As for their profession and employment , the largest group among Poles in Venezuela is constituted by representatives of small family business . There are a considerable number of musicians , academics and doctors . Teodoro Petkoff Malec is a Venezuelan politician , ex-guerrilla , journalist and economist . One of the most prominent politicians on the left in Venezuela , Petkoff began as a communist but gravitated towards liberalism in the 1990s . The governor of Miranda state , Henrique Capriles Radonski and film director Jonathan Jakubowicz are of Polish origin . In the sports world , Jimy Szymanski is a representative of Venezuela in tennis . Ilan Chester is a singer and composer . Mariano Kossowski founded Promar Television in Barquisimeto , Lara State . Nina Novak prima ballerina is a dance national prize of 1996 , Harry Abend , is a national prize winning sculptor , and Maria Magdalena and Andrzej Antczak are recognized archaeologists . Andres Gluski is CEO of AES . Ángel Rosenblat was a philologist , essayist and hispanist . Mieczysław Detyniecki is a painter . David Smolansky , politician , Voluntad Popular , mayor of El Hatillo , Miranda State . Franco de Peña , film director . Two Polish Venezuelans have achieved considerable success in the Miss Venezuela . In 1996 , Miss Venezuela for Miss World pageant was Ana Cepinska who then get the third place in the Miss World 1996 pageant in India . In 2003 one of the 10 finalists of Miss Venezuela was Francys Sudnicka , who later represented Poland in the Miss Universe 2006 ( did not place ) and Miss Earth 2006 ( semi-finalist ) pageants . Marius Sznajderman is a painter , printmaker and scenic designer . Waclaw Zalewski was engaged as architect by Universidad de los Andes and MIT . The project " Polish Diaspora in Numbers / Polonia w Liczbach Wspolnota Polska " on Facebook is made by Monica Puerta de Pieslak , a Venezuelan
Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996
Polish Venezuelans