Teresa Ruglio

Teresa Ruglio Sánchez (born January 4th, 1996) is a Venezuelan-Maltese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Malta 2019. She will represent Malta at the Miss Universe 2019 competition.

Ruglio was born in Caracas to an Italo-Venezuelan family originally from Caposele, and holds triple Maltese,Italian and Venezuelan citizenship. Ruglio is the youngest of eleven children and her father Gelsomino passed away when she was 13.The family left Venezuela and immigrated to Malta in 2016, due to the crisis in Venezuela and kidnapping and murder of her elder brother Bruno in Colombia. After arriving in Malta, the family settled in Sliema and Ruglio began studying English andMaltese .

Miss Universe Malta 2019

Ruglio represented the town of Sliema in the Miss Universe Malta 2019 competition held at the Hilton Malta in St. Julian's on 12 July 2019. She went on to win the competition and was crowned Miss Universe Malta at the end of the event by outgoing titleholder Francesca Mifsud. During the competition, Ruglio wished to raise awareness regarding the crisis in Venezuela, and to continue her work as a motivational speaker.She plans to use her past tough experiences to help people to look at the world with a sense of optimism and create positive habits.

Miss Universe 2019

Ruglio will represent Malta in the upcoming Miss Universe 2019 competition.