Lisbeth Valverde
Background
Background
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### Early life

Valverde was born on 13 April 1995, in [San Ramón de Alajuela](/wiki/San_Ram%C3%B3n%2C_Costa_Rica "San Ramón, Costa Rica"), but later moved to [Uvita](/wiki/Uvita_%28Costa_Rica%29 "Uvita (Costa Rica)") de Osa, in [Puntarenas](/wiki/Puntarenas "Puntarenas"). She is the youngest in the family of four children. She has two brothers and a sister. When she was a child, her parents migrated from the South to the West, specifically to Palmares, looking for a way to improve their economic condition. Her father worked as a farmer and her mother was a cleaner, cook and sold meals. When she was three years old, her parents decided to separate and that changed the dynamics of the family. 

Her father returned to the South Zone with her siblings, and she stayed with her mother in [San Ramón](/wiki/San_Ram%C3%B3n%2C_Costa_Rica "San Ramón, Costa Rica"), which made her brothers and her grow up separately. Her father died in an accident at home in [San Vito](/wiki/San_Vito%2C_Costa_Rica "San Vito, Costa Rica"), while working on a piece of wood with a machine that electrocuted him.

Valverde began modelling at the age of 16 years. Her sister, now a journalist, was working for a media outlet in which she interviewed the organizer of a beauty pageant, then he told Valverde to participate.

### Education

Valverde graduated from the [Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica](/wiki/Universidad_Nacional_de_Costa_Rica "Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica") in [Heredia](/wiki/Heredia%2C_Costa_Rica "Heredia, Costa Rica"), Costa Rica.


What was the reason for Valverde's family to move from the South Zone to the West?