Gabriela Isler Attends 11th Annual Project Sunshine Benefit Celebration

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New York City, New York - Twenty six year old Miss Universe Gabriela Isler looked stunning in black strapless dress as she steps out attend  the 11th Annual Project Sunshine Benefit Celebration held at The Waldorf=Astoria on April 29, 2014 in New York City.

María Gabriela de Jesús Isler Morales born March 21, 1988 in Valencia, Carabobo is a Venezuelan fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2012. Isler was crowned Miss Universe 2013 on November 9, 2013 in Moscow, Russia; she is the third Miss Universe from Venezuela in six years.

Isler was born in the city of Valencia, but has studied and lived in Maracay since she was a little girl. She holds a BA in Management and Marketing. She is 1/4 Swiss and 1/4 German and also holds Swiss citizenship due to her Swiss grandfather from Lausanne. At age of 14 she started modeling as a way to cheer her mother and grandmother up after her aunt passed away.