Bárbara Palacios Teyde

Bárbara Palacios Teyde (born December 9, 1963) is a Venezuelan TV host, writer, beauty queen, and preacher. She is the third woman from Venezuela to win the Miss Universe pageant on 21 July 1986 held in Panama.

Early life

Palacios was born in Madrid to divorced parents Bárbara Teyde (died September 2008) and Jorge Palacios. Her father was a Venezuelan actor and her mother was a Spanish actress with a prolific acting career in Venezuela. Teyde has several half-siblings, among them Georgina Palacios and Gian Piero Pérez Spagna. When she was one year old, her parents moved to Caracas, where she grew up.

Career

Palacios has worked as a television host for over two decades, and has been a spokesperson for multinational corporations in the United States and Latin America. She has founded several advertising agencies, and as of 2010 owns Barbara Palacios Corporation, a U.S.-based company that commercializes women products, with lines of jewelry and beauty products sold in stores under her name in Florida, United States. The Barbara Palacios Casual line of products is distributed in several Latin American countries. She is a public speaker and an advocate and promoter of a holistic lifestyle. She launched BP Inspiration, where she is the main motivational speaker.

Personal life

Palacios married Víctor Manrique in 1988. They have two sons, Víctor Tomás and Diego Alfonso.