Miss Venezuela 2009

Miss Venezuela 2009
Date	September 24, 2009
Presenters	Maite Delgado Daniel Sarcos Boris Izaguirre Dayana Mendoza
Entertainment	Daddy Yankee Tito El Bambino
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevisión
Entrants	20
Winner	Marelisa Gibson Miranda

Miss Venezuela 2009, the 56th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 24, 2009^[1]. Stefanía Fernández, Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009, crowned Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson, as her successor at the end of the event. She will compete in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant, where she will try to win a third consecutive Miss Universe crown for Venezuela.

The Miss World Venezuela title went to Miss Zulia, Adriana Vasini who will compete in Miss World 2010; and Elizabeth Mosquera, Miss Trujillo, obtained the title of Miss Venezuela International and will compete in Miss International 2010. First Runner Up Mariángela Bonanni was appointed as Miss Venezuela Earth and will compete Miss Earth 2010^[2].

Final results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Venezuela 2009	Miranda - Marelisa Gibson
Miss World Venezuela 2009	Zulia - Adriana Vasini
Miss Venezuela International 2009	Trujillo - Elizabeth Mosquera
1st Runner-up	Tachira - Mariángela Bonanni
2nd Runner-up	Amazonas - Jéssica Guillén
Top 10	Anzoátegui - Flory Díez Aragua - Andreína Castro Bolívar - Sandra Alves Distrito Capital - Patricia de Andrade Mérida - María de Luz Da Silva

Special awards

Final Competition Night

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - María de Luz Da Silva (Mérida)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Adriana Vasini (Zulia)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Patricia Zavala (Vargas)
• best evening gown - Marelisa Gibson (Miranda)

Beauty Gala (Gala de la Belleza)

• Best Body - Patricia de Andrade (Distrito Capital)
• Most Beautiful Hair - Esmeralda Yaniche (Barinas)
• Best Catwalk - Mariángela Bonanni (Táchira)
• Miss Personality - María de Luz Da Silva (Mérida)
• Miss Diva Parmalat - Adriana Vasini (Zulia)
• Best Skin - Flory Díez (Anzoátegui)

Best Face

• Winner: Marelisa Gibson (Miranda)
• Top 5 finalists: Andreína Castro (Aragua), Andrea Veiga (Nueva Esparta), Patricia Zavala (Vargas), Adriana Vasini (Zulia)

Official delegates

^[3]

States	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Jéssica Adriana Guillén Blanco	24	177	Caracas
Anzoátegui	Flory Gabriela Díez Estrada	20	173	Barcelona
Apure	Carolina Charlott Da Silva Gonçalves	22	174	Maracay
Aragua	Andreína Vanessa Castro Martínez	18	174	Maracay
Barinas	Esmeralda Alejandrina Yaniche Vásquez	18	178	Puerto Ordaz
Bolívar	Sandra Margarita Alves Burillo	20	175	Puerto Ordaz
Carabobo	María José González Ginestre	19	176	Valencia
Distrito Capital	Patricia Elizabeth de Andrade Rodríguez	20	174	Caracas
Guárico	Manuela Vieira Díaz	23	170	Valencia
Lara	Yoli Rosangel Sevilla Campos	18	184	San Felipe
Mérida	María de Luz Da Silva Dos Santos	19	178	Maracay
Miranda	Marelisa Gibson Villegas	21	178	Caracas
Monagas	Yuleima Yulibeth "Yuly" Tovar González	25	172	Ciudad Ojeda
Nueva Esparta	Cristina Andrea Carmona Veiga	22	182	Caracas
Portuguesa	María Gabriela Pastrán Duque	24	177	Táriba
Sucre	Daniela del Carmen Morales Verde	21	175	Cumaná
Táchira	Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo	21	177	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez	18	176	Valera
Vargas	Patricia Reyina Zavala Nicoloso	24	173	Caracas
Zulia	Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez	22	178	Maracaibo

Contestants notes

• Adriana Vasini placed as the 2nd Runner-up in Miss World 2010 held in Sanya, China. She also won the Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 pageant, held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Elizabeth Mosquera won Miss International 2010 in Chengdu, China; and also was the 3rd Runner-up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2010, held in Manizales, Colombia.
• Mariangela Bonanni placed as finalist in Miss Earth 2010 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
• Jéssica Guillén won the Miss Atlántico Internacional 2010 pageant, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Flory Diez placed as a semifinalist in the Miss Intercontinental 2010 in the Dominican Republic.
• María de Luz Da Silva placed as a semifinalist in the Miss Friendship International 2009 pageant, held in Wuhan, China.
• Esmeralda Yaniche placed as the 2nd Runner-up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2010, held in Jesolo, Italy; and also was the 3rd Runner-up in Reinado Mundial del Banano 2010, held in Machala, Ecuador.
• Andreína Castro previously held the title of Teen Model Venezuela 2007.
• Daniela Morales entered Teen Model Venezuela 2004, where she placed sixth.

References

1. ^ Miss Venezuela 2009
2. ^ http://www.missvenezuela.com/home/imagenes/marisela.jpg
3. ^ Official Contestants

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website