Isabella Santiago

Isabella Santiago
Born	1991 [1] Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation(s)	Actress and model
Years active	2018–present [1]

Isabella Santiago (b. February 18 1991) is a Venezuelan actress and model. ^[1] Isabella is the first Venezuelan transgender actress and model to win the Thai beauty pageant Miss International Queen, for which she received an award of $12 500 US dollars and a cosmetic surgery. ^[2] In 2021, she obtained her first lead role in the Colombian telenovela, Lala's Spa , at the Colombian TV network, RCN Televisión. ^[3] Isabella Santiago currently resides in Bogota, Colombia.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Character	Comments
2018	Nadie me quita lo bailao	Mónica Tróchez	Recurring role [4] [5]
2021	Lala's Spa	Lala Jiménez / Eduardo "Lalo" Jiménez	Lead role [1]

See also

• Miss International Queen

References

1. "¿Quién era Isabella Santiago antes de su transformación de hombre a mujer?" [Who was Isabella Santiago before her transformation from male to female?]. Publimetro (in Spanish). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
2. "Transexual venezolana Isabella Santiago ganó Miss International Queen" [Venezuelan transsexual Isabella Santiago won Miss International Queen]. Perú 21 (in Spanish). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
3. "Ella es Isabella Santiago, la actriz transgénero que protagonizará una nueva producción en Colombia" [She is Isabella Santiago, the transgender actress who will star in a new production in Colombia]. Semana (in Spanish). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
4. "Isabella Santiago se despide de Mónica, su personaje en Nadie me quita lo bailao" [Isabella Santiago says goodbye to Mónica, her character in Nadie me quita lo bailao]. canalrcn.com (in Spanish). 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
5. "'Quiero más oportunidades, hacer un papel de mujer': Isabella Santiago" ['I want more opportunities, to play a woman's role': Isabella Santiago]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Marcela Ohio	Miss International Queen 2014	Succeeded by Trixie Maristela