Pilín León

Venezuelan writer for newspapers (born 1963)

Pilín León
Born	Carmen Josefina León Crespo (1963-05-19) May 19, 1963 (age 60) Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss World Venezuela 1981 Miss World 1981
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Venezuela 1981 (1st runner-up) (Miss World Venezuela) Miss World 1981 (Winner) (Miss World Americas)

Pilín León (born Carmen Josefina León Crespo, May 19, 1963) is a Venezuelan writer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1981 in London, she previously won Miss World Venezuela 1981.

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.

In 2014, she was a guest judge in the final Mister World 2014 beauty pageant in Torbay, England.

External links

Pilin León @ "Bellas Venezolanas"

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kimberley Santos	Miss World 1981	Succeeded by Mariasela Álvarez
First	Miss World Americas 1981	Succeeded by Mariasela Álvarez
Preceded by Hilda Abrahamz	Miss World Venezuela 1981	Succeeded by Michelle Shoda
Preceded by Julie Fernández	Miss Aragua 1981	Succeeded by Conchy Grande

Miss World 1981 national titleholders

Miss World delegates of: 51; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66; 67; 68; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 90; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 00; 01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06; 07; 08; 09; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 21; 23; 25

v t e Miss World titleholders
1950s	Kiki Håkansson (1951) May-Louise Flodin (1952) Denise Perrier (1953) Antigone Costanda (1954) Susana Duijm (1955) Petra Schürmann (1956) Marita Lindahl (1957) Penelope Coelen (1958) Corine Rottschäfer (1959)
1960s	Norma Cappagli (1960) Rosemarie Frankland (1961) Catharina Lodders (1962) Carole Crawford (1963) Ann Sidney (1964) Lesley Langley (1965) Reita Faria (1966) Madeleine Hartog-Bel (1967) Penelope Plummer (1968) Eva Rueber-Staier (1969)
1970s	Jennifer Hosten (1970) Lúcia Petterle (1971) Belinda Green (1972) Marjorie Wallace (1973) Helen Elizabeth Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974) Wilnelia Merced (1975) Cindy Breakspeare (1976) Mary Stävin (1977) Silvana Suárez (1978) Gina Swainson (1979)
1980s	Gabriella Brum/Kimberley Santos (1980) Pilín León (1981) Mariasela Álvarez (1982) Sarah-Jane Hutt (1983) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985) Giselle Laronde (1986) Ulla Weigerstorfer (1987) Linda Pétursdóttir (1988) Aneta Kręglicka (1989)
1990s	Gina Tolleson (1990) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Julia Kourotchkina (1992) Lisa Hanna (1993) Aishwarya Rai (1994) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Irene Skliva (1996) Diana Hayden (1997) Linor Abargil (1998) Yukta Mookhey (1999)
2000s	Priyanka Chopra (2000) Agbani Darego (2001) Azra Akın (2002) Rosanna Davison (2003) María Julia Mantilla (2004) Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005) Taťána Kuchařová (2006) Zhang Zilin (2007) Ksenia Sukhinova (2008) Kaiane Aldorino (2009)
2010s	Alexandria Mills (2010) Ivian Sarcos (2011) Yu Wenxia (2012) Megan Young (2013) Rolene Strauss (2014) Mireia Lalaguna (2015) Stephanie Del Valle (2016) Manushi Chhillar (2017) Vanessa Ponce (2018) Toni-Ann Singh (2019)
2020s	Karolina Bielawska (2021) Krystyna Pyszková (2023)

v t e Miss Venezuela winners in the Big Four beauty pageants
Miss Universe	Maritza Sayalero (1979) Irene Sáez (1981) Bárbara Palacios (1986) Alicia Machado (1996) Dayana Mendoza (2008) Stefanía Fernández (2009) Gabriela Isler (2013)
Miss World	Susana Duijm (1955) Pilín León (1981) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Ivian Sarcos (2011)
Miss International	Nina Sicilia (1985) Consuelo Adler (1997) Vivian Urdaneta (2000) Goizeder Azúa (2003) Daniela di Giacomo (2006) Elizabeth Mosquera (2010) Edymar Martínez (2015) Mariem Velazco (2018) Andrea Rubio (2023)
Miss Earth	Alexandra Braun (2005) Alyz Henrich (2013)
Argentina Australia Brazil Colombia Finland France Germany Great Britain Iceland India Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Philippines Poland Puerto Rico South Africa Spain Sweden United States Venezuela

v t e Venezuelan placements in Miss World
Miss World	Susana Duijm (1955) Pilín León (1981) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Ivian Sarcos (2011)
1st runner-up	Albany Lozada (1987) Martina Thorogood (1999)
2nd runner-up	Sharon Luengo (1990) Francis Gago (1992) Irene Ferreira (1994) Adriana Vasini (2010)
4th runner-up	Marzia Piazza (1969)
Top 5-7	María Conchita Alonso (1975) Ruddy Rodríguez (1985) María Begoña Juaristi (1986) Emma Rabbe (1988) Mónica Lei (1993) Ana Cepinska (1996)
Top 10	Goizeder Azúa (2002)
Top 15-17	Betzabé Franco (1962) Mercedes Hernández (1964) Ana María Padrón (1971) Genoveva Rivero (1976) Patricia Tóffoli (1978) Hilda Abrahamz (1980) Federica Guzmán (2006) Claudia Suárez (2007) Hannelly Quintero (2008)
Top 20	Valentina Patruno (2003)
Top 30-40	Ana Carolina Ugarte (2017) Veruska Ljubisavljević (2018) Isabella Rodríguez (2019) Alejandra Conde (2021)
Unplaced	Celsa Pieri (1956) Consuelo Nouel (1957) Ida Margarita Pieri (1958) Bexi Romero (1961) Milagros Galíndez (1963) Nancy González (1965) Jeannette Köpp (1966) Irene Böttger (1967) Cherry Núñez (1968) Tomasita de las Casas (1970) Amalia Heller (1972) Edicta García (1973) Alicia Rivas (1974) Jacqueline van den Branden (1977) Tatiana Capote (1979) Michelle Shoda (1982) Carolina Cerruti (1983) Fabiola Candosin (1989) Christina Dieckmann (1997) Veronica Schneider (1998) Vanessa Cárdenas (2000) Andreína Prieto (2001) Andrea Milroy (2004) Susan Carrizo (2005) María Milagros Véliz (2009) Gabriella Ferrari (2012) Karen Soto (2013) Debora Menicucci (2014) Anyela Galante (2015) Diana Croce (2016) Ariagny Daboín (2023)
Did not compete	Miriam Estévez/Aura Rodríguez (1960)
Miss Venezuela Miss World Venezuela Miss World

v t e Miss World Venezuela titleholders
1950s	Susana Duijm (1955) Celsa Pieri (1956) Consuelo Nouel (1957) Ida Margarita Pieri (1958)
1960s	Miriam Estévez/Aura Rodríguez (1960) Bexi Romero (1961) Betzabé Franco (1962) Milagros Galíndez (1963) Mercedes Hernández (1964) Nancy González (1965) Jeannette Köpp (1966) Irene Böttger (1967) Dolores Núñez (1968) Marzia Piazza (1969)
1970s	Tomasita de las Casas (1970) Ana María Padrón (1971) Amalia Heller (1972) Edicta García (1973) Alicia Rivas (1974) María Conchita Alonso (1975) Genoveva Rivero (1976) Jacqueline Branden (1977) Patricia Tóffoli (1978) Tatiana Capote (1979)
1980s	Hilda Abrahamz (1980) Pilín León (1981) Michelle Shoda (1982) Carolina Cerruti (1983) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Ruddy Rodríguez (1985) María Begoña Juaristi (1986) Albany Lozada (1987) Emma Rabbe (1988) Fabiola Candosin (1989)
1990s	Sharon Luengo (1990) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Francis Gago (1992) Mónica Lei (1993) Irene Ferreira (1994) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Ana Cepinska (1996) Christina Dieckmann (1997) Veronica Schneider (1998) Martina Thorogood (1999)
2000s	Vanessa Cárdenas (2000) Andreína Prieto (2001) Goizeder Azúa (2002) Valentina Patruno (2003) Andrea Milroy (2004) Susan Carrizo (2005) Federica Guzmán (2006) Claudia Suárez (2007) Hannelly Quintero (2008) María Milagros Véliz (2009)
2010s	Adriana Vasini (2010) Ivian Sarcos (2011) Gabriella Ferrari (2012) Karen Soto (2013) Debora Menicucci (2014) Anyela Galante (2015) Diana Croce (2016) Ana Carolina Ugarte (2017) Veruska Ljubisavljević (2018) Isabella Rodríguez (2019)
2020s	Alejandra Conde (2021) Ariagny Daboín (2023)