Moving to Europe in the late 1960s , she recorded music by composers such as Domenico Modugno , with whom she later performed a duet of the song " Meraviglioso " during the preliminary of the 1968 Festival San Remo ; she did n’t make the cut for the finals . In 1969 , Castellanos won the Benidorm International Song Festival with a composition by Manuel Alejandro . After returning to South America in 1970 , she took second place in the Latin American Song Festival . In 1972 she represented her country in the first edition of the OTI Festival which was held in Madrid , in which she got the fourth place . Three years later she was again internally selected by Venevision to represent Venezuela in the fourth edition OTI Festival which was held in San Juan , Puerto Rico . Surprisingly , her entry was acclaimed and managed to get the third place , improving the place she got back in 1972 in Madrid
fourth edition
OTI Festival 1975
Mirla Castellanos