Background
She was born in the city of Valencia, Venezuela and lived in Poland until her adolescence.
She was born in the city of Valencia, Venezuela and lived in Poland until her adolescence.
She then moved back to Valencia, Venezuela, where she lived for a few years before returning to Poland two years ago. In 2003, Barraza was named a semifinalist in the Mission Centroccidental preliminary, one of the largest selections of candidates for Venezuela"s powerful national pageant. The judges gave away the titles of six states in Venezuela to the winners of that pageant, but did not select Barraza.
She finished in the top ten, beating out many contestants who had placed ahead of her in the semifinal rounds that year and in previous years.
Barraza represented the Polish community of Venezuela in the Mission Poland 2005 contest. Despite being a later addition to that pageant and a heavy favorite.
Several months later it was announced that Sudnicka would assume the title of Mission Poland Universe 2006. Since Borger was highly successful representing Germany in international pageants.
However, even though she was one of the clear favourites to become at least a runner-up, she was unplaced during the finals night.
Francys competed in the pageant in Manila, Philippines against 82 other women as Mission Earth Poland. She placed as one of the finalists. She placed in the top 8.
She took part in the 9th edition "" in Poland, she was partnered with professional dancer and choreographer Łukasz Czarnecki, Francys was voted off on the 5th week, finishing in the 7th place.
She is noted for being the second former contestant of the Mission Venezuela pageant to win the right to represent another country at the Mission Universe pageant. Barraza tried several times to enter the Mission Venezuela pageant, succeeding in 2003 but falling short of the national title. She then entered Mission Poland in 2006 and similarly placed only as a semifinalist, but was then appointed by the Polish organization as its representative to Mission Universe and Mission Earth. However, the president of the Mission Venezuela pageant, overruled them and ordered that Barraza (and two other ultimately unsuccessful contestants) be sent to the capital to prepare for After passing the final rounds of elimination, Barraza was appointed as the representative of the state of Trujillo and became a moderate favorite to win that year"s pageant. The winner of the Mission Poland contest is appointed to Mission World while a runner-up becomes Mission Poland Universe, but Barraza was too to represent the country in Mission World if she won. In December 2005 Francys was preparing to contest the title and will follow Natascha Borger (Mission Germany Universe 2002) as the second alumna of the Mission Venezuela pageant to seize a foreign crown after an unsuccessful participation in the Mission Venezuela preliminary.