Miss Venezuela 2000, Eva Ekvall

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Miss Venezuela 2000,Eva Ekvall

Miss Venezuela 2000, Eva Ekvall

Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall Johnson (born March 15, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela – December 17, 2011) was a TV hostess known for her various TV shows with Televen, specially in the show Las Rottenmayer. She was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. Eva had a degree in communications from Universidad Santa Maria in Caracas. Ekvall was fluent in both Spanish and English since she had lived in the United States in the past, and because she attended Academia Washington, a bilingual school in Caracas. She held the title of Miss Venezuela in 2000 and was the third runner-up in the 2001 Miss Universe pageant. She was also famous among Venezuelan fashion magazines including Ocean Drive and Sambil among others.

Miss Venezuela 2000, Eva Ekvall

Ekvall married radio producer John Fabio Bermúdez in September 2007. The couple have one daughter, Miranda, born in July 2009.

Miss Venezuela 2000, Eva Ekvall

In February 2010, Ekvall was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer, and underwent eight months of treatment that included chemotherapy, radiation, and a mastectomy. She chronicled this experience in a book of photographs, Fuera de Foco (Out of Focus), released in 2011.

As a Buddhist, she was the first non-Christian to have won the title of Miss Venezuela.