Alexandra Braun

Miss Venezuela

Braun competed at Miss Venezuela 2005,^[5][4] and represented Nueva Esparta where she placed first runner-up; she was then selected by Sambil Model Caracas to represent Venezuela at Miss Earth held in Manila, Philippines.^[7] She was crowned Miss Earth 2005 on October 23, 2005, where eighty contestants from all over the world took part in the competition.^[8] Braun also won the Best in Swimsuit.^[7] She was the first Venezuelan to win the competition. Her win made Venezuela the second country after Brazil to win all of the "Big Four" pageants.^[5]

Braun crowned her successor, Hil Hernández, at Miss Earth 2006 on November 26, 2006, at the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. Her Miss Earth Venezuela successor, Marianne Puglia, was crowned Miss Earth Fire, the equivalent of 3rd runner up. She now has a career as an actress in Venezuela.^[9][10]

Miss Earth 2005

During her Miss Earth reign, she met Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Malacañang Palace, which she considered as one of her most memorable experiences.^[5][11] Upon her return to Venezuela after winning the Miss Earth competition, Braun immediately spearheaded a reforestation program in Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia with the help of Sambil Organization, the franchise holder of Miss Earth Venezuela contest. It was followed by the launching of the SAMI Tree Program, a fund-raising activity that educates children on the importance of protecting trees to save the environment.^[11][12][13]

In April 2006, she travelled to Singapore, together with the Miss Earth Foundation to co-host the United Nations Environment Programme or UNEP gala event, The Champions of the Earth, an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders at a policy level. She co-hosted the awarding ceremony on April 21, 2006, with Eric Falt, UNEP Director of Communications and Public Information.^[14][15]

As Miss Earth winner, Braun travelled the world to participate and promote environmental awareness programs with the Philippine-based Miss Earth Foundation. She also visited several countries including Canada, Puerto Rico, Chile, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Venezuela.

Beauty pageants

Braun competed in the following pageants:^[16]

Catalogs

Ambassador non-profit organizations

Filmography

In December 2017, Braun won Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival called the Angel Film Awards for her performance in a love story movie Uma,^[17][18] which was produced in Italy by the production company Epic In Motion & AMZ along with Natalia Denegri's Trinitus Productions.^[19] The movie also won the Best Film, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards.^[20]

Braun's performance in the movie Uma further earned her best actress awards in the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta.^[21]

In February 2018, she then won the Best Actress for the fourth time for the movie Uma at the London Film Festival which is produced by the British Film Institute which screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries.^[22][2]