Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba (born 7 January 1980) is a Venezuelan actress, tv host, singer, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder.

[2] This was due to strict foreign exchange controls imposed by then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to prevent capital flight, which made the organization unable to send Ruiz to Panama.

[3] Mireya Moscoso, then-President of Panama, had urged Cisneros to ensure that a Venezuelan candidate would compete at Miss Universe.

In December 2005, she announced her marriage and pregnancy to Major League Baseball center fielder Tony Álvarez.

Ruiz gave birth to a girl named Mariángel Victoria, in August of the same year.