Silvia Vanessa Ponce de León Sánchez is the first Miss World from Mexico. She is the 68th beauty queen to hold the title.

Megan Young, Stephanie Del Valle, Karolina Bielawska, Vanessa Ponce, Mireia Lalaguna, Toni-Ann Singh
Megan Young, Stephanie Del Valle, Karolina Bielawska, Vanessa Ponce, Mireia Lalaguna, Toni-Ann Singh
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BIOGRAPHY

Ponce is a Mexican model and beauty queen. Here are 10 more things about her:

  1. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
  2. She studied international commerce at the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico
  3. She left Mexico City, lived in Aguascalientes, Mexico for 10 years and Leon, Guanajuato for five years then returned to Mexico City.
  4. In 2014, she won “Mexico’s Next Top Model” Season 5.
  5. She won Miss Mexico 2018.
  6. She won Miss World 2018.
  7. Her Miss World 2018 project Na Vili helped the children of the indigenous Mexican day laborers who emigrated to Guanajuato from Guerrero, Mexico.
  8. In 2022, she got married without revealing the identity of her husband and visited Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
  9. In 2023, she visited Austria and Belgium.
  10. On March 7, 2025, she turned 33.
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TIMELINE

Ponce is 5’81⁄2” tall. She speaks Spanish and English.

2014

  • She competed against 12 other models in “Mexico’s Next Top Model” Season 5, which aired on Sony Entertainment Television from September 29, 2014 and December 15, 2014, and won.

2015

  • On February 16, 2015, she attended Tommy Hilfiger Presents Fall 2015 Women’s Collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 at Park Avenue Armory in New York City, New York, United States.
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2018

  • On May 5, 2018, she represented Mexico City at Miss Mexico 2018, competed against 31 other candidates at the Imperial Hall of Villa Toscana Eventos in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She won the title.
  • On December 8, 2018, she represented Mexico at Miss World 2018 and competed against 117 other candidates at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. She won the title.
  • On December 16, 2018, she graced the red carpet during the closing ceremony of 1st Hainan International Film Festival in Sanya.

2019

  • On February 7, 2019, she, Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela and Rabia Clarke attended a private view of “Mandela: The Official Exhibition” at 26 Leake Street in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • On September 20, 2019, she crowned her successor Miss Mexico 2019 Ashley Alvidrez Estrada at the Desert of the Lions National Park in Mexico City.
  • On December 14, 2019, she crowned her successor Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh at the ExCeL London in London.

2020

  • In March 2020, she went to Saint Helena, California, USA.

2021

  • In January 2021, she visited the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • In September 2021, she attended a Miss World event in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA with Stephanie Del Valle and Toni Ann Singh.

2022

  • On March 16, 2022, she attended Miss World 2021 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan.
  • On April 14, 2022, she got married in Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California.
  • In July 2022, she traveled to Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.
  • In December 2022, she traveled to Dubai, UAE.

2023

  • On April 15, 2023, she attended the coronation of Miss Mexico 2023 Alejandra Díaz de León at the Teatro Morelos, Michoacán, Mexico.
  • In August 2023, she traveled to Madrid, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Vienna, Austria and Brussels, Belgium.

2024

  • On March 9, 2024, she attended Miss World 2023 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India.

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Published by Coco Altatis

Coco Altatis has been writing for CONAN Daily since 2009. He writes about beauty pageants, mixed martial arts, music and movies.