Beauty Queen Elected Mayor
Miss Universe of 1981 swapped her title for that of mayor of Venezuela’s richest municipality Sunday.
Irene Saez, whose distinguished past made her the most publicized of the 200,000 candidates in Sunday’s state and municipal elections, defeated two contenders for the newly created Chacao district of eastern Caracas, the local Venevision network said.
“I will not defraud the confidence you have placed in me,” Saez, 30, said. “In addition to a mayor you will always have a friend in me, a person who will always fight for her people.”
Saez was backed by the nation’s two leading political parties--the ruling Accion Democratica and the Social Christian COPEI--for the leadership of the district.
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