Alexandra Braun

• Name — Alexandra Braun • Birth Name — Alexandra Braun Waldeck • Born — 19 May 1983 • Birthplace — Caracas, Venezuela • Title — Miss Earth 2005 • Competitions — * Miss Venezuela 2005 (1st runner-up) • Sambil Model 2005 (winner) • Miss Earth 2005 (winner)

Braun grew up in Caracas and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Advertising. Her family migrated to Venezuela from Germany after World War II.

Braun competed at Miss Venezuela 2005, and represented Nueva Esparta where she placed first runner-up; she was then selected by Sambil Model Caracas to represent Venezuela at Miss Earth held in Manila, Philippines. She was crowned Miss Earth 2005 on October 23, 2005, where eighty contestants from all over the world took part in the competition. Braun also won the Best in Swimsuit. She was the first Venezuelan to win the competition. Her win made Venezuela the second country after Brazil to win all of the "Big Four" pageants. Braun crowned her successor, Hil Hernández, at Miss Earth 2006 on November 26, 2006, at the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. Her Miss Earth Venezuela successor, Marianne Puglia, was crowned Miss Earth Fire, the equivalent of 3rd runner up. She now has a career as an actress in Venezuela.

• Illustration — Alexandra Braun, during her final walk as Miss Earth 2005 During her Miss Earth reign, she met Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Malacañang Palace, which she considered as one of her most memorable experiences. Upon her return to Venezuela after winning the Miss Earth competition, Braun immediately spearheaded a reforestation program in Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia with the help of Sambil Organization, the franchise holder of Miss Earth Venezuela contest. It was followed by the launching of the SAMI Tree Program, a fund-raising activity that educates children on the importance of protecting trees to save the environment. In April 2006, she travelled to Singapore, together with the Miss Earth Foundation to co-host the United Nations Environment Programme or UNEP gala event, The Champions of the Earth, an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders at a policy level. She co-hosted the awarding ceremony on April 21, 2006, with Eric Falt, UNEP Director of Communications and Public Information. As Miss Earth winner, Braun travelled the world to participate and promote environmental awareness programs with the Philippine-based Miss Earth Foundation. She also visited several countries including Canada, Puerto Rico, Chile, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Venezuela.

After Miss Earth 2005, Braun launched her own accessories range under the name "DiBraun Accessories" with her twin sister Karina. She also appeared in a variety of magazines after Miss Earth including Philippine's 'Women's Journal', Variedades, Man, Ocean Drive, Maxim, Urbe, and Que Pasa (Chile). Braun is now an established model in Latin America, Europe and Asia, appearing in numerous television spots, magazines and advertising campaigns in countries such as Philippines, Romania, Malaysia, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Bolivia and her home country of Venezuela. She started her career as an actress in Venezuela with her first movie directed by Abraham Pulido produced in 2012 and show to public in May 2015, "Hasta que la muerte nos separe" is about a model who falls in love with a boxer based on the novel Othello by William Shakespeare. She started to make her first appearance in theatre in the play "Boeing Boeing" directed by Tullio Cavalli in August 2013. In 2014 she started her first soap opera called "Amor Secreto" on the TV channel Venevisión as Alejandra Altamirano as the antagonist of the history. It was launched in May 2015. In 2016 she was called for performing her second teather play called "Cronicas desquiciadas". In 2016 she made her second movie as the lead role in the movie "UMA" directed by Alain Maiki. In January 2017 started her third feather play called "Relatos Borrachos". In May started a new TV project called "Ellas aman, ellos mienten" and also at the same time started a movie project "Blindados" directed by Carlos Malave. In October 2018 she became Member of the ACACV Venezuelan Arts and Science Cinematography Academy

Braun competed in the following pageants: • Month & Year — Pageant — Placement • October 2005 — Miss Earth 2005 — Winner • September 2005 — Miss Venezuela 2005 — 1st Runner-Up • July 2005 — Miss Earth Venezuela 2005 — Winner

• Year/s — Title — Country • 2009-2011 — Miss Lulu — Venezuela • 2009-2010 — Avon Hogar — Venezuela • 2007-2008 — Vestimenta — Venezuela • 2008 — Swim — Catálogo Interno • 2008 — Canuan — Catálogo Trajes de Baño • 2006, 2007 — Macla — Venezuela • 2006 — Avon Beauty — Venezuela • 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 — Beco — Venezuela • 2004, 2005 — Jade — Venezuela

• Year/s — Organization — Cause/Program • 2008–present — SENOSAYUDA — Breast Cancer • 2007–present — UNO MAS Foundation — Down Syndrome • 2012 — SIDA — Acción Solidaria (Solidarity Action • 2007–present — Asociación Civil — Ronald McDonald (Program “Give a Hand”) • 2008–present — UMA Foundation — (Dinner with the Stars)

In December 2017, Braun won Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival called the Angel Film Awards for her performance in a love story movie Uma, which was produced in Italy by the production company Epic In Motion & AMZ along with Natalia Denegri's Trinitus Productions. The movie also won the Best Film, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards. Braun's performance in the movie Uma further earned her best actress awards in the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta. In February 2018, she then won the Best Actress for the fourth time for the movie Uma at the London Film Festival which is produced by the British Film Institute which screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries. • Films • Year/s — Title — Role — Country • May 2007 — Puras Joyitas — Miss Amazonas — Venezuela • June 2008 — Comando X — Spanish CNN Journalist — Venezuela • March 2009 — La Pura Mentira — Cheerleader — Venezuela • 2011 — Secretos de Confesión — Cameo — Venezuela • 2011 — Ubicua — Margareth — Venezuela • 2012 — obsesión — Annie — Venezuela • 2013 — Sueño de Selva — Ulrike Koch — Canaima, Venezuela • 2013 — Hasta que la muerte nos separe — Diana Montenegro — Venezuela • 2014 — Amor secreto — Alejandra Altamirano — Venezuela • 2016 — Uma — Uma — Italy • 2017 — Blindados — Alicia — Venezuela • 2020 — Intriga tras cámaras — Teresa — Venezuela • 2021 — Carabobo, Caminos De Libertad — Marquesa — Venezuela

Alexandra Braun is recorded as model, television presenter, actress and beauty pageant contestant.