Gabriela Fernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Ocanto.
Gabriela Fernández
Born
Gabriela Alexandra Fernández Ocanto

(1986-06-23) June 23, 1986
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack

Gabriela Alexandra Fernández Ocanto is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder from Maracaibo, Zulia state, who competed in the Miss Venezuela 2008 pageant on September 10, 2008.[1][2]

Fernández won the Miss Zulia 2008 title in a state pageant held in Maracaibo, Venezuela on 7 May 2008.[3]

In 2012, Fernández was arrested by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, charged with assisting Colombian drug lord Daniel Barrera Barrera.[4] In 2016, she was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison after admitting to money laundering.[5] She was released from prison in 2021, and was planning to write a book about her experience.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Las bandas de Miss Venezuela ya tienen nombre". El Universal. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  2. ^ "Miss Trujillo Stefanía Fernández fue electa Miss Venezuela 2008". El Universal. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  3. ^ "Gabriela Fernández es la Belleza Zulia 2008". La Verdad. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  4. ^ "Detenida Miss Zulia 2008 por presuntamente colaborar con 'El Loco' Barrera". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Conozca a la Miss Zulia que fue condenada a más de 8 años de prisión por legitimación de capitales en caso del narcotraficante "Loco Barrera"". Diario Republica (in Spanish). 2016-08-09. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Miss Zulia 2008, cuenta sus vivencias en la cárcel tras relacionarse con narcotraficante colombiano". Diario La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Gabriela Ferández, Miss Zulia 2008 salió de la cárcel y contó cómo fue su experiencia tras cumplir casi 9 años de condena". Diario Contraste Noticias (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2026.


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