{{Short description|Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder}} {{for|the Spanish journalist and news anchor|Ana Blanco}} {{family name hatnote|Blanco|Flores|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | image = Anna Blanco in Indonesia (cropped).jpg | caption = Blanco in 2026 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|12|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela | height = 1.82 m<ref>{{cite web | title=Venezuela | url=https://misscharm.tv/delegates/venezuela-3/ }}</ref> | title = {{ubl|El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2023|Miss Grand Venezuela 2024|Miss Charm 2025}} | nationalcompetition = {{ubl|El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2023|(Winner)|Miss Grand International 2024|(Unplaced)|Miss Charm 2025|(Winner)}} }}
'''Anna Blanco Flores''' (born 29 December 1999) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Charm 2025. She is the first Venezuelan to win Miss Charm.
== Life and career == Anna Blanco Flores<ref name=name/> was born 29 December 1999 in Caracas, Venezuela.<ref name="eldiario">{{Cite web |last=González |first=Tahiana |title=Miss Encanto 2025: Anna Blanco consiguió la primera corona para Venezuela|url=https://eldiario.com/2025/12/12/miss-encanto-2025-anna-blanco-consiguio-primera-corona-venezuela/|access-date=2025-12-12 |website=Eldiario.com |date=12 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref> She is a vocalist and singer-songwriter, and studied popular music performance in Canada.<ref name=meridiano>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Elvis |title=¡Belleza con talento! Conoce a fondo a Anna Blanco, la cantante designada Miss Grand Venezuela 2024 |url=https://meridiano.net/farandula/belleza-con-talento-conoce-a-fondo-a-anna-blanco-la-cantante-designada-miss-grand-venezuela-2024-202463013390 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Meridiano.net |language=es |archive-date=2024-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716023507/https://meridiano.net/farandula/belleza-con-talento-conoce-a-fondo-a-anna-blanco-la-cantante-designada-miss-grand-venezuela-2024-202463013390 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Pageantry == === El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2023 === Blanco entered and won the third season of El Concurso by Osmel Sousa released in 2023, representing the state of Trujillo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prensa |first=Equipo de |date=2024-04-16 |title=Anna Blanco se coronó: El Concurso By Osmel estrena reina |url=https://www.promar.tv/2024/04/16/anna-blanco-se-corono-el-concurso-by-osmel-estrena-reina/?amp=1 |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=es |archive-date=2025-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220095734/https://www.promar.tv/2024/04/16/anna-blanco-se-corono-el-concurso-by-osmel-estrena-reina/?amp=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 18, 2024, Blanco was to compete at Miss Charm 2024, to be held in Vietnam, but withdrew.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Recine |first=Leonardo |date=2024-01-19 |title=La nueva Miss Charm Venezuela 2024 es Anna Blanco |url=https://topvzla907691158.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/la-nueva-miss-charm-venezuela-2024-es-anna-blanco/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=TOP VZLA |language=es |archive-date=2025-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219043319/https://topvzla907691158.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/la-nueva-miss-charm-venezuela-2024-es-anna-blanco/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Miss Grand International 2024 === thumb|Anna Blanco at Miss Grand International 2024
Then she was proclaimed as Miss Grand Venezuela 2024 on June 28, 2024, at the Salón Venezuela of the Círculo Militar in Caracas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Geraldin |date=2024-09-30 |title=Anna Blanco: Quiero inspirar a otros a creer en sí mismos |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere-reportajes/anna-blanco-quiero-inspirar-a-otros-a-creer-en-si-mismos/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Últimas Noticias |language=es |archive-date=2024-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095226/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere-reportajes/anna-blanco-quiero-inspirar-a-otros-a-creer-en-si-mismos/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Sonia |date=2024-04-30 |title=El Miss Grand Venezuela 2024 ya tiene lugar y fecha |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/el-miss-gran-venezuela-2024-ya-tiene-lugar-y-fecha/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Últimas Noticias |language=es |archive-date=2024-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095109/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/el-miss-gran-venezuela-2024-ya-tiene-lugar-y-fecha/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Globovisión |title=Luciana Fuster, Miss Grand International 2023, llegó a Venezuela |url=https://www.globovision.com/la-buena-nota/23471/luciana-fuster-miss-grand-international-2023-llego-a-venezuela |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Globovisión |language=es |archive-date=2025-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219044328/https://www.globovision.com/la-buena-nota/23471/luciana-fuster-miss-grand-international-2023-llego-a-venezuela |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Díaz |first=José Gabriel |date=2024-06-29 |title=Tina Batson es Miss Grand Venezuela 2025 |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere-reportajes/tina-batson-es-miss-grand-venezuela-2025/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Últimas Noticias |language=es |archive-date=2025-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130130142/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere-reportajes/tina-batson-es-miss-grand-venezuela-2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanco competed at Miss Grand International 2024 in Thailand, where she was unplaced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Elvis |title=Miss Venezuela Anna Blanco partió al Miss Grand Internacional 2024 |url=https://meridiano.net/farandula/miss-venezuela-anna-blanco-partio-al-miss-grand-internacional-2024-202410213170 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Meridiano.net |language=es |archive-date=2024-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007180430/https://meridiano.net/farandula/miss-venezuela-anna-blanco-partio-al-miss-grand-internacional-2024-202410213170 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Noticias |first=Últimas |date=2024-07-31 |title=Anna Blanco partirá a Camboya para participar en el Miss Grand International |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/anna-blanco-miss-grand/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Últimas Noticias |language=es |archive-date=2024-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007092748/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/anna-blanco-miss-grand/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivera |first=Selene |title=Inicia la temporada del Miss Grand Venezuela 2024 (+Lista de aspirantes) |url=https://2001online.com/farandula/inicia-la-temporada-del-miss-grand-venezuela-2024-lista-de-aspirantes |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=2001online.com |language=es |archive-date=2025-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219050406/https://2001online.com/farandula/inicia-la-temporada-del-miss-grand-venezuela-2024-lista-de-aspirantes |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Miss Charm 2025 === Blanco won Miss Charm 2025, on 12 December 2025, at the BHD Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, competing against 34 other contestants. She was the first Venezuelan to win the contest.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Anna Blanco de Venezuela se corona como Miss Charm 2025 en Vietnam|url=https://ngoisao.vnexpress.net/my-nhan-cao-1-82-m-dang-quang-miss-charm-2024-4830577.html|work=Metro Puerto Rico|language=es|archive-date=2024-12-25|access-date=2025-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225115845/https://ngoisao.vnexpress.net/my-nhan-cao-1-82-m-dang-quang-miss-charm-2024-4830577.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=name>{{Cite news|title=¡Venezuela conquista el mundo de la belleza! Anna Blanco Flores es coronada Miss Charm 2025|url=https://2001online.com/farandula/venezuela-conquista-el-mundo-de-la-belleza-anna-blanco-flores-es-coronada-miss-charm-2025-2025121213570|work=2001online.com|language=es|archive-date=2026-01-04|access-date=2025-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260104201344/https://2001online.com/farandula/venezuela-conquista-el-mundo-de-la-belleza-anna-blanco-flores-es-coronada-miss-charm-2025-2025121213570|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Anna Blanco de Venezuela consiguió la primera corona del país como Miss Charm 2025|url=https://fm.uc.edu.ve/2025/12/12/anna-blanco-de-venezuela-consiguio-la-primera-corona-del-pais-como-miss-charm-2025/15/|work=fm.uc.edu.ve|language=es|archive-date=2025-12-19|access-date=2026-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219043553/https://fm.uc.edu.ve/2025/12/12/anna-blanco-de-venezuela-consiguio-la-primera-corona-del-pais-como-miss-charm-2025/15/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
{{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{S-bef | before = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Rashmita Rasindran }} {{s-ttl | title = Miss Charm | years = 2025 }} {{S-aft | after = Incumbent }} {{S-bef | before = Fernanda Ramírez }} {{s-ttl | title = Miss Charm Venezuela | years = 2025 }} {{S-aft | after = Incumbent }} {{S-bef | before = Valentina Martínez }} {{s-ttl | title = Miss Grand Venezuela | years = 2024 }} {{S-aft | after = Nariman Battikha }} {{S-end}} {{portal bar|Lists}} {{Miss Charm 2025 delegates}} {{Miss Grand International 2024 delegates}} {{Venezuela at Miss Grand International}} {{Miss Grand Venezuela titleholders}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Anna}} Category:Living people Category:Miss Charm Category:Venezuelan beauty pageant winners Category:Miss Grand International 2024 delegates Category:Miss Grand Venezuela winners Category:1999 births