Patricia Velásquez

Creativity extends beyond the photographs, canvas or film, as well as the media. It also stimulates charity, philanthropy, and activism. Award-winning model, actress, and history-making supermodel an uncompromising philanthropist, diligent activist as well as a writer and loving mother Patricia Velasquez applies an eternal creative spirit to everything she does. Whether it's appearing in blockbuster films like The Curse of La Llorona or launching the Wayuu Taya Foundation and participating in the UNESCO Board. She believes in her intuition and is a pioneer of her own path. "I think of my career as a long , sweeping staircase," she says. "I have completed every step. It was incredible to do this, since there was a lot of perseverance. I put my head down and made one step at a time. Then, it was done. The metaphor directly resembles a formative experience. After a few years she relocated to Venezuela. She was born in Venezuela and raised in France and Mexico. Parents who were employed as educators in South America, moved her family to a cramped apartment without water and elevators. Patricia took 15 flights of stairs up with heavy buckets to provide water to the area. Between studying engineering and intense dance classes and work, she was determined to help the family however she could. The promise she made to her family members, which was the most important factor that helped her rise to the top in the fashion world, saw her sought-after to model in Milan. She remembers telling her, "When they asked me whether I wanted to travel to Italy and I said"If you can pay 30 bucks a month home to Venezuela then it's worth itas it will cover the whole building's water bills'." Patricia's triumph was the beginning of a new era in fashion, as she attracted industry attention to South America for the first time. After becoming "the first Karl Lagerfeld model ever photographed" and then going on to appear in editorial spreads as well as front ads for Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana. Resonating around the globe, she appeared on Oprah and Ford Models' "Supermodel of the World" contest , as well. She was also featured on the pages of Marie Claire, Bazaar and Vogue.

 





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