Miss Venezuela 2006

Miss Venezuela 2006
Date	September 14, 2006
Presenters	Maite Delgado Daniel Sarcos Gilberto Correa
Entertainment	Olga Tañón, Gilberto Santa Rosa
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	28
Winner	Ly Jonaitis Guárico

Miss Venezuela 2006, the 53rd Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 14, 2006, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Ly Jonaitis, Miss Guárico.

The pageant was broadcast live on Venevision from the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Jictzad Viña crowned Ly Jonaitis of Guárico as the new Miss Venezuela.^[1][2]

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Venezuela 2006	Guárico - Ly Jonaitis
Miss World Venezuela 2006	Mérida - Claudia Suárez
Miss Venezuela International 2006	Sucre - Vanessa Peretti
1st Runner-up	Miranda - Silvana Marando
2nd Runner-up	Amazonas - Bárbara Sánchez
Top 10	Aragua - Joshil Morales Carabobo - Mónica Pallota Distrito Capital - Andreína Bruni Nueva Esparta - Andreína Vilachá Vargas - Patricia Jurado-Blanco

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Bárbara Sánchez (Miss Amazonas)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Joshil Morales (Miss Aragua)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Marygrey Quero (Miss Costa Oriental)
• Miss Personality - Vanessa Peretti (Miss Sucre)
• Best Body - Andreina Bruni (Miss Distrito Capital)
• Best Smile - Silvana Marando (Miss Miranda)
• Miss Beauty - Ly Jonaitis (Miss Guárico)
• Miss Elegance - Claudia Suárez (Miss Mérida)
• Best Face - Ly Jonaitis (Miss Guárico)

Delegates

The Miss Venezuela 2006 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Jhomneidy de Jesús (Bárbara) Sánchez Romero	21	175	El Tigre
Anzoátegui	Maryury Alejandra Suárez Hernández	21	178	Altagracia de Orituco
Apure	Sofía Graciela Douzoglou Muñoz	17	178	Maracay
Aragua	Joshil Valentina Morales Arenas	18	179	Maracay
Barinas	Mabel Coromoto Ramírez Marcano	22	177	Porlamar
Bolívar	Rina Candelaria Byer Ariza	18	172	Ciudad Guayana
Canaima	Denisse Ortiz Pérez	18	178	Caracas
Carabobo	Mónica Isabel Pallota Peña	19	175	Valencia
Cojedes	Saelix Menisa Hernández Seijas	20	180	Caracas
Costa Oriental	Marygrey Quero Rojas	25	177	Cabimas
Delta Amacuro	Yasmín Terán Gutiérrez	25	182	Caracas
Dependencias Federales	Marianne Vegas Brandt	24	184	Caracas
Distrito Capital	María Andreina Bruni Puigbó	23	185	Caracas
Falcón	Angie Lurey Velazco López	20	183	Caracas
Guárico	Lidymar Carolina Jonaitis Escalona	20	180	Valencia
Lara	Aymar Alejandra Aristiguieta Herrera	22	170	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Claudia Paola Suárez Fernández	19	175	Caracas
Miranda	María Silvana Continanza Marando	19	173	Caracas
Monagas	Francis Nohemí Lugo Golindano	18	177	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Andreina González Vilachá	21	175	Porlamar
Península Goajira	Zaida Josefina Arellano Alvarez	20	180	Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Rosa Elisa Martínez Gerig	22	172	El Tigre
Sucre	Vanessa Jacqueline Gómez Peretti	20	179	Cumaná
Táchira	Chiquinquirá (Chiqui) Montiel	18	176	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	María Daniela Torrealba Pacheco	18	173	San Cristóbal
Vargas	Patricia Jurado-Blanco Ganem	20	172	Caracas
Yaracuy	Sara Johanna Angelini Giacche	18	175	Valencia
Zulia	Paola Andreína Gómez Gudiño	18	180	Maracaibo

Notes

• Ly Jonaitis placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico.
• Claudia Suárez placed as semifinalist in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China. She also placed as 2nd runner up in Miss Atlántico Internacional 2008 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Vanessa Peretti placed as semifinalist in Miss International 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. Peretti was the first deaf woman to compete in the Miss Venezuela pageant. She competed in Miss International 2007 on October 15 in Japan against another deaf woman, Sophie Vouzelaud from France. Peretti classified in Top 15 semifinalists. It is the first time in the history of Miss International that two deaf contestants participated in the event.
• Silvana Marando placed as a semifinalist in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2010 pageant, held in Jesolo, Italy.
• Mónica Pallotta placed as semifinalist in Top Model of the World 2006 in Kunming, China. She previously placed as semifinalist in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2005 in Salsomaggiore, Italy.
• Francis Lugo placed as 1st runner up in Miss Continente Americano 2007 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• María Daniela Torrealba placed as finalist in Miss Earth 2008 in Pampanga, Philippines.
• Patricia Jurado-Blanco placed as finalist in Miss Global Beauty Queen 2007 in Ningbo, China.
• Sara Angelini placed as a semifinalist in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2010 pageant, held in Jesolo, Italy.

References

1. ^ "Ly Jonaitis es Miss Venezuela 2006". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/09/15/til_art_15318N.shtml. Retrieved 2006-09-15. 
2. ^ "Una noche llena de sorpresas en el Miss Venezuela 2006". Cantv.net. http://www.cantv.net/entretenimiento/resena.asp?id=118824&cat=2&Fresena=TRUE. Retrieved 2006-09-18. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website