[2] In November 2006, Gisela Pulido was proclaimed Kitesurfing World Champion for the third consecutive time at age 12.

[5] Pulido became world kitesurfing champion for the fourth time in a row by winning the event in Germany in August 2007.

[6] In October 2008, she became World Champion for the fifth consecutive time after winning the Chilean event in Matanzas, the tenth round of the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) circuit.

[2] In 2011, she repeated her world title victory in the German town of Sankt Peter-Ording, after defeating Polish competitor Karolina Winkowska [de].

By this time the chosen continental competitors included Fawn Jantawan from Thailand, Catalina Turienzo from Argentina, the Canadian Emily Claire Bugeja, Julie Paturau from Mauritius, New Zealander Justina Kitchen and Pulido.