10 things about Miss Universe 2024 fourth runner-up Ileana Marquez
Ileana del Carmen Márquez Pedroza won the 70th edition of Miss Venezuela. She represented Venezuela in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.
BIOGRAPHY
Marquez is a Venezuelan teacher, television host and beauty queen. She is 5’10” tall.
On March 19, 2025, Marquez turned 29. Here are 10 more things about her:
- She was born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela to Rafael Marquez and Ylene Pdroza Ramos.
- Aside from Valencia, she has lived in other parts of Venezuela including Amazonas.
- She earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo in Valencia.
- She was a teenager when she became a mother in 2012.
- In 2019, she visited the Dominican Republic.
- From 2020 to 2021, she hosted several programs of Canal I, a TV channel based in Caracas, Venezuela.
- She won Miss Venezuela 2023.
- In 2024, she visited Mexico and the United States.
- She is Miss Universe Venezuela 2024.
- She was Miss Universe 2024 fourth runner-up.
TIMELINE
Ileana is the first mother to win Miss Venezuela. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Florence Gisselle Garcia of El Salvador.
2010s
- On March 16, 2012, she gave birth to her daughter Guadalupe.
- In October 2019, Arturo Alejandro Lee photographed her on Grand Roque in Los Roques, Venezuela.
- In November 2019, she traveled to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2020s
- In January 2020, she was photographed by Gustavo Conde Gomez at
Sambil Santo Domingo in Sto. Domingo. - In November 2021, she visited Caruao, Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela.
- In November 2022, she modeled for the clothing brand Anakena.
- In February 2023, she modeled for Michu Shoes.
- On August 17, 2023, her Miss Venezuela 2023 candidacy was announced.
- On December 7, 2023, she represented Amazonas at Miss Venezuela 2023 and competed against 24 other candidates at the Centro Comercial Líder in Caracas. She won the title.
- On June 30, 2024, she attended the Miss Anzoátegui 2024 coronation ceremony at Eurobuilding Lecheria in Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
- On July 10, 2024, she attended the Miss Distrito Capital 2024 coronation ceremony in Caracas.
- On September 27, 2024, she traveled to Miami, Florida, USA.
- On October 2, 2024, she was interviewed at Telemundo Center in Miami.
- On October 10, 2024, she talked to young dancers and teen mothers at an activity organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) en Venezuela at Teatro Alameda in Caracas.
- On October 17, 2024, she went to Venevision in Caracas and appeared as a guest on the channel’s show “Portadas al Día”.
- On November 16, 2024, she represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She was fourth runner-up to Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark.
- On December 5, 2024, she went back to Centro Comercial Lider in Caracas where she crowned her successor Miss Universe Venezuela 2025 Stephany Abasali.
