Miss World 1984 - Astrid Carolina Herrera (Venezuela)

Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal (born June 23, 1963) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen who won Miss World 1984 pageant in London, United Kingdom, becoming the third woman from her country to win the title.

Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal was born on June 23, 1963, in Yaracuy, Venezuela. She is the third daughter of David Herrera and Odelia Irazábal. She has three sisters and one brother.

In 1988, she married the military man Edgar Ignacio Padrón Godoy. The couple divorced in 2001. In 2002, she married the Venezuelan baseball player Tony Álvarez in the Mayor's Office of Carrizal, Miranda. The couple divorced in 2005. On June 5, 2014, she gave birth to her first child, a girl, whom she called Miranda Carolina Herrera Irazábal. In 2017, she underwent surgery for a tumor in the pituitary gland that turned out to be benign.

Herrera, who stands 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, competed in 1984 as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, obtaining the title of Miss World Venezuela.

As the official representative of her country to the 1984 Miss World pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 15, 1984, she obtained the Photogenic award, became Miss World Americas and was crowned Miss World 1984.