Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada, 22 y.o, on born June 1, 1986 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a model and newly crowned Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008. On 2001 Mendoza signed with Elite Model Management and modelled in Italy, France, United States, England, Greece, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Peru for Versace, Roberto Cavalli and other fashion designers. Speaks Spanish, English, and Italian. Dayana beat out 27 other candidates to win Miss Venezuela 2007 on September 13, 2007, and became the only the second woman representing the Amazons state to win (the first being Carolina Izsak in 1991. She was crowned Miss Universe 2008 at the pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008. Unfortunately, she was a kidnap victim in her country as what it was called an express kidnapped. She was captured for only 4 hours but was released. This incident happened a year and a half ago.