Miss Venezuela

Not to be confused with Mister Venezuela, Miss Earth Venezuela, or Miss Grand Venezuela.

For the most recent edition, see Miss Venezuela 2023. For the upcoming edition, see Miss Venezuela 2024.

Miss Venezuela

Type	Women's beauty pageant
Franchise holder	Cisneros Group
Headquarters	Caracas
Country represented	Venezuela
Qualifies for	Miss Universe Miss World Miss International
First edition	1952
Most recent edition	2023
Current titleholder	Ileana Márquez Amazonas
Executive Committee	Jonathan Blum Gabriela Isler Nina Sicilia
Owner	Gustavo Cisneros
CEO	Adriana Cisneros
Language	Spanish
Website	missvenezuela.com

Dayana Mendoza, 2007 winner and Miss Universe 2008 winner

Miss Venezuela (Spanish: Organización Miss Venezuela) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant operated by the Cisneros Group. Founded in 1952, it currently selects Venezuelan representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International. The current national director of Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler.

The current Miss Venezuela is Ileana Márquez of Amazonas who was crowned on 7 December 2023 at the Centro Comercial Líder in Caracas, Venezuela.

History

Manuela Victoria Mujica Antich from Lara, Miss Venezuela 1905, the first titleholder

On 7 May 1905, Manuela Victoria Mujica Antich of Lara, was elected by popular vote as Miss Venezuela.  Many authors and scholars in the history of the Miss Venezuela contest consider her as the first Miss Venezuela ever, and its vote as a precursor of the pageant that it is currently known.

Miss Venezuela (1952 - 1981)

The Miss Venezuela pageant was officially founded in 1952 by Pan Am and businesswoman Gloria Sánchez, with the purpose of sending a Venezuelan representative to the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach, California.

The speed with which the contestants were chosen for that first contest would characterize its first editions, in which parades with different outfits were held over the course of a week or more in different locations in the country. Due to protests by religious organizations at the time, the swimsuit parades were held in private, for jurors only. Eventually, representatives to Miss World (since 1955) and Miss International (since 1960) would also begin to be elected.

After a first interruption in 1954 during the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship, Pan Am ceded the rights to the contest in 1955 to Venezuelan journalist and musicologist, Reinaldo Espinoza Hernández.

Hernández, who despite the triumph of Susana Duijm in Miss World 1955 (first Hispanic American to win at one of the Big Four international beauty pageants), faced protests by the Venezuelan Catholic Church and feminist movements, which added to the lack of interest by the press of the time. In addition, a second interruption in 1959 caused by the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état, led to the sale of the contest to Edwin E. Acosta-Rubio, a Cuban-Venezuelan businessman in 1962.

Business-minded, Acosta-Rubio immediately changed the format of the competition. Turning the semi-improvised tourist pageant into an organized annual institution. In order to choose the contestants with professional and responsible criteria, Acosta-Rubio created the so-called Venezuelan Beauty Committee. Developed the publicity projection of the event and broadcast it for the first time on television in 1962, through the RCTV network, began to charge for tickets for the finals. With all these changes accomplished in the late 1960s, the Miss Venezuela contest began to be a favorite and traditional reference among Venezuelans, in the Venezuelan popular culture and more importantly, for Acosta-Rubio, as a profitable and appreciated business.

In 1968, the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the show were broadcast on television for the first time. Although it was not of great importance at the moment, Osmel Sousa began to work in those years as a graphic and fashion designer for the contest.

In 1969, Ignacio Font Coll, brother-in-law of Edwin Acosta-Rubio, who was the creator and president of OPPA Publicidad, appointed him as director of the current Miss Venezuela Organization.

Already in the 1960s, the Acosta-Rubio Organization had begun to obtain excellent results with Mercedes Revenga as first runner-up at the Miss Beauty Form 1964 contest and later on reaching the top 15 at Miss Universe 1964. The choice of Mariela Pérez and Peggy Kopp as first and third runners-up at Miss Universe 1967 and Miss Universe 1968, respectively. Adriana López with the Miss Planet Resort 1967 won, Judith Castillo, being first runner-up at Miss Universe 1976, and Zully Guilarte winning the 1968 Miss Tourism of Central America and the Caribbean pageant. Maritza Sayalero won Miss Universe 1979, being the first edition of Miss Universe to be televised in color in Venezuela. With her win, began what is considered the 'Golden age of Miss Venezuela'.

Since 1972, the Cisneros Organization acquired the rights to start producing and broadcasting the beauty contest on its channel, Venevisión. María Antonieta Cámpoli, Miss Venezuela 1972 at Miss Universe 1972 was second runner-up, and later at Miss Intercontinental 1974, María Emilia de los Ríos of Bolívar state.

Miss Venezuela Organization (1981 -)

In 1981, Irene Sáez won Miss Universe 1981, Pilín León won Miss World 1981, in addition to the death of Coll. Finally, in 1982, the Cisneros Group was placed at the helm of the beauty contest and the Miss Venezuela Organization was officially structured. After this, in February 1982, Cisneros and Acosta-Rubio appointed Osmel Sousa (a long time-worker at the empress) as Coll's successor, taking the charge of President. Besides, Joaquín Riviera, María Kallay and Mery Cortez, were appointed as official producer, coordinator and choreographer of the event, respectively.

Starting in 1984, the crowns used in the organization's pageants were made by jewelry designer, George Wittels. Until July 2018, Wittels was in charge of making the goldsmith pieces for the contest. George was succeeded by Mila Toledo, Miss Federal District in 1980.

In 1996, the beauty pageant launched its website, missvenezuela.com. Also, in the same year, the Mister Venezuela competition was founded, as well as, Miss Venezuela Mundo in 2000. In both cases, at the request of the Miss World Organization

In 2009, Venezuela entered the Guinness World Records for being the first and so far only representation in Miss Universe to be crowned by another winner from the same nation.

In 2010, the pageant acquired the Miss Earth franchise, which it maintained until 2015, obtaining Alyz Henrich a second crown for this contest as Miss Earth 2013.

Joaquín Riviera, Miss Venezuela executive producer, would be in charge of the event until his death in 2012. After María Kallay's death in 2013, the production of the event was realized by Peggy Navarro, Ricardo Di Salvatore, Vicente Alvarado and Erick Simonato, who were part of the original production team along with Riviera as General Producer. In 2015, Peggy left office, leaving three managers, who to date are still part of the Miss Venezuela Organization.

In 2016, Mery Cortez, announced her departure from the contest and from Venevisión network, after almost 45 years as the choreographic producer of the contest.

On 6 February 2018, Osmel Sousa, announced his retirement as President of the Miss Venezuela Organization, after being in charge of the contest for more than 40 years, leaving the presidency vacant.

On 17 April 2018, the organization announced that the contest would it be run by an executive committee, not a president. The next day, the committee members were announced: Gabriela Isler, Miss Universe 2013, Jacqueline Aguilera, Miss World 1995 and Nina Sicilia, Miss International 1985.

Contestant selection

List of state titles

There is an unofficial formula to determine the states and regions represented in Venezuela. The base number of contestants over the last decade has been 26–28, which can be increased or decreased by the contest management.

Official states (23)

Amazonas Anzoátegui * Apure Aragua * Barinas Bolívar * Carabobo * Cojedes Delta Amacuro Falcón Guárico Lara Mérida Miranda Monagas * Nueva Esparta Portuguesa Sucre Táchira Trujillo Vargas Yaracuy Zulia *

  * Denotes that state has a preliminary pageant – which may or may not still be held – as of 2005 only Táchira, Zulia-Falcón, Lara, Aragua and Sucre held preliminaries.

Official regions (3)

• Costa Oriental (Eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo)
• Distrito Capital (Capital District)
• Dependencias Federales ("Federal Dependencies" Venezuelan islands)

Together, these 26 regions form the "base" of the Miss Venezuela contest. However, at times other regions and territories have been represented. If there are 27 sashes, the 27th candidate is Miss Peninsula Goajira. If there are 28 sashes, either Canaima (a national park in Bolivar state) or Peninsula de Paraguaná (a region of Falcon state) is represented. In 2003, additional titles of Península de Araya (a region of Sucre State) and Roraima (a national park in Bolivar State) were created to bring the pageant to its highest ever number of contestants: 32. Surprisingly, in 2008 Península de Araya was used again, and there was no Miss Península Goajira or Miss Costa Oriental that year. In the mid-1990s, the districts of Municipio Libertador and Municipio San Francisco were also represented, the last one only in 1997 and 1998. Also, only in 2003, Guayana Esequiba (part of Guyana that historically Venezuela claims as its own) was represented. Vargas State, the most recent modification to Venezuela's map (1999) was always present in the pageant, but with other names: Departamento Vargas (until 1986), Municipio Vargas (1987 to 1997), Territorio Federal Vargas (1998), and Vargas State since 1999. In 2009, only 20 delegates competed for the crown, the same number that competed on the final night in 2003, so some "traditional" states didn't have a representative.

Winners by state/region

For full list and details, see List of Miss Venezuela titleholders.

State	Number	Years
Guárico	9	1963 1966 1976 1978 1982 1985 2004 2006 2012 2014
Capital District	7	1956 1957 1960 1965 1968 2001 2022
Miranda		1955 1964 1981 1988 1999 2009 2010
Lara	4	1980 1989 2003 2015
Carabobo		1953 1970 1973 1996
Nueva Esparta		1972 1975 1976 1987
La Guaira		1967 1969 1977 1979
Amazonas	3	1991 2007 2023
Zulia		1974 1984 2020
Delta Amacuro		1998 2017 2019
Sucre		1958 2005 2011
Portuguesa	2	1983 2018
Monagas		1971 2016
Costa Oriental		1994 2013
Trujillo		1986 2008
Aragua		1969 1992 2002
Apure		1993 2000
Bolívar		1952 1990
Región Andina	1	2021
Táchira		1997
Yaracuy		1995
Anzoátegui		1962
Caracas		1961

Venezuelan representation

Venezuela's international titleholders represented the following states during their Miss Venezuela competition (indicates year of international victory):

• Miss Universe: Departamento Vargas (1979), Miranda (1981), Trujillo (1986; 2009), Yaracuy (1996), Amazonas (2008) and Guárico (2013).
• Miss World: Miranda (1955; 1984), Aragua (1981), Zulia (1991), Nueva Esparta (1995) and Amazonas (2011).
• Miss International: Monagas (1985), Miranda (1997), Costa Oriental (2000), Carabobo (2003), Barinas (2006; 2018), Trujillo (2010), Anzoátegui (2015) and Portuguesa (2023).
• Miss Earth: Nueva Esparta (2005), Falcón (2013).

Main pageant

Training

There are Miss Venezuela schools and "beauty factories" in which girls as young as 5 years old are trained to be the next potential Miss Venezuela. At both the schools and factories the young girls and women are taught how to walk properly, given beauty tips, and given lessons in proper etiquette.

Once a candidate is shortlisted for the pageant, she begins an intensive training program which can last for six months. She receives coaching in speech, physical fitness, make-up, modelling, and all the other skills required for the competition. Plastic surgery and cosmetic dentistry are optional, and some delegates elect to use padding. As the Miss Venezuela broadcast lasts up to four hours long, with countless musical numbers and dances, rehearsals require weeks of preparation. Contestants also participate in official photo-shoots and also fittings by fashion designers.

The evening gowns worn by candidates are a major source of politicking by Venezuela's domestic fashion houses, with top designers such as Mayela Camacho, Ángel Sanchez, Durant & Diego, Jose María Almeida, and Gionni Straccia selecting candidates that they will dress for the final night, while other, newer designers compete to present designs for the pageant. As a general rule the evening gowns are always custom-designed for each of the candidates on the final night, and always by a Venezuelan designer. By tradition, Nidal Nouaihed dresses the representatives of his home state of Zulia (Miss Costa Oriental, Miss Peninsula Goajira, Miss Zulia); Ángel Sanchez designs the gown for Miss Trujillo; Jose María Almeida designs the dress for Miss Mérida and the national costume for Miss Venezuela to Miss Universe. In 1999, 26 different designers took part in the evening gown competition, one candidate for each one. Also, in 2006, for the first time ever, the designers appeared on stage with the delegates, showing their fabulous creations. For the first time, in Miss Venezuela 2008, a "best evening gown" prize was given to a designer; the winner was Gionni Straccia for Miss Monagas' dress. He also made the gown for Dayana Mendoza in the Miss Universe finals.

The winners chosen to represent Venezuela in the major pageants undergo continuous preparation before they compete internationally. These efforts are funded by corporate sponsors like Pepsi-Cola, Palmolive, Colgate, Ebel and Lux who were attracted to the pageant by its high ratings.

Participation in international pageants

Number of wins at major beauty pageants
Current franchises
Pageant	Titles	Winning year(s)
Miss Universe	7	1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2013
Miss World	6	1955, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2011
Miss International	9	1985, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023
Miss Earth	2	2005, 2013

As of 2024, Venezuela has a total of 24 wins at Big Four international beauty pageants, the most by any country in the world, and consisting of seven Miss Universe titles, six Miss World titles, nine Miss International titles, and two Miss Earth titles.

Miss Venezuela reached the semifinals of Miss Universe each year from 1983 to 2003, and reached the question-and-answer round consistently from 1991 to 2003 (winning in 1986 and 1996), constituting the longest streak of Miss Universe finalists by any country. This streak was ended in 2004, when Ana Karina Áñez was not included in the semifinals at Miss Universe 2004. Venezuela has also held Miss Universe and Miss World titles simultaneously in 1981 (Irene Saez and Pilin Leon), and Miss Universe and Miss Earth titles simultaneously in 2013 (Gabriela Isler and Alyz Henrich). Henrich's Miss Earth victory made Venezuela the only country in the world to have won each of the Big Four pageants multiple times. Venezuela also holds the distinction of being the first, and so far only, country to win back-to-back Miss Universe titles when Dayana Mendoza, outgoing Miss Universe 2008, crowned Stefania Fernandez as Miss Universe 2009.

Success in other fields

Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005

Competing in the pageant can get a contestant noticed and launched on a successful television or print career. At least a dozen well-sought models come out of the pageant. Virtually all of Venezuela's female top models and television personalities are alumni of the pageant, including Maite Delgado (who competed in 1986 against future Miss Universe Bárbara Palacios and became the primary annual emcee of Miss Venezuela's live shows in recent decades), and Dominika van Santen (Top Model of the World 2005). In fact, only Gaby Espino and several other entertainment figures stand out as never having competed in the pageant. Many of today's top young models, such as Onelises Brochero and Wendy Medina, have repeatedly been rejected by Miss Venezuela; on the other hand, Goizeder Azua and Desiree Pallotta, who have variously been considered the top domestic supermodels in the country, joined the pageant after establishing their careers.

Nowadays, familiar faces on Spanish TV networks around the world, from Venezuela, include Ruddy Rodríguez, Catherine Fulop, Carolina Perpetuo, Norkys Batista, Daniela Kosán, Viviana Gibelli, Marjorie de Sousa, Chiquinquirá Delgado, Alicia Machado and Natalia Streignard. Two of the Latin world's best known people, supermodel Patricia Velásquez and singer/actress María Conchita Alonso, also participated, in 1989 and 1975, respectively.

Miss Universe 1981, Irene Sáez, became mayor of Chacao (Caracas), governor of Nueva Esparta State, and then a candidate in the 1998 Venezuelan presidential election. The Times of London ranked her 13th in its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005 became the most decorated international actress from Venezuela with the most acting awards when she won four international best actress awards in various film festivals all over the world for her portrayal of the lead role in the movie, "Uma" at the London Film Festival, Monaco International Film Festival, the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta; the film also won recognition in the "Film of the World" category at the International Film Festival of India and won best foreign film at the Burbank International Film Festival in the United States.

Miss Venezuela and other countries

Some delegates in the pageant went on to win other national pageants. Natascha Börger became the first Venezuelan to switch countries, when she won the Miss Germany title in 2002 after placing 14th at Miss Venezuela 2000. She went on to place in the Top 10 at Miss Universe 2002 in Puerto Rico while Cynthia Lander, Miss Venezuela 2001, placed fifth in the same competition. Miss Trujillo 2005 Angelika Hernandez Dorendorf also placed fourth at Miss Germany 2007 and cancelled her participation at the Miss Intercontinental of that same year in order to continue her master's degree. In 2006, Francys Sudnicka, who placed in the Top 10 representing Trujillo in Miss Venezuela 2003, won the Miss Poland Universe title. She represented Poland at Miss Universe 2006, and later represented Poland in Miss Earth 2006, taking a place in the Top 8. The following Venezuelans who have won the Miss Italia nel Mondo (Miss World Italy) pageant placed in the final five of Miss Venezuela: Barbara Clara (Miss Amazonas 2004), Valentina Patruno (Miss Miranda 2003) and Silvana Santaella (Miss Península de Paraguaná 2003). Patruno, though born Venezuelan, represented the United States.

In the past, other countries have sent their titleholders to be trained by Osmel Sousa and the Miss Venezuela Organization. In 1999, Miriam Quiambao of the Philippines trained in Venezuela before competing at Miss Universe 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago and eventually placing second to Botswana, while Carolina Indriago, Miss Venezuela 1998, appeared in the Top 5. The Miss Venezuela Organization, however, ended its policy allowing training of foreign candidates after Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic received training from them before eventually winning Miss Universe 2003 in Panama, while Mariangel Ruiz, Miss Venezuela 2002, placed second behind her.

In recent years the pageant organization has begun to "import" expatriates who have been working as international models. Miami has produced Valentina Patruno (Miss World Venezuela 2003), Andrea Gómez (Miss International Venezuela 2004), Mónica Spear (Miss Venezuela 2004 and 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2005), Ileana Jiménez (Miss Portuguesa 2005), and María Alessandra Villegas (Miss Península de Paraguaná 2008).

Order of succession

Miss Venezuela 2007 winners, in the center Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008

There has been considerable controversy in a number of major national pageants as to how to direct their contestants to Miss Universe, Miss World, and the other international contests. The reason for this issue is the dispute between the international pageants, who generally desire that the winner of a national contest be sent. Although many nations such as Italy and Germany have completely separate pageants for Miss Universe and Miss World, in the case of Miss Venezuela the national pageant organization must field candidates to almost all of the major world contests.

Between 2000 and 2002, the Miss Venezuela pageant was split into two contests: the Miss World Venezuela pageant, to elect the representative to Miss World, from which a reduced group of contestants would go on to compete in Miss Venezuela to go to the Miss Universe contest. In 2002, the organization merged the Miss World Venezuela contest with the Gala de Belleza, making the final "state cut" before the election of the Miss World representative. The two pageants were rejoined in 2003. Using the most prominent format used in Miss Venezuela's entire run, the winners of the Miss Venezuela title (who goes to Miss Universe) and Miss World Venezuela are equal in rank. Nevertheless, the representative to Miss Universe is still announced last, and she is still considered the holder of the one single Miss Venezuela title. Nowadays, the final five finalists are announced during the telecast, followed by the elimination of the second and first runners-up, then Miss Venezuela to Miss International, Miss Venezuela to Miss World, and Miss Venezuela to Miss Universe. Since 2010, yet another new system has been introduced, with the fifth-place finisher as the 1st. runner-up, fourth place being designated as a "representative" to Miss Earth, the third place as a "representative" to Miss International and two 'equal' crowned winners—Miss Venezuela World and Miss Venezuela Universe.

While this system is similar to that of Mexico and India, in Mexico the first runner-up is known as the "substitute" and in the order of succession automatically fills into any title above her that is emptied. For example, if "Nuestra Belleza Mexico Mundo" (Miss Mexico to Miss World) is unable to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up assumes her title. While the Miss Universe representative is similarly considered the "greater of the two equals", if her position is vacated, the first runner-up ascends to her crown, instead of Miss Mexico-World becoming Miss Mexico-Universe and the first runner-up going to Miss World. In India, however, the succession does follow the other option: the top three titles go Earth->Universe->World in rising order of importance (although they are also emphasized as "equals").

In Venezuela, neither policy of succession is explicitly laid down. Osmel Sousa made the final decisions as to who is appointed when a vacancy arises; i.e. in 2003, there were significant rumors that Mariangel Ruiz might be replaced by Amara Barroeta, the first runner-up, to Miss Universe (and not Goizeder Azua, who was Miss World Venezuela). In fact, in 2003, the Miss International Pageant was concurrent with Miss Venezuela, meaning that it would be impossible to send a "fresh" contestant, and Osmel actually opted not to send Amara, who should have gone (as the first runner-up then was almost always automatically titled Miss Venezuela International) and instead replaced her with Goizeder Azua, who won Miss International 2003. Due to scheduling conflicts between Miss International and Miss Venezuela, a similar situation occurred in 2002 when Cynthia Lander, Miss Venezuela (Universe), gave up her crown to the next Miss Venezuela and immediately boarded a flight for Japan to participate in Miss International. The reasoning was that her first runner-up had already participated the year before, and it would have been ridiculous to crown a Miss Venezuela (International) and immediately send her on a plane to her contest with no specific preparation whatsoever. Incidentally in 2006 the Miss World pageant shifted its pageant date from its usual November–December timeframe to September when the organization announced Poland as the competition venue. Due to the change in dates; it resulted to a timing conflict with the Miss Venezuela pageant. The Miss Venezuela organization decided to hold a snap pageant called "Miss Venezuela Mundo" to elect a representative for Miss World 2006. The said competition was composed of former Miss Venezuela contestants from previous editions. At the end of the night Federica Guzman who represented the state of Miranda in 2001 was the winner. Thus, all four winners, Miss Earth Venezuela, Miss Venezuela International, Miss Venezuela World and Miss Venezuela Universe now compete in the year after their coronation.

Ironically, the only time in the "modern" pageant that the famous "if the winner should not fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take over" statement was made for Miss Venezuela was in 1999. The decision was made to send whoever won to Miss World first, and then to Miss Universe if she did not win. This policy was adopted after the consecutive eliminations of Christina Dieckmann and Veronica Schneider in 1997 and 1998, both of whom were considered amongst the strongest Miss World Venezuelas in history and whose eliminations were seen by the organization as a signal that it needed to send its winner to Miss World. Therefore, in 1999, there were no Miss World Venezuela or Miss Venezuela International titles, only an official Miss Venezuela, who was Martina Thorogood. Her first runner-up, Norkys Batista, was told that she would become Miss Venezuela to Miss Universe only if Martina won the Miss World crown outright. Martina came in second at Miss World and she was expected continue on to Miss Universe 2000 the next year. However, due to a number of major controversies, she was barred from Miss Universe 2000 on the grounds that as the first runner-up to Miss World, Osmel also declared that Miss Universe demanded a winner from Venezuela, thereby barring Norkys Batista from succeeding to the title. The only option for Norkys to go was for Martina to renounce the Miss Venezuela title, which neither she or the organization was willing to do. Therefore, a new emergency (and temporary) pageant was held, called Miss Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was conducted among ten former contestants (some semi-finalists and other non-finalists) from the previous five years. The winner, Claudia Moreno, had placed as seventh in the semi-finals behind Martina and Norkys in Miss Venezuela 1999, and she ended up performing excellently and becoming first runner-up to Miss Universe 2000. In years to come, 2002's first runner-up Amara Barroeta would join Norkys Batista as one of several runners-ups to be "denied" the chance to compete at a "big three" pageant.

In the US and many other countries, an occasion when the order of succession comes into play is when the reigning titleholder wins her international contest, e.g. in 1997 when Brook Mahealani Lee became Miss Universe and her first runner-up Brandi Sherwood became Miss USA. However, Venezuela does not have this official provision, even when the two "equal" winners both win Miss Universe and Miss World. In 1981, Miriam Quintana was considered somewhat unofficially as the serving Miss Venezuela, because both Irene Saez and Pilin Leon had won their respective pageants. However, in 1995–1996, when Alicia Machado took the Miss Universe title and Jacqueline Aguilera the Miss World crown, no new "Miss Venezuela" was appointed to hold the crown while they reigned internationally, though some newspapers said that Carla Steinkopf, Miss International Venezuela 1995, would give the crown to the 1996 winner. In general, all the times Venezuela has won the Miss Universe Pageant, it's Miss Universe herself who returns to crown the new Miss Venezuela, not Miss World Venezuela from the previous year or another finalist. Since 2013, the Miss World delegate is no longer crowned at the Miss Venezuela final but is crowned in a separate Miss Venezuela World pageant, and competes in the same year of her coronation. In 2014, Maira Alexandra Rodriguez was crowned as Miss Earth Venezuela to compete in the 2015 edition, but due to the destitution of her predecessor, Stephanie de Zorzi, she was sent to Miss Earth 2014, in which she ended as Miss Water (2nd runner-up).

From 2015 onwards, Miss Earth Venezuela will compete in the same year of her coronation. In 2017, the announcing was made as it was years before: Top 5 consisting of 2nd and 1st runners-up, then Miss Venezuela International, Miss World Venezuela and Miss Venezuela Universe, all three competing in 2018. This avoids the rumors of major pageants not allowing contestants to participate if they weren't in their current reign year. However, in 2018, Osmel's resignation coincided with the same year Miss Venezuela sent their winner, Isabella Rodríguez, to Miss World. As a result, since 2019, the organization switched to a separate Miss World Venezuela national pageant while retaining the Miss Universe and Miss International national titles under the main Miss Venezuela pageant for all succeeding candidates.

Controversies

Further information: Violence against women in Venezuela

Objectification

Esther Pineda, a Venezuelan women's studies expert, stated that the popularity of Miss Venezuela and other pageants in Venezuela reveals how the country is "deeply sexist". Despite controversies facing Miss Venezuela, the Me Too movement has not carried any significance in Venezuela. According to Pineda, in Venezuela "[p]hysical beauty is seen as a value. ... And it's given more importance than any other attribute".

External videos
The strict beauty standards Venezuelan women experience, resulting in insecurity and surgeries on YouTube

Sexual exploitation

Miss Venezuela contestants are often subject to prostitution and sexual exploitation. Young contestants are passed to powerful individuals in Venezuelan society for sexual favors. In a poverty-filled country, vulnerable women turn to wealthy individuals for funds. With participation often costing tens of thousands of United States dollars, these participants perform sexual favors for their wardrobe, cosmetic surgery, photo shoots and for sponsorships in order to "create the illusion of 'perfect' beauty" that is held in esteem in Venezuelan culture. Some contestants allegedly involved in such acts include Miss Venezuela 1989 participant Patricia Velásquez and Miss Venezuela 2006 runner-up Claudia Suárez.

Recent titleholders

For full list and details, see List of Miss Venezuela titleholders.

The following women have been recently crowned Miss Venezuela:

Year	State	Titleholder	Venue	Date	Placement
2023	Amazonas	Ileana Márquez	Centro Comercial Líder, Caracas	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)	4th Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2024
2022	Distrito Capital	Diana Silva	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas	16 November 2022 (2022-11-16)	Top 10 in Miss Universe 2023
2021	Región Andina	Amanda Dudamel	Venevisión, Caracas	28 October 2021 (2021-10-28)	1st Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2022
2020	Zulia	Mariángel Villasmil	Venevisión, Caracas	24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)	Unplaced in Miss Universe 2020
2019	Delta Amacuro	Thalía Olvino	Venevisión, Caracas	1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)	Top 20 in Miss Universe 2019

Big Four pageants representatives

The following women have represented Venezuela in the Big Four beauty pageants.

Miss Venezuela Universe

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up and Top 5
•   Ended as top Finalists
•   Ended as one of the Semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

The winner of Miss Venezuela represents her country at Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	State	Miss Venezuela	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Award(s)	Notes
2024	Amazonas	Ileana del Carmen Márquez Pedroza	4th Runner-Up		First mother to win the Miss Venezuela title
2023	Distrito Capital	Diana Carolina Silva Francisco	Top 10
2022	Región Andina	Amanda Dudamel Newman	1st Runner-Up
2021	Miranda	Luiseth Emiliana Materán Bolaño	Top 16		Appointed
2020	Zulia	Mariángel Villasmil Arteaga	Unplaced
2019	Delta Amacuro	Lulyana Thalía Olvino Torres	Top 20		Gabriela Isler directorship.
2018	Delta Amacuro	Sthefany Yoharlis Gutiérrez Gutiérrez	2nd Runner-Up		Last titleholder under the directorship of Osmel Sousa.
2017	Monagas	Keysi Sayago	Top 5
2016	Lara	Mariam Habach	Unplaced	3 Special Awards Best National Costume (Top 12) Flawless of the Universe Miss Phoenix
2015	Guárico	Mariana Jiménez	Top 10
2014	Costa Oriental	Migbelis Castellanos	Top 10
2013	Guárico	Gabriela Isler	Miss Universe 2013
2012	Sucre	Irene Esser	2nd Runner-Up
2011	Miranda	Vanessa Gonçalves	Top 16	1 Special Award Best National Costume (3rd Runner-up)
2010	Miranda	Marelisa Gibson	Unplaced
2009	Trujillo	Stefanía Fernández	Miss Universe 2009
2008	Amazonas	Dayana Mendoza	Miss Universe 2008	1 Special Award Charming Áo dài (Winner)
2007	Guárico	Ly Jonaitis	2nd Runner-Up
2006	Sucre	Jictzad Nakarhyt Viña Carreño	Unplaced
2005	Guárico	Mónica Spear †	4th Runner-Up
2004	Lara	Ana Karina Áñez Delgado	Unplaced	1 Special Award Best National Costume (Top 10)
2003	Aragua	Mariángel Ruiz	1st Runner-Up
2002	Distrito Capital	Cynthia Lander	4th Runner-Up
2001	Apure	Eva Ekvall †	3rd Runner-Up
2000	Distrito Capital	Claudia Moreno	1st Runner-Up		open up Won the right to represent her country at Miss Universe as Miss República Bolivariana de Venezuela 2000
1999	Delta Amacuro	Carolina Indriago	Top 5	1 Special Award Best National Costume (1st Runner-up)
1998	Táchira	Veruska Ramírez	1st Runner-Up	1 Special Award Best in Swimsuit
1997	Carabobo	Marena Bencomo	1st Runner-Up	1 Special Award Best in Swimsuit
1996	Yaracuy	Alicia Machado	Miss Universe 1996	2 Special Awards Best in Swimsuit Best Style Finesse
1995	Costa Oriental	Denyse Floreano	Top 6
1994	Apure	Minorka Mercado	2nd Runner-Up	2 Special Awards Best in Swimsuit Miss Photogenic
1993	Aragua	Milka Chulina	2nd Runner-Up	1 Special Award Miss Herbal Essences
1992	Amazonas	Carolina Izsak	Top 6
1991	Miranda	Jackeline Rodríguez Streffeza	Top 6		Appointed
1990	Bolívar	Andreína Katarina Goetz Blohm	Top 10
1989	Lara	Eva Lisa Ljung	Top 10
1988	Miranda	Yajaira Vera	Top 10
1987	Nueva Esparta	Inés María Calero	3rd Runner-Up
1986	Trujillo	Bárbara Palacios	Miss Universe 1986
1985	Guárico	Silvia Martínez	3rd Runner-Up
1984	Zulia	Carmen María Montiel	2nd Runner-Up
1983	Portuguesa	Paola Ruggeri	Top 12
1982	Guárico	Ana Teresa Oropeza Villavicencio	Unplaced
1981	Miranda	Irene Sáez	Miss Universe 1981	1 Special Award Best National Costume (1st Runner-Up)
1980	Lara	María Xavier Brandt Angulo †	Unplaced
1979	Departamento Vargas	Maritza Sayalero	Miss Universe 1979
1978	Guárico	Marisol Alfonzo Marcano	Unplaced
1977	Departamento Vargas	Cristal Montañez	Top 12	1 Special Award Best National Costume (1st Runner-Up)
1976	Nueva Esparta	Judith Castillo	1st Runner-Up	2 Special Awards Assumed the Miss Venezuela 1976 title Best National Costume (1st Runner-Up)
1975	Nueva Esparta	Maritza Pineda Montoya	Unplaced
1974	Zulia	Neyla Chiquinquirá Moronta Sangronis	Unplaced
1973	Carabobo	Ana Paola Desirée Facchinei Rolando	Unplaced
1972	Nueva Esparta	María Antonieta Cámpoli	2nd Runner-Up
1971	Monagas	Jeanette Amelia de la Coromoto Donzella Sánchez	Unplaced
1970	Carabobo	Bella La Rosa	Top 15
1969	Aragua	María José de las Mercedes Yellici Sánchez	Unplaced		Later on resigned the Miss Venezuela 1969 title
1968	Distrito Federal	Peggy Kopp	3rd Runner-Up
1967	Departamento Vargas	Mariela Pérez	1st Runner-Up
1966	Guárico	Magaly Beatriz Castro Egui	Unplaced
1965	Distrito Federal	María Auxiliadora De Las Casas McGill †	Unplaced		Osmel Sousa directorship.
1964	Miranda	Mercedes Revenga	Top 15
1963	Guárico	Irene Amelia Morales Machado	Unplaced
1962	Nueva Esparta	Virginia Elizabeth Bailey Lázzari	Unplaced		Appointed
1961	Caracas	Anasaria Griselda Vegas Albornoz	Unplaced
1960	Yaracuy	Mary Quiroz Delgado	Unplaced		Appointed
1959	Did not compete
1958	Sucre	Ida Margarita Pieri	Unplaced
1957	Distrito Federal	Consuelo Leticia Nouel Gómez †	Unplaced
1956	Distrito Federal	Blanca Heredia †	Top 15
1955	Miranda	Susana Duijm †	Top 15		Later won the Miss World 1955 title
1954	–	Berta Elena Landaeta Urdaneta	Did not compete
1953	Carabobo	Gisela Bolaños Scarton †	Unplaced
1952	Bolívar	Sofía Silva Inserri †	Unplaced

Miss Venezuela World

Color key

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

In recent years Miss Venezuela Mundo under Miss Venezuela Organization holds a separate contest to select its winner to Miss World pageant.

Year	State	Miss Venezuela World	Placement at Miss World	Special Award(s)
2025	TBA
2024	Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no edition started in 2024
2023	Cojedes	Ariagny Idayari Daboín Ricardo	Unplaced
2022	Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022
2021	Aragua	Alejandra José Conde Licón	Top 40	4 Special Awards Winner – Head to Head Challenge Miss World Top Model (Top 13) Miss World Talent (Top 30)
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2019	Portuguesa	María Isabel (Isabella) Rodríguez Guzmán	Top 40	3 Special Awards Winner – Head to Head Challenge Miss World Top Model (Top 40) Miss World Beauty With a Purpose (Top 10)
2018	Vargas	Veruska Betania Ljubisavljević Rodríguez	Top 30	2 Special Awards Winner – Head to Head Challenge Miss World Multimedia (Top 10)
2017	Monagas	Ana Carolina Ugarte-Pelayo Campos	Top 40	4 Special Awards Winner – Head to Head Challenge Miss World People's Choice Award (Top 10) Miss World Multimedia (Top 10) Miss World Top Model (Top 30)
2016	Nueva Esparta	Diana Macarena Croce García	Unplaced	1 Special Award Miss World Top Model (Top 30)
2015	Portuguesa	Anyela Galante Salerno	Unplaced	2 Special Awards Miss World People's Choice Award (Top 10) Miss World Top Model (Top 30)
2014	Amazonas	Debora Sacha Menicucci Anzola	Unplaced
2013	Zulia	Karen Andrea Soto Lugo	Unplaced	2 Special Awards Dances of the World (Top 11) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 33)
2012	Distrito Capital	Gabriella Ferrari Peirano	Unplaced	1 Special Award Miss World Top Model (Top 46)
2011	Amazonas	Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares	Miss World 2011	5 Special Awards Miss World America Miss World Sports (Top 6) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20) Miss World Top Model (Top 20) Miss World Talent (Top 20)
2010	Zulia	Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez	2nd Runner-Up	2 Special Awards Miss World Talent (Top 11) Miss World Top Model (Top 20)
2009	Anzoátegui	María Milagros Véliz Pinto	Unplaced	1 Special Award Miss World Sports (Top 6)
2008	Cojedes	Hannelly Zulami Quintero Ledezma	Top 15	3 Special Awards Miss World America Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 10) Miss World Top Model (Top 10)
2007	Mérida	Claudia Paola Suárez Fernández	Top 16	2 Special Awards Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20) Miss World Top Model (Top 10)
2006	Miranda	Alexandra Federica Guzmán Diamante	Top 17	2 Special Awards Miss World Beach Beauty World Dress Designer award (Top 20)
2005	Costa Oriental	Berliz Susan Carrizo Escandela	Unplaced
2004	Trujillo	Andrea María Milroy Díaz	Unplaced	1 Special Award Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)
2003	Miranda	Valentina Patruno Macero	Top 20	1 Special Award Miss World Talent (Top 20)
2002	Carabobo	Goizeder Victoria Azúa Barríos	Top 10	1 Special Award Miss Photogenic
2001	Zulia	Andreína del Carmen Prieto Rincón	Unplaced
2000	Zulia	Vanessa María Cárdenas Bravo	Unplaced
1999	Miranda	Martina Thorogood Heemsen	1st Runner-Up	1 Special Award Miss World America
1998	Monagas	Veronica Schneider Rodríguez	Unplaced
1997	Nueva Esparta	Christina Dieckmann Jiménez	Unplaced
1996	Nueva Esparta	Ana Cepinska Miszczak	Top 5	1 Special Award Miss Photogenic
1995	Nueva Esparta	Jacqueline María Aguilera Marcano	Miss World 1995	2 Special Awards Miss World America Miss Photogenic
1994	Miranda	Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo	2nd Runner-Up	2 Special Awards Miss World America Best National Costume
1993	Distrito Federal	Mónica Lei Scaccia	Top 5	1 Special Award Miss World America
1992	Bolívar	Francis del Valle Gago Aponte	2nd Runner-Up	1 Special Award Miss World America
1991	Zulia	Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez	Miss World 1991	1 Special Award Miss World America
1990	Costa Oriental	Sharon Raquel Luengo González	2nd Runner-Up	1 Special Award Miss Photogenic
1989	Distrito Federal	Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti	Unplaced
1988	Distrito Federal	Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez	Top 5	1 Special Award Miss World America
1987	Portuguesa	Albani Josefina Lozada Jiménez	1st Runner-Up	1 Special Award Miss World America
1986	Zulia	María Begoña Juaristi Mateo	Top 7
1985	Anzoátegui	Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucía	Top 7
1984	Miranda	Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal	Miss World 1984	2 Special Awards Miss World America Miss Photogenic
1983	Apure	Carolina del Valle Cerruti Duijm	Unplaced
1982	Falcón	Michelle Marie Shoda Belloso	Unplaced
1981	Aragua	Carmen Josefina "Pilín" León Crespo	Miss World 1981	1 Special Award Miss World America
1980	Departamento Vargas	Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro	Top 15
1979	Barinas	Tatiana Capote Abdel	Unplaced
1978	Falcón	Katty Patricia Tóffoli Andrade	Top 15
1977	Distrito Federal	Jacqueline van den Branden	Unplaced
1976	Lara	Maria Genoveva Rivero Giménez	Top 15
1975	Distrito Federal	María Concepción Alonso Bustillo	Top 7
1974	Departamento Vargas	Alicia Rivas Serrano	Unplaced
1973	Zulia	Edicta de los Angeles García Oporto	Unplaced
1972	Sucre	Amalia del Carmen Heller Gómez	Unplaced
1971	Carabobo	Ana María Padrón Ibarrondo	Top 15
1970	Miranda	Tomasa Nina de las Casas Mata	Unplaced
1969	Departamento Vargas	Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani	4th Runner-Up
1968	Miranda	María Dolores (Cherry) Núñez Rodríguez	Unplaced
1967	Bolívar	Irene Margarita Böttger González	Unplaced
1966	Distrito Federal	Jeannette Kopp Arenas	Unplaced
1965	Anzoátegui	Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno	Unplaced
1964	Portuguesa	Mercedes Hernández Nieves †	Top 16
1963	Miranda	Milagros Galíndez Castillo	Unplaced
1962	Aragua	Betzabé Franco Blanco	Top 15
1961	Aragua	Bexi Cecilia Romero Tosta	Unplaced
1960	Caracas	Miriam Maritza Estévez Acevedo	Did not compete
1959	Did not compete
1958	Sucre	Ida Margarita Pieri	Unplaced
1957	Distrito Federal	Consuelo Nouel †	Unplaced
1956	Sucre	Celsa Drucila Pieri Pérez	Unplaced
1955	Miranda	Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga †	Miss World 1955

Miss World Venezuela gallery

• 
  1975 María Conchita Alonso
• 
  1980 Hilda Abrahamz
• 
  1985 Ruddy Rodríguez
• 
  1988 Emma Rabbe
• 
  1995 Jacqueline Aguilera
• 
  2006 Claudia Suárez
• 
  2007 Hannelly Quintero
• 
  2009 Adriana Vasini
• 
  2010 Ivian Sarcos
• 
  2011 Gabriella Ferrari

Miss Venezuela International

Color key

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

The 2nd Runner-Up of Miss Venezuela traditionally represented her country at Miss International. In recent years Miss Venezuela selects a runner-up or second position at Miss Venezuela pageant as Miss Venezuela Internacional winner. The winner goes to Miss International.

Year	State	Miss Venezuela International	Placement at Miss International	Special Award(s)
2024	Guárico	Sakra del Valle Guerrero Roldán	3rd Runner-Up
2023	Portuguesa	Andrea Valentina Rubio Armas	Miss International 2023
2022	Región Guayana	Isbel Cristina Parra Santos	Unplaced
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020―2021
2019	Zulia	Melissa Ester Jiménez Guevara	Top 15	Best in Evening Gown
2018	Barinas	Mariem Claret Velazco García	Miss International 2018
2017	Nueva Esparta	Diana Macarena Croce García	2nd Runner-up
2016	Trujillo	Jessica María Duarte Volweider	Unplaced
2015	Anzoátegui	Edymar Martínez Blanco	Miss International 2015	Miss Perfect Body
2014	Guárico	Michelle Marie Bertolini Araque	Unplaced
2013	Aragua	Nicelín Elián Herrera Vásquez	Unplaced
2012	Guárico	Blanca Cristina Aljibes Gallardo	Top 15
2011	Distrito Capital	Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt	1st Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
2010	Trujillo	Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez	Miss International 2010
2009	Monagas	Laksmi Rodríguez de la Sierra Solórzano	Top 15
2008	Carabobo	Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri	Top 12
2007	Sucre	Vanessa Jacqueline Gómez Peretti	Top 15
2006	Barinas	Daniela Anette di Giacomo di Giovanni	Miss International 2006	Best Overall Style Best Figure
2005	Distrito Capital	María Andrea Gómez Vásquez	Top 12
2004	Costa Oriental	Eleidy María Aparicio Serrano	Unplaced
2003	Carabobo	Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios	Miss International 2003	Miss Photogenic
2002	Distrito Capital	Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora	Unplaced
2001	Táchira	Aura Consuelo Zambrano Alejos	1st Runner-up
2000	Costa Oriental	Vivian Ines Urdaneta Rincón	Miss International 2000
1999	Vargas	Andreína Mercedes Llamozas González	Top 15
1998	Aragua	Daniela Kosán Montcourt	1st Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1997	Miranda	Consuelo Adler Hernández	Miss International 1997	Miss Photogenic
1996	Costa Oriental	Carla Andreína Steinkopf Struve	Top 15
1995	Apure	Ana Maria Amorer Guerrero	1st Runner-up
1994	Aragua	Milka Yelisava Chulina Urbanich	Top 15
1993	Yaracuy	Rina Faviola Mónica Spitale Baiamonte	Top 15
1992	Portuguesa	María Eugenia Rodríguez Noguera	Top 15
1991	Monagas	Niurka Auristela Acevedo	Unplaced
1990	Portuguesa	Vanessa Cristina Holler Noel	Top 15
1989	Nueva Esparta	Beatriz Carolina Omaña Trujillo	2nd Runner-up
1988	Peninsula Goajira	María Eugenia Duarte Lugo	Unplaced
1987	Muncipio Libertador	Begoña Victoria García Varas	Top 15	Best National Costume
1986	Portuguesa	Nancy Josefina Gallardo Quiñones	Top 15	Best National Costume
1985	Monagas	Alejandrina "Nina" Sicilia Hernandez	Miss International 1985
1984	Nueva Esparta	Miriam Leyderman Eppel	1st Runner-up
1983	Miranda	Donnatella Bottone Tiranti	Unplaced
1982	Amazonas	Amaury Martínez Macero	Unplaced
1981	Distrito Federal	Miriam Quintana	Top 15
1980	Amazonas	Graciela Lucía Rosanna La Rosa Guarneri	Unplaced
1979	Zulia	Nilza Josefina Moronta Sangronis	Unplaced
1978	Anzoátegui	Dora Maria Fueyo Moreno	Unplaced
1977	Lara	Betty Zulay Paredes	Unplaced
1976	Miranda	Betzabeth Ayala Morillo	Top 15
1975	Carabobo	María del Carmen Yamel Díaz Rodríguez †	Unplaced
1974	Distrito Federal	Marisela Carderera Marturet	Unplaced
1973	Táchira	Hilda Elvira Carrero García †	Top 15
1972	Guárico	Marilyn Plessmann Martínez	Top 15
1971	Monagas	Sonia Zaya Ledezma Corvo	Unplaced
1970	Departamento Vargas	Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani	Unplaced
1969	Miranda	Cristina Mercedes Keusch Pérez	Top 15
1968	Aragua	Jovann Navas Ravelo	Unplaced
1967	Mérida	Cecilia Picón-Febres	Unplaced
1966	Cancelled
1965	Zulia	Thamara Josefina Leal	Unplaced
1964	Zulia	Lisla Vilia Silva Negrón	Top 15
1963	Carabobo	Norah Luisa Duarte Rojas	Unplaced
1962	Anzoátegui	Olga Antonetti Núñez †	Top 15
1961	Distrito Federal	Gloria Lilué Chaljub	Unplaced
1960	Distrito Federal	Gladys Ascanio Arredondo	Top 15

Miss International Venezuela gallery

• 
  Miss International Venezuela 1973
  Hilda Carrero
• 
  Miss International Venezuela 1994
  Milka Chulina
• 
  Miss International Venezuela 1997
  Daniela Kosán
• 
  Miss International Venezuela 2014 and Miss International 2015
  Edymar Martínez

Miss Venezuela Tierra

Main article: Miss Earth Venezuela

Color key

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up or elemental queen
•   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

Since its establishment in 2001 Miss Earth Venezuela is chosen by another organization, called Sambil Model Organization. From 2010 to 2015 Miss Earth Venezuela was chosen by the beauty czar Osmel Sousa. In 2010, Miss Venezuela Organization acquired the franchise for Miss Earth Venezuela and the organization declared that Miss Earth, along with Miss Universe and Miss World contests, is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of participating countries. The organization conducted a selection process which attended by several former beauty queens and runners up to qualify for participation. Mariángela Bonanni who competed in the Miss Venezuela 2009 (placed as first runner up) representing the state of Táchira, was chosen by the organization to participate in Miss Earth 2010. Since 2016, Venezuela representatives at the Miss Earth are chosen in a separate pageant Miss Earth Venezuela. Although Miss Venezuela Organization is not related to Sambil Model Organization, here are Venezuela's Miss Earth representatives sent by the Sambil Model Organization, Miss Venezuela Organization and Miss Earth Venezuela Organization .

Year	State	Miss Venezuela Tierra	Placement at Miss Earth	Special Award(s)
2015	Amazonas	Andrea Carolina Rosales Castillejos	Top 8	Photogenic Award (Online Voting) Best National Costume (The Americas)
2014	Amazonas	Maira Alexandra Rodríguez Herrera	Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)	Darling of the Press Cocktail Wear (Group 3) Best Long Gown (Group 3) Resort Wear
2013	Falcón	Alyz Sabimar Henrich Ocando	Miss Earth 2013	Best in Long Gown Miss Ever Bilena Hanna's Best in Swimsuit Miss Hanna Miss Psalmstre Advanced Placenta Miss Pontefino Swimsuit Resorts Wear competition (Top 15) Most Child Friendly (Group 2)
2012	Yaracuy	Osmariel Maholi Villalobos Atencio	Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)	Best in Resort Wear Miss Earth Golden Sunset Miss Ever Bilena Miss Hannah's Beach Resort Swimsuit competition (Group 2)
2011	Aragua	Caroline Gabriela Medina Peschiutta	Miss Fire (3rd Runner-Up)	Best Skin, Best Hair Miss Natural, Miss Personality
2010	Táchira	Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo	Top 7	Best in Swimsuit (Top 5)
Sambil Model Organization
2009	Zulia	Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt	Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)	Top 5 Best in Long Gown (Group 1) Top 5 Best in Swimsuit (Group 1)
2008	Táchira	María Daniela Torrealba Pacheco	Top 8	Best in Long Gown Face of Placenta
2007	Distrito Capital	Silvana Santaella Arellano	Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)	Best in Swimsuit Best in Long Gown Miss Psalmstre Placenta Gandang Ricky Reyes Award
2006	Aragua	Marianne Pasqualina Puglia Martinez	Miss Fire (3rd Runner-Up)	Best in Swimsuit
2005	Distrito Capital	Alexandra Braun Waldeck	Miss Earth 2005	Best in Swimsuit Miss Pond's
2004	Monagas	Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez	Did not compete
2003	Nueva Esparta	Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar	Unplaced
2002	Lara	Dagmar Catalina Votterl Peláez	Unplaced
2001	Carabobo	Lirigmel Gabriela Ramos Salazar	Unplaced

Gallery of Miss Earth Venezuela

• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2005 and Miss Earth 2005
  Alexandra Braun
• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2006
  Marianne Puglia
• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2007
  Silvana Santaella
• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2008
  Daniela Torrealba
• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2009
  Mariángela Bonanni
• 
  Miss Venezuela Earth 2011
  Osmariel Villalobos

Notes

Big Seven pageants historial

This is a list of Venezuela's representatives and their placements at the Big Seven international beauty pageants. Venezuela, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse with an extensive and successful history in beauty pageants, is also referred as the most powerful country in beauty pageants, winning multiple times, with a total of 183 placements and 30 victories, counting:

• Seven — Miss Universe titles (1979 • 1981 • 1986 • 1996 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013)
• Six — Miss World titles (1955 • 1981 • 1984 • 1991 • 1995 • 2011)
• Nine — Miss International titles (1985 • 1997 • 2000 • 2003 • 2006 • 2010 • 2015 • 2018 • 2023)
• Five — Miss Intercontinental titles (1974 • 2001 • 2005 • 2009 • 2012)
• Two — Miss Earth titles (2005 • 2013)
• One — Miss Grand International title (2019)

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Seven are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. Various news agencies collectively refer to the seven major pageants as "Big Seven" namely: the original Big Four (Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth); the sub-major competitions, aside the Big Four as the Big Six (Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International); and the oldest minor competition (Miss Intercontinental).

Summary

Main articles: Lists of Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Intercontinental, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International titleholders

With Andrea Rubio's win on October 26, 2023 as Miss International 2023 there have been 30 winners from Venezuela in the Big Seven international beauty pageants by a total of 303 titleholders from around the world.

The following table details the placing of the Venezuela's representatives in the Big Seven pageants.

Color key

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Edit.	73rd	71st	62nd	50th	24th	15th	12th
Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss International	Miss Intercontinental	Miss Earth	Miss Supranational	Miss Grand International
2024	Ileana Márquez 4th Runner-Up	TBA	Sakra Guerrero 3rd Runner-Up	Georgette Musrie TBA	Karleys Rojas	Rossana Fiorini	Anna Blanco
2023	Diana Silva Top 10	Ariagny Daboín	Andrea Rubio Winner	Migleth Cuevas Top 22	Jhosskaren Carrizo Top 12	Selene Delgado Top 24	Valentina Martínez
2022	Amanda Dudamel 1st Runner-Up	Cancelled	Isbel Parra	Emmy Carrero 5th Runner-Up	Oriana Pablos	Ismelys Velásquez 4th Runner-Up	Luiseth Materán 3rd Runner-Up
2021	Luiseth Materán Top 16	Alejandra Conde Top 40	Cancelled	Auri López	María Daniela Velasco Top 8	Valentina Sánchez 3rd Runner-Up	Vanessa Coello Top 10
2020	Mariángel Villasmil	Cancelled		Cancelled	Stephany Zreik 1st Runner-Up	Cancelled	Eliana Roa
2019	Thalía Olvino Top 20	Isabella Rodríguez Top 40	Melissa Jiménez Top 15	Brenda Suárez Top 20	Michell Castellanos	Gabriela de la Cruz 4th Runner-Up	Valentina Figuera Winner
2018	Sthefany Gutiérrez 2nd Runner-Up	Veruska Ljubisavljević Top 30	Mariem Velazco Winner	Gina Bitorzoli	Diana Silva Top 8	Nariman Battikha Top 10	Biliannis Álvarez Top 10
2017	Keysi Sayago Top 5	Ana Carolina Ugarte Top 40	Diana Croce 2nd Runner-Up	Maritza Contreras	Ninoska Vásquez Top 8	Geraldine Duque	Tulia Alemán 1st Runner-Up
2016	Mariam Habach	Diana Croce	Jessica Duarte	Amal Nemer 4th Runner-Up	Stephanie de Zorzi 2nd Runner-Up	Valeria Vespoli 1st Runner-Up	Débora Medina Top 21
2015	Mariana Jiménez Top 10	Anyela Galante	Edymar Martínez Winner	Katherine García 3rd Runner-Up	Andrea Rosales Top 8	Hyser Betancourt	Reina Rojas Top 20
2014	Migbelis Castellanos Top 10	Debora Menicucci	Michelle Bertolini	María Alejandra Sanllorente	Maira Alexandra Rodríguez 2nd Runner-Up	Patricia Carreño	Alix Sosa Top 20
2013	Gabriela Isler Winner	Karen Soto	Elián Herrera	Carolina Raben	Alyz Henrich Winner	Annie Fuenmayor Top 20	Mariana Jiménez Top 10
2012	Irene Esser 2nd Runner-Up	Gabriella Ferrari	Blanca Aljibes Top 15	Daniela Chalbaud Winner	Osmariel Villalobos 2nd Runner-Up	Diamilex Alexander	↑ No pageant held (established in 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.)
2011	Vanessa Gonçalves Top 16	Ivian Sarcos Winner	Jessica Barboza 1st Runner-Up	María Eugenia Sánchez	Caroline Medina 3rd Runner-Up	Andrea Destongue
2010	Marelisa Gibson	Adriana Vasini 2nd Runner-Up	Elizabeth Mosquera Winner	Flory Díez Top 15	Mariángela Bonanni Top 7	Laksmi Rodríguez Top 20
2009	Stefanía Fernández Winner	María Milagros Véliz	Laksmi Rodríguez Top 15	Hannelly Quintero Winner	Jessica Barboza 2nd Runner-Up	Silvia Meneses
2008	Dayana Mendoza Winner	Hannelly Quintero Top 15	Dayana Colmenares Top 12	Gabriela Garmendia Top 5	Daniela Torrealba Top 8	↑ No pageant held (established in 2009 in Warsaw, Poland.)
2007	Ly Jonaitis 2nd Runner-Up	Claudia Suárez Top 16	Vanessa Peretti Top 12	Iselmar Burgos Top 16	Silvana Santaella 2nd Runner-Up
2006	Jictzad Viña	Federica Guzmán Top 17	Daniela di Giacomo Winner	Karla Krupij Top 12	Marianne Puglia 3rd Runner-Up
2005	Mónica Spear 4th Runner-Up	Susan Carrizo	Andrea Gómez Top 12	Emmarys Pinto Winner	Alexandra Bräun Winner
2004	Ana Karina Áñez	Andrea Milroy	Eleidy Aparicio	María Eugenia Hernández	Enid Herrera ×
2003	Mariángel Ruiz 1st Runner-Up	Valentina Patruno Top 20	Goizeder Azúa Winner	Ana Quintero 1st Runner-Up	Driva Cedeño
2002	Cynthia Lander 4th Runner-Up	Goizeder Azúa Top 10	Cynthia Lander	Aura Zambrano 4th Runner-Up	Dagmar Vötterl
2001	Eva Ekvall 3rd Runner-Up	Andreína Prieto	Aura Zambrano 1st Runner-Up	Ligia Petit Winner	Lirigmel Ramos
2000	Claudia Moreno 1st Runner-Up	Vanessa Cárdenas	Vivian Urdaneta Winner	Fabiola Borges 2nd Runner-Up	↑ No pageant held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines.)
1999	Carolina Indriago Top 5	Martina Thorogood 1st Runner-Up	Andreína Llamozas Top 15	×
1998	Veruska Ramírez 1st Runner-Up	Verónica Schneider	Daniela Kosán 1st Runner-Up	×
1997	Marena Bencomo 1st Runner-Up	Christina Dieckmann	Consuelo Adler Winner	×
1996	Alicia Machado Winner	Ana Cepinska Top 5	Carla Steinkopf Top 15	×
1995	Denyse Floreano Top 6	Jacqueline Aguilera Winner	Ana María Amorer 1st Runner-Up	×
1994	Minorka Mercado 2nd Runner-Up	Irene Ferreira 2nd Runner-Up	Milka Chulina Top 15	×
1993	Milka Chulina 2nd Runner-Up	Mónica Lei Top 5	Faviola Spitale Top 15	×
1992	Carolina Izsák Top 6	Francis Gago 2nd Runner-Up	María Eugenia Rodríguez Top 15	×
1991	Jackeline Rodríguez Top 6	Ninibeth Leal Winner	Niurka Acevedo	Dairy Pérez 4th Runner-Up
1990	Andreína Goetz Top 10	Sharon Luengo 2nd Runner-Up	Vanessa Höller Top 15	Carolina Durán 1st Runner-Up
1989	Eva Lisa Ljung Top 10	Fabiola Candosin	Carolina Omaña 2nd Runner-Up	Nancy García ×
1988	Yajaira Vera Top 10	Emma Rabbe Top 5	María Eugenia Duarte	Cancelled
1987	Inés María Calero 3rd Runner-Up	Albany Lozada 1st Runner-Up	Vicky Garcia Top 15	×
1986	Bárbara Palacios Winner	María Begoña Juaristi Top 7	Nancy Gallardo Top 15	×
1985	Silvia Martínez 3rd Runner-Up	Ruddy Rodríguez Top 7	Nina Sicilia Winner	Cancelled
1984	Carmen María Montiel 2nd Runner-Up	Astrid Carolina Herrera Winner	Miriam Leyderman 1st Runner-Up
1983	Paola Ruggeri Top 12	Carolina Cerruti	Donnatella Bottone	Helene Chemaly Top 12
1982	Ana Teresa Oropeza	Michelle Shoda	Amaury Martínez	Sondra Carpio Top 12
1981	Irene Sáez Winner	Pilin León Winner	Miriam Quintana Top 15	Elizabeth Betancourt
1980	Maye Brandt	Hilda Abrahamz Top 15	Graciela La Rosa	Eugenia O'Baró 4th Runner-Up
1979	Maritza Sayalero Winner	Tatiana Capote	Nilza Moronta	Enza Carbone Top 12
1978	Marisol Alfonzo	Patricia Tóffoli Top 15	Dora Fueyo	Rosa del Valle Martínez Top 14
1977	Cristal Montañez Top 12	Jacqueline van den Branden	Betty Paredes	Zulay Hurtado Top 12
1976	Judith Castillo 1st Runner-Up	María Genoveva Rivero Top 15	Betzabeth Ayala Top 15	Lee Anne Goiri Top 7
1975	Maritza Pineda	María Conchita Alonso Top 7	Yamel Díaz	Ingrid Centeno 1st Runner-Up
1974	Neyla Moronta	Alicia Rivas	Marisela Carderera	María Emilia de los Ríos Winner
1973	Desirée Rolando	Edicta García	Hilda Carrero Top 15	Ruth Ferrara Top 7
1972	María Antonieta Cámpoli 2nd Runner-Up	Amalia Heller	Marilyn Plessmann Top 15	↑ No delegate sent (established in 1971 in Oranjestad, Aruba, secondly in 1985 in Abuja, Nigeria and then it was transferred in 1991 in Berlin, Germany. Venezuela sent their first delegate in 1973.)
1971	Jeannette Donzella	Ana María Padrón Top 15	Sonia Ledezma
1970	Bella La Rosa Top 15	Tomasita de las Casas	Marzia Piazza
1969	María José Yéllici	Marzia Piazza 4th Runner-Up	Cristina Keusch Top 15
1968	Peggy Köpp 3rd Runner-Up	Cherry Núñez	Jovann Navas
1967	Mariela Pérez Branger 1st Runner-Up	Irene Böttger	Cecilia Picón-Febres
1966	Magaly Castro	Jeannette Köpp	Cancelled
1965	María De Las Casas	Nancy González	Thamara Leal
1964	Mercedes Revenga Top 15	Mercedes Hernández Top 16	Lisla Silva Top 15
1963	Irene Morales	Milagros Galíndez	Norah Luisa Duarte
1962	Virginia Bailey	Betzabé Franco Top 15	Olga Antonetti Top 15
1961	Ana Griselda Vegas	Bexi Romero	Gloria Lilué
1960	Mary Quiróz Delgado	Miriam Estévez ×	Gladys Ascanio Top 15
1959	×	×	↑ No pageant held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.)
1958	Ida Margarita Pieri	Ida Margarita Pieri
1957	Consuelo Nouel	Consuelo Nouel
1956	Blanca Heredia Top 15	Celsa Pieri
1955	Susana Duijm Top 15	Susana Duijm Winner
1954	Berta Landaeta ×	↑ No delegate sent (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Venezuela sent their first delegate in 1955.)
1953	Gisela Bolaños
1952	Sofía Silva Inserri
1951	↑ No pageant held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transfeed in 1960 in Florida, United States.)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Notes

• Margarita Island competed in Miss Intercontinental twice. Inés Mujica Díaz placed as Top 12 in 2002 and Emily Fernández ended as 2nd Runner-Up in 2007.

Placements

Pageant	Entrants	Unplacements	Placements	Best result
Miss Universe	71	23 (1952 • 1953 • 1957 • 1958 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1965 • 1966 • 1969 • 1971 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 2004 • 2006 • 2010 • 2016 • 2020)	48 (1955 • 1956 • 1964 • 1967 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023• 2024)	7 Winners (1979 • 1981 • 1986 • 1996 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013)
Miss World	65	31 (1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1961 • 1963 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1977 • 1979 • 1982 • 1983 • 1989 • 1997 • 1998 • 2000 • 2001 • 2004 • 2005 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2023)	34 (1955 • 1962 • 1964 • 1969 • 1971 • 1975 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022)	6 Winners (1955 • 1981 • 1984 • 1991 • 1995 • 2011)
Miss International	62	23 (1961 • 1963 • 1965 • 1967 • 1968 • 1970 • 1971 • 1974 • 1975 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1988 • 1991 • 2002 • 2004 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2022)	39 (1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1969 • 1972 • 1973 • 1976 • 1981 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1989 • 1990 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2023• 2024)	9 Winners (1985 • 1997 • 2000 • 2003 • 2006 • 2010 • 2015 • 2018 • 2023)
Miss Intercontinental	36	8 (1981 • 2004 • 2011 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • 2021)	28 (1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1990 • 1991 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023)	5 Winners (1974 • 2001 • 2005 • 2009 • 2012)
Miss Earth	22	5 (2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2019 • 2022)	17 (2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2020 • 2021 • 2023)	2 Winners (2005 • 2013)
Miss Supranational	15	7 (2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2024)	8 (2010 • 2013 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023)	1st Runner-Up (2016)
Miss Grand International	12	3 (2020 • 2023 • 2024)	9 (2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022)	1 Winner (2019)
Total	283	100	183	30 titles

Historic placement positions

Main articles: Lists of Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth runners-up and finalists

Pageant	Total	Winner (1st Place)	1st Runner-Up (2nd Place)	2nd Runner-Up (3rd Place)	3rd Runner-Up (4th Place)	4th Runner-Up (5th Place)	5th Runner-Up (6th Place)	Finalists (Top 5/8)	Semifs./ Quarterfs. (Top 9/40)
Miss Universe	48	7 (1979 • 1981 • 1986 • 1996 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013)	7 (1967 • 1976 • 1997 • 1998 • 2000 • 2003 • 2022)	7 (1972 • 1984 • 1993 • 1994 • 2007 • 2012 • 2018)	4 (1968 • 1985 • 1987 • 2001)	3 (2002 • 2005• 2024)	×	5 (1991 • 1992 • 1995 • 1999 • 2017)	15 (1955 • 1956 • 1964 • 1970 • 1977 • 1983 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023)
Miss World	34	6 (1955 • 1981 • 1984 • 1991 • 1995 • 2011)	2 (1987 • 1999)	4 (1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 2010)	×	1 (1969)	×	6 (1975 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1993 • 1996)	15 (1962 • 1964 • 1971 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 2002 • 2003 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021)
Miss International	39	9 (1985 • 1997 • 2000 • 2003 • 2006 • 2010 • 2015 • 2018 • 2023)	5 (1984 • 1995 • 1998 • 2001 • 2011)	2 (1989 • 2017)	1 (2024)	×	×	×	22 (1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1969 • 1972 • 1973 • 1976 • 1981 • 1986 • 1987 • 1990 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • • 1996 • 1999 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2012 • 2019)
Miss Intercontinental	28	5 (1974 • 2001 • 2005 • 2009 • 2012)	3 (1975 • 1990 • 2003)	1 (2000)	1 (2015)	4 (1980 • 1991 • 2002 • 2016)	1 (2022)	3 (1973 • 1976 • 2008)	10 (1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1982 • 1983 • 2006 • 2007 • 2010 • 2019 • 2023)
Miss Earth	17	2 (2005 • 2013)	1 (2020)	5 (2007 • 2009 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016)	2 (2006 • 2011)	×	×	6 (2008 • 2010 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 • 2021)	1 (2023)
Miss Supranational	8	×	1 (2016)	×	1 (2021)	2 (2019 • 2022)	×	×	4 (2010 • 2013 • 2018 • 2023)
Miss Grand International	9	1 (2019)	1 (2017)	×	1 (2022)	×	×	×	6 (2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2021)
Total	183	30	20	19	10	10	1	20	73

Absences

Pageant	Absences
Miss Universe	2 (1954 • 1959)
Miss World	6 (1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1959 • 1960)
Miss International	×
Miss Intercontinental	15 (1971 • 1972 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999)
Miss Earth	1 (2004)
Miss Supranational	×
Miss Grand International	×
Total	24

Hosting

Venezuela first hosted its major international pageant in 1980 for Miss Intercontinental. It has also hosted Miss Grand International once.

Year/s of hosting	Pageant
1980	Miss Intercontinental
2019	Miss Grand International

Miss Venezuela Organization

The Miss Venezuela Organization is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Venezuela, Miss World Venezuela, Miss International Venezuela and Mister Venezuela beauty pageant competitions.

Based in Caracas, the organization is currently owned by the Venezuelan holding and conglomerate Cisneros Group since 1972. The current president is Gustavo Cisneros and Adriana Cisneros as CEO, co-directed by Jonathan Blum, Gabriela Isler, Jacqueline Aguilera and Nina Sicilia. The organization sells television rights mostly to Latin American countries and the US.

Current Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders

Since 1985, the Venezuelan representative chosen for Miss Universe and Miss World are titled individually, as well, since 1987 for Miss International. For this reason, since those editions, any finalist or other contestant who is selected to represent the country in said competitions without having initially the mentioned titles achieved in a competition run by the Miss Venezuela Organization is taken into account as a designation.

The following is a list of all Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant.

Key

•   Designated
•   Did not compete

Edition	Miss Venezuela/ Miss Universe Venezuela	State	Miss World Venezuela	State	Miss International Venezuela	State	Mister Venezuela	State
2024							Juan Alberto García	Carabobo
2023	Ileana Márquez	Amazonas	Not awarded		Sakra Guerrero	Guárico	Not awarded
2022	Diana Silva	Distrito Capital			Andrea Rubio	Portuguesa
2021	Amanda Dudamel	Región Andina	Ariagny Daboín	Cojedes	Not awarded
	Luiseth Materán	Miranda
2020	Mariángel Villasmil	Zulia	Alejandra Conde	Aragua	Isbel Parra	Región Guayana
2019	Thalía Olvino	Delta Amacuro	Not awarded		Melissa Jiménez	Zulia	Jorge Eduardo Núñez	Zulia
2018	Isabella Rodríguez	Portuguesa	Isabella Rodríguez	Portuguesa	Not awarded		Not awarded
2017	Sthefany Gutiérrez	Delta Amacuro	Veruska Ljubisavljević	Vargas	Mariem Velazco	Barinas	Christian Nunes	Distrito Capital
			Ana Carolina Ugarte	Monagas
2016	Keysi Sayago	Monagas	Diana Croce	Nueva Esparta	Diana Croce	Nueva Esparta	Renato Barabino	Aragua
2015	Mariam Habach	Lara	Anyela Galante	Portuguesa	Jessica Duarte	Trujillo	Gabriel Correa
2014	Mariana Jiménez	Guárico	Debora Menicucci	Amazonas	Edymar Martínez	Anzoátegui	Jesús Casanova	Barinas
2013	Migbelis Castellanos	Costa Oriental	Karen Soto	Zulia	Michelle Bertolini	Guárico	Not awarded
2012	Gabriela Isler	Guárico	Not awarded		Elián Herrera	Aragua	Jessus Zambrano	Táchira
2011	Irene Esser	Sucre	Gabriella Ferrari	Distrito Capital	Blanca Aljibes	Guárico	Not awarded
2010	Vanessa Gonçalves	Miranda	Ivian Sarcos	Amazonas	Jessica Barboza	Distrito Capital
2009	Marelisa Gibson		Adriana Vasini	Zulia	Elizabeth Mosquera	Trujillo	José Manuel Flores	Distrito Capital
2008	Stefanía Fernández	Trujillo	María Milagros Véliz	Anzoátegui	Laksmi Rodríguez	Monagas	Not awarded
2007	Dayana Mendoza	Amazonas	Hannelly Quintero	Cojedes	Dayana Colmenares	Carabobo
2006	Ly Jonaitis	Guárico	Claudia Suárez	Mérida	Vanessa Peretti	Sucre	Vito Gasparrini	Distrito Capital
			Federica Guzmán	Miranda
2005	Jictzad Viña	Sucre	Susan Carrizo	Costa Oriental	Daniela di Giacomo	Barinas	José Ignacio Rodríguez	Zulia
2004	Mónica Spear †	Guárico	Andrea Milroy	Trujillo	Andrea Gómez	Distrito Capital	Francisco León	Amazonas
2003	Ana Karina Áñez	Lara	Valentina Patruno	Miranda	Eleidy Aparicio	Costa Oriental	Andrés Mistage	Carabobo
					Goizeder Azúa	Carabobo
2002	Mariángel Ruiz	Aragua	Goizeder Azúa	Carabobo	Cynthia Lander	Distrito Capital	Not awarded
2001	Cynthia Lander	Distrito Capital	Andreína Prieto	Zulia	Aura Zambrano	Táchira	Daniel Navarrete	Vargas
2000	Eva Ekvall †	Apure	Vanessa Cárdenas		Vivian Urdaneta	Costa Oriental	Luis Nery	Península Goajira
	Claudia Moreno	Distrito Capital
1999	Martina Thorogood	Miranda	Martina Thorogood	Miranda	Andreína Llamozas	Vargas	Alejandro Otero	Distrito Federal
1998	Carolina Indriago	Delta Amacuro	Veronica Schneider	Monagas	Bárbara Pérez	Miranda	Ernesto Calzadilla
1997	Veruska Ramírez	Táchira	Christina Dieckmann	Nueva Esparta	Daniela Kosán	Aragua	Sandro Finoglio
1996	Marena Bencomo	Carabobo	Ana Cepinska		Consuelo Adler	Miranda	José Gregorio Faría	Zulia
1995	Alicia Machado	Yaracuy	Jacqueline Aguilera		Carla Steinkopf	Costa Oriental	Established in 1996
1994	Denyse Floreano	Costa Oriental	Irene Ferreira	Miranda	Ana María Amorer	Apure
					Milka Chulina	Aragua
1993	Minorka Mercado	Apure	Mónica Lei	Distrito Federal	Faviola Spitale	Yaracuy
1992	Milka Chulina	Aragua	Francis Gago	Bolívar	María Eugenia Rodríguez	Portuguesa
1991	Carolina Izsak	Amazonas	Ninibeth Leal	Zulia	Niurka Acevedo	Monagas
	Jackeline Rodríguez	Miranda
1990	Andreína Goetz	Bolívar	Sharon Luengo	Costa Oriental	Vanessa Holler	Portuguesa
					Chiquinquirá Delgado	Zulia
1989	Eva Lisa Ljung	Lara	Fabiola Candosin	Distrito Federal	Carolina Omaña	Nueva Esparta
1988	Yajaira Vera	Miranda	Emma Rabbe		María Eugenia Duarte	Península Goajira
1987	Inés María Calero	Nueva Esparta	Albany Lozada	Portuguesa	Vicky García	Muncipio Libertador
1986	Bárbara Palacios	Trujillo	María Begoña Juaristi	Zulia	Nancy Gallardo	Portuguesa
1985	Silvia Martínez	Guárico	Ruddy Rodríguez	Anzoátegui	Nina Sicilia	Monagas
1984	Carmen María Montiel	Zulia	Astrid Carolina Herrera	Miranda	Miriam Leyderman	Nueva Esparta
1983	Paola Ruggeri	Portuguesa	Carolina Cerruti	Apure	Donnatella Bottone	Miranda
1982	Ana Teresa Oropeza	Guárico	Michelle Shoda	Falcón	Amaury Martínez	Amazonas
1981	Irene Sáez	Miranda	Pilín León	Aragua	Miriam Quintana	Distrito Federal
1980	Maye Brandt †	Lara	Hilda Abrahamz	Departamento Vargas	Graciela La Rosa	Amazonas
1979	Maritza Sayalero	Departamento Vargas	Tatiana Capote	Barinas	Nilza Moronta	Zulia
					Nina Kors	Portuguesa
1978	Marisol Alfonzo	Guárico	Patricia Tóffoli	Falcón	Doris Fueyo	Anzoátegui
1977	Cristal Montañez	Departamento Vargas	Jacqueline van den Branden	Distrito Federal	Betty Paredes	Lara
1976	Elluz Peraza	Guárico	María Genoveva Rivero	Lara	Betzabeth Ayala	Miranda
	Judith Castillo	Nueva Esparta
1975	Maritza Pineda		María Conchita Alonso	Distrito Federal	Yamel Díaz	Carabobo
1974	Neyla Moronta	Zulia	Alicia Rivas	Departamento Vargas	Marisela Carderera	Distrito Federal
1973	Desirée Rolando	Carabobo	Edicta García	Zulia	Hilda Carrero †	Táchira
					Ana Cecilia Ramírez	Distrito Federal
1972	María Antonieta Cámpoli	Nueva Esparta	Amalia Heller	Sucre	Marilyn Plessmann	Guárico
1971	Jeanette Donzella	Monagas	Ana María Padrón	Carabobo	Dubravska Purkarevic	Nueva Esparta
1970	Bella La Rosa	Carabobo	Tomasita de las Casas	Miranda	Sonia Ledezma	Monagas
					Marzia Piazza	Departamento Vargas
1969	María José Yellici	Aragua	Marzia Piazza	Departamento Vargas	Cristina Keusch	Miranda
	Marzia Piazza	Departamento Vargas
1968	Peggy Kopp	Distrito Federal	Cherry Núñez	Miranda	Jovann Navas	Aragua
1967	Mariela Pérez Branger	Departamento Vargas	Irene Böttger	Bolívar	Ingrid Goecke	Zulia
1966	Magaly Castro	Guárico	Jeannette Köpp	Distrito Federal	Cecilia Picón-Febres	Mérida
1965	María De Las Casas †	Distrito Federal	Nancy González	Anzoátegui	Thamara Leal	Zulia
1964	Mercedes Revenga	Miranda	Mercedes Hernández	Portuguesa	Lisla Silva
1963	Irene Morales	Guárico	Milagros Galíndez	Miranda	Norah Luisa Duarte	Carabobo
1962	Olga Antonetti †	Anzoátegui	Betzabé Franco	Aragua	Olga Antonetti †	Anzoátegui
	Virginia Bailey	Nueva Esparta
1961	Ana Griselda Vegas	Caracas	Bexi Romero		Gloria Lilué	Distrito Federal
1960	Gladys Ascanio	Distrito Federal	Miriam Estévez	Caracas	Gladys Ascanio	Distrito Federal
	Mary Quiróz Delgado	Yaracuy
1958	Ida Margarita Pieri	Sucre	Ida Margarita Pieri	Sucre	Established in 1960
1957	Consuelo Nouel †	Distrito Federal	Consuelo Nouel †	Distrito Federal
1956	Blanca Heredia †		Celsa Pieri †	Sucre
1955	Susana Duijm †	Miranda	Susana Duijm †	Miranda
1953	Gisela Bolaños †	Carabobo	Established in 1955
1952	Sofía Silva Inserri †	Bolívar

Past Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders

Main article: Miss Earth Venezuela

The following is a list of all past Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant.

Key

•   Designated
•   Did not compete

Edition	Miss Earth Venezuela	State	Miss Wonderland Venezuela	State	Miss Venezuela Latina	State	Nuestra Belleza Venezuela	State
2015	Andrea Rosales	Amazonas	Ended in 1990		Ended in 1989		Ended in 1996
2014	Maira Rodríguez
2013	Stephanie de Zorzi	Aragua
2012	Alyz Henrich	Falcón
2011	Osmariel Villalobos	Yaracuy
2010	Caroline Medina	Aragua
2009	Mariángela Bonanni	Táchira
1996	Established in 2009 (Previously run by Sambil Model Organization since 2005)						Adelaida Pifano	Lara
1990			Stefania Bacco	Mérida			Established in 1996
1989			Luicira Marcano	Táchira	Heidi Gorrín	Aragua
1988			Constanza Giner	Aragua	Marilisa Maronese	Portuguesa

Other titleholders

Until 1984, all the candidates who qualified below the 'Miss Venezuela' position were announced as 'runners-up' and officially are recognized as such. However, in a few editions, the same finalists were given saches (with the name or prefixing the preposition 'to') of the international contest they had to attend or in other cases it was simply announced by the presenter. In such cases we have:

Title	List
Miss Young International Venezuela	List 1984: Carla Mariani (Carabobo) 1983: Isabel Yépez (Amazonas) 1982: Conchy Grande (Aragua) 1981: Norys Silva (Apure) 1980: Lisbeth Fernández (Guárico) 1979: María Fernanda Ramírez / Nina Kors (Distrito Federal / Portuguesa) 1978: Liliana Mantione (Lara) 1977: Betty Paredes / Adriana Zekendorf (Lara/ Barinas) 1976: Betzabeth Ayala / Flor Raucci (Miranda / Bolívar) 1975: Helena Merlin (Barinas) 1974: Gladys García (Mérida) 1973: Hilda Carrero / Ana Cecilia Ramírez (Táchira / Distrito Federal) 1972: Nancy Kranwinkel (Amazonas) 1971: Dubravska Purkarevic (Nueva Esparta) 1971: Raquel Santi (Guárico)
Miss Latinoamérica Venezuela	List 1982: Lily Protovin (Miranda)
Miss Confraternidad Americana Venezuela	List 1982: Sondra Carpio (Lara)
Miss Turismo de las Américas Venezuela	List 1982: Diana Judas / Sandra Martínez (Sucre / Trujillo) 1981: Irama Muñoz (Departamento Vargas)
Miss Turismo Internacional / Miss Turismo Centroamericano y del Caribe Venezuela	List 1981: Ana Verónica Muñoz (Zulia) 1977: Adriana Zekendorf / Isabelia Belloso (Barinas / Zulia) 1976: Zoritza Ljubisavljević (Mérida) 1975: Virginia Sipl (Amazonas) 1973: Bettina Rezich (Barinas) 1972: Eva Medrano (Anzoátegui) 1970: Reyna Noguera (Guárico)
Reina Internacional del Mar Venezuela	List 1981: Miúrica Yañez (Bolívar) 1975: Carol Ann Pohudka (Departamento Vargas) 1971: Miriam Callegari (Falcón)
Miss Ámbar del Mundo Venezuela	List 1979: Nilza Moronta / Nydia Centeno (Zulia / Nueva Esparta)
Miss Maja Internacional Venezuela	List 1979: Jeanette Rodriguez (Trujillo) 1978: Zaida Hurtado (Sucre)
Miss United Nations Venezuela	List 1963: Margarita Fonseca (Caracas) 1962: Luisa Rondón-Márquez (Distrito Federal)

See also

• Mister Venezuela
• List of Miss Venezuela titleholders
• List of Miss Venezuela editions
• List of beauty contests

External links

• Miss Venezuela Official Website
• Miss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB