Vanessa Andrea Gonçalves Gómez (born February 10, 1986) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2010.Born in Baruta, Miranda, Venezuela, Gonçalves is a dentist of Portuguese ancestry, her father is from Madeira Portugal. She attended the prestigious Academia Merici,an Ursuline school in Caracas, Venezuela and is a graduate from the school of dentistry at Universidad Santa María in Caracas.
Gonçalves, who stands 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in), competed as Miss Miranda, one of 28 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela 2010, held on October 28, 2010 in Maracaibo, where she obtained the Best Body and Evening Gown awards and became the seventh Miss Venezuela winner from Miranda, gaining the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 2011.
