Venezuelan actress and fashion model Patricia Carola Velasquez Semprun has an estimated net worth of $800 thousand. She was born on January 31, 1971 in Guajira, Venezuela and grew up traveling between Venezuela, France and Mexico. She attended San Vicente de Paul High School and graduated in 1987. She joined the Miss Venezuela pageant in 1989, taking second place. She then spent three years in college, but left school in order to pursue a modelling career in Milan, Italy.

Velasquez moved to the United States in the late 90s and pursued an acting career in New York and Los Angeles. She also appeared in runway shows and ad campaigns for Antonio Berardi, Bella Freud, Carolina Herrera, Claude Montana, Corinne Cobson, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and Victoria’s Secret. She appeared in several issues of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was ranked #45 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and #16 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” poll in 2002.

Patricia Velasquez is credited for her roles in projects such as The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Arrested Development, The L Word, CSI: Miami and Ugly Betty. She was part of The Apprentice, but was fired on March 25, 2012.

Patricia is an active charity worker. In 2002, she founded the Wayúu Tayá Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the Wayúu, a Venezuelan, indigenous group. She is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and is a recipient of the Women Together award at the UN in 2009. In November 2010, she was honored with the Solidarity Award which is part of the Prix de Marie Claire de la Beaute annual awards in Spain.