Editing Irene Sáez (section)

===1981–1989: Pageant wins and early political roles ===
Early in her career, Sáez was named the Queen of Club Campestre Los Cortijos for three years in a row.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} Sáez was crowned [[Miss Venezuela 1981]] and later, crowned [[Miss Universe 1981]] at the 30th annual pageant in [[New York City]] at the age of 19.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8vMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5862,5134717|title=Miss Venezuela Chosen World's Most Beautiful|date=Jul 21, 1981|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|access-date=Oct 22, 2018|page=3A|via=Google News}}</ref> After spending a year traveling the world as Miss Universe, Sáez studied political science at the [[Central University of Venezuela]], and then served a year as Venezuela's cultural representative to the [[United Nations]], expanding the international contacts developed into the realm of culture and diplomacy.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}