León was born in
Maracay,
Aragua. She became the second Venezuelan (
Susana Duijm was the first in
1955) to win the title. As
Miss World in 1981, she was the first celebrity to switch on the
Christmas lights in
Oxford Street in 1981. She hosted the
OTI Festival 1984, along
Raúl Velasco and Claudia Córdoba, from
Mexico City. In 2014, she was a guest judge in the final
Mister World 2014 beauty pageant in
Torbay,
England. ==External links==