Marena Bencomo

Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez (born April 15, 1974 in Valencia, Carabobo) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1996 and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1997.

As the official representative of her country to the 1997 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida on May 16, 1997, she placed first runner-up to eventual winner Brook Lee of the United States.

[1] At the time of participating in the contest, Bencomo studied Odontology in the University of Carabobo.

On July 15, 2000 Boulton was kidnapped by paramilitaries of the "United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia" while on his farm.

[3] On October 9, 2014, she was invited as a jury on the final night of Miss Venezuela 2014, held in Studio 1 of Venevisión.