Mariam Habach

Mariam Habach Santucci (born 26 January 1996) is a Venezuelan dentist, model, psychologist, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2015.

Her father, Antonio, was born in the city of Tartus, Syria and her maternal grandparents immigrated from Fontanarosa and Agrigento, Italy during World War II.

During the national costume competition, she wore a blue and white balloon dress designed by Nidal Nouaihed entitled “Reina encantada del mar”, inspired by the Isla Margarita culture and the myth of the ocean goddess Yemaya,[3][4] which weighed more than 18 kilos and was made of 120 meters of organza with hundreds of pearls and crystals.

Prior to the coronation night, a Venezuelan journalist Julio Matute Rodríguez wrote that Habach was arrogant and spoiled due to an affluent upbringing.

There were televised segments where she pinched second runner-up Andrea Tovar of Colombia and stepped on semi-finalist Valeria Piazza of Peru, among other candidates' dresses without issuing remorse or apology.