VelГЎsquez was appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace (Goodwill Ambassador) in June 2003, in the context of the International Decade for the WorldвЂ™s Indigenous People. She also appeared on the Rod Stewart video ' Leave Virginia Alone' and others, such as Ricardo Montaner 'Para Llorar' and George Michael ' Spinning the Wheel.' She had a special appearance on ' Breaking the Girl' video of the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. VelГЎsquez played Anck-Su-Namun in the 1999 film The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. 16 in Stuff magazine's '102 Sexiest Women in the World' poll in 2002. 45 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and No. This led to a large number of further modeling engagements. VelГЎsquez appeared in print ads for Chanel's Allure, Cover Girl, Monsoon, Roberto Verino's Verino fragrance, as well as Victoria's Secret.Дuring her modeling career, she appeared on the covers of Vogue, Bazaar, and Marie Claire among others and several issues of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She paced down runways in ready-to-wear fashion shows for designers such as Chanel, Chloe, John Galliano, Antonio Berardi, Bella Freud, Corinne Cobson, Claude Montana, Dolce & Gabbana and many others. Career ДЇrom 1995 to 2000, VelГЎsquez studied acting in Los Angeles and New York. She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. After three years of engineering studies at college, VelГЎsquez left for Milan, Italy, in pursuit of a modelling career. She represented Peninsula de la Guajira, a center of the Wayuu people, and placed as 2nd runner-up. In 1989, she participated in the Miss Venezuela 1989 contest. She attended San Vicente de Paul High School, graduating in 1987. VelГЎsquez grew up with her family in France and Mexico. Her parents were both teachers her father also worked for UNESCO and was assigned to other countries. Her father is mestizo and her mother a member of the indigenous Wayuu people. VelГЎsquez was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, the fifth of six children.

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