Karen Vi Biography: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know About The Model

Karen Vi is a famous social media personality and the winner of the Miss San Antonio American Beauty Pageant. The Mexican-American model, who also took part in the Miss Texas USA contest in 2008, has achieved great fame through her viral comedy music videos, which she publishes on her YouTube channel officialkarenvi.

Karen Vi Biography

Karen Villarreal was born on 3 October 1989 in San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. There is no information about the young model and actress, it is assumed that she is of Mexican and Spanish descent and has Mexican parents. She grew up in a large family with her cousins and nephews and came into the limelight after representing Leon Valley in the Miss Texas USA 2008 pageant.

Karen started her career as a model and appeared in many commercial print ads, commercials, and TV shows, but before her rise to fame, she worked with well-known beer and alcohol brands. She was also active in the boxing scene as a ring card girl.

5 Fast Facts You Need To Know About The Model

1. Modeling was not her Initial Calling

Unlike many models who recognized her passion for modeling at a young age and tried to pursue it, Karen grew up not knowing that she would venture into the business. According to her, she did not switch to modeling from an initial passion, but by chance. It all began at the age of 19 when she received an invitation by mail to participate in Miss Texas USA 2008. She did so and eventually won the Conexion’s Hottest Latina 2009 for San Antonio Express-News and then took second place in the Miss San Antonio American Beauty the following year.

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Karen tried to move forward in her newfound career and tried to gain more experience in this field by going to places like Maxim Masquerade Party Models, Marquee Image Models & Ford Promotional ModelBacardi, Skyy Vodka, Budweiser, Espolon Liquor Promotions, and the local fashion shows San Antonio Fashion Week 2010, Forever 21, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Latino Bridal, Quinceanera Runway Show Expo and many others.

Karen aspires to become a ring girl, a guest blogger at a hotly contested magazine like Cosmopolitan or Maxim, or to be re-published.

2. Karen Loves all Things Natural

Karen loves the completely natural look of her skin, she has neither piercings nor tattoos anywhere on her body, and when she is not in front of the camera she prefers to do without make-up. In addition, Karen is an animal lover and a good fan of classic rock music and can easily imitate the voices of famous musicians like Pat Benetar, Dennis Laughlin, Shakira, Britney Spears, and many others. In fact, Karen Vi has a special ability in singing.

3. She Likes Taking Funny Roles as an Actress

Just as she is a good fan of comic movies, Karen loves to take on funny characters during her acting. However, the actress can play anything, from the girl next door to the protagonist to the girl you pass on the streets in the background.

4. Karen Vi has Raquel Welch as her role model

Raquel Welch is a famous American actress, singer, and model, whose pictures in the deerskin bikini she wore became bestselling posters that made her a celebrity sex symbol in the 1960s. Among other things, Welch was known as an icon of the 1960s and 70s, mainly because of her ability to create a place in film history for strong female characters, and she broke the mold of the submissive sex symbol.

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Karen said she chose Welch as her role model because they are both petite and have good curves, proving that you can be under 5’5 years old and become a successful model.

Karen is 1.5 meters 3 inches tall and weighs 53.5 kg with a body size of 34C-24-35, and she believes that you can easily identify with her because of her proportional size. She has over 15k followers on Twitter and over 850k Instagram followers.

5. Karen Rebuked an American Football Running Back for Sending her a DM

The Latina beauty from San Antonio, Texas recently scolded Le’Veon Bell for sending her a DM on her Instagram page. Le’Veon Bell is a well-known American football standout running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He sent her a DM marked “Hello gorgeous” but in an indirect reply Karen went at him and accused him of trying to get close to her without caring that he had a “beautiful girlfriend named Mia Khalifa”.

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