Venezuelan actress and style mannequin Patricia Carola Velasquez Semprun has an estimated net worth of $800 thousand. She was born on January 31, 1971 in Guajira, Venezuela and grew up touring between Venezuela, France and Mexico. She attended San Vicente de Paul High School and graduated in 1987. She joined the Miss Venezuela pageant in 1989, taking second place. She then spent three years in college, however left college as a way to pursue a modelling profession in Milan, Italy.
Velasquez moved to the United States within the late 90s and pursued an performing profession in New York and Los Angeles. She additionally appeared in runway reveals and advert campaigns for Antonio Berardi, Bella Freud, Carolina Herrera, Claude Montana, Corinne Cobson, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and Victoria’s Secret. She appeared in a number of problems with the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was ranked #45 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and #16 in Stuff journal’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” ballot in 2002.
Patricia Velasquez is credited for her roles in tasks comparable to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Arrested Development, The L Word, CSI: Miami and Ugly Betty. She was a part of The Apprentice, however was fired on March 25, 2012.
Patricia is an lively charity employee. In 2002, she based the Wayúu Tayá Foundation, a non-profit group devoted to helping the Wayúu, a Venezuelan, indigenous group. She is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and is a recipient of the Women Together award on the UN in 2009. In November 2010, she was honored with the Solidarity Award which is a part of the Prix de Marie Claire de la Beaute annual awards in Spain.
