Mónica Spear
Mónica
Spear Mootz (1
October 1984 – 6 January 2014) was a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty
pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004.
She also represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2005 where
she finished as 4th Runner-Up.
Miss
Venezuela 2004
During
the Miss Venezuela 2004 pageant,
Spear won the national crown and represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2005
Miss Universe 2005
Spear
made the top 15 after Ana Karina Áñez (Miss Venezuela 2003)
failed to make the top 15 in Miss Universe 2004,
which was the first time in 22 years that Venezuela failed to place] Spear went on to
place in the Top 5 after the evening gown and swimsuit competitions. During the
final question round, she stumbled while answering the question given by Miss
Mexico, Laura Elizondo,
and eventually finished as 4th Runner-Up.
Personal life
Mónica
Spear Mootz was born to Rafael Spear Tudares and Ingeborg Mootz Gotera Her
maternal family emigrated fromGermany and her
paternal family has English ancestry
The Spear–Mootz family moved to Orlando, Florida in 2000 after her
mother, Ingeborg, retired from her job with an oil company in Venezuela. Her
father, Rafael, is a project engineer at Siemens Westinghouse. Prior to
being named the "fifth most beautiful woman in the universe,"] Spear completed a bachelor's
degree in theater from the University of
Central Florida before returning to Venezuela to compete in the national
pageant. Her participation in Miss Venezuela garnered notoriety when
she was asked during the traditional "breakfast with press" the day
after the pageant, because of her degree, which Venezuelan playwright she liked the most, to which
she answered, "Gabriel García
Márquez", a Colombian writer. She crowned her Miss
Venezuela successor, Jictzad Viña, on 15 September 2005.
Spear
married a British businessman, Thomas Henry Berry (whose nationality was later
misidentified as Irish) in June 2008. She gave birth to a daughter later that
year The couple divorced in 2012, but remained friendly, and at the time
of their death they were attempting to reconcile. She was a naturalized
United States citizen, resident in Miami, Florida She is a cousin of Jossie Nikita
Marques Spear, a Venezuelan model. Spear was fluent in Spanish,
English and French.
Professional life
After
modeling, Spear became one of the most successful actresses in Venezuela for
her main roles in telenovelas. Her first role as a protagonist was in the RCTV telenovelaMi
Prima Ciela (My Cousin Ciela), in which she played a
high-school student battling leukemia. The show was a success in Venezuela
and other parts of South America, and it was televised in the US by TeleFutura. Spear held the starring role in Venevisión's telenovela La Mujer
Perfecta in 2010, and recently had a lead role in Flor Salvaje;
a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the Miami-based television network Telemundo and
RTI Producciones. She had lived in Miami since she began working for Telemundo.
Venezuelan channel Venevisión broadcast La Mujer Perfecta in honor of Spear
and a foundation aid for people with Asperger Syndrome Same television
special will Mónica Spear, led by the former Miss Venezuela, cheerleader and actress Mariangel Ruiz .
Death
On
January 6, 2014, Spear was in her native Venezuela on vacation with her ex-husband
and their five-year-old daughter. On a highway in central Carabobo, when the three were inside their car
waiting for assistance after the vehicle had broken down, Spear and her
ex-husband were killed during an attempted robbery and their daughter shot and
wounded in the leg. The police reported that the incident occurred around 9 or
10 p.m. It has been theorized that the thieves tried to rob them and the
couple resisted.On the initial suggestion that her former husband was Irish,
the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs was investigating the incident.
However, local police said he was travelling on a British passport. The
international media also highlighted the rising rate of crime in Venezuela.
Investigation and aftermath
On
January 8, 2014, seven people were arrested by the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y
Criminalísticas (CICPC) for their alleged involvement in the
murder. At the time of the arrest, the Venezuelan authorities also confiscated
several items believed to have been owned by Spear and Berry. Spear's daughter
has been in the care of her grandparents since her parents' death. Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela,
provided a private jet to fly Spear's parents from Florida to Venezuela so they
could be with their granddaughter. Maduro claims that telenovelas were
responsible for the couple's murder.
Filmography
|
Year
|
Project
|
Role
|
Notes
|
|
2006
|
Tamara Campos
|
Recurring role
|
|
|
2007
|
Graciela Andreína
Zambrano Ávila "La Ciela"
|
Lead role
|
|
|
2009
|
María Esperanza
Rodríguez
|
Lead role
|
|
|
2010
|
Que el cielo me
explique
|
Violetta Robles
|
Special participation
|
|
2010–11
|
Micaela Gómez
|
Lead role
|
|
|
2011–12
|
Amanda Monteverde
"Flor Salvaje"
|
Lead role
|
|
|
2013
|
Bianca Santillana
|
Lead role
|
Awards and nominations
|
Year
|
Award
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
|
2007
|
Premios 2 de Oro
|
New actress of the
year
|
Won
|
|
|
2008
|
El Galardón del
Universo del Espectáculo]
|
Best young lead
actress
|
Won
|
|
|
2013
|
Premios Tu Mundo
|
Favorite Lead Actress
|
Nominated
|
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