial Líder in Caracas.