Miss Venezuela 2010

Miss Venezuela 2010
Date	October 28, 2010[1]
Presenters	Maite Delgado Chiquinquirá Delgado Viviana Gibelli Boris Izaguirre [2]
Entertainment	Chino & Nacho Jorge Celedón[3] Lila Morillo[4] Kiara
Venue	Palacio de Eventos, Maracaibo, Zulia[5]
Broadcaster	Venevisión Venevisión Plus
Entrants	28[6]
Placements	10
Winner	Vanessa Gonçalves Miranda

Miss Venezuela 2010, the 58th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on October 28, 2010, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Vanessa Gonçalves, Miss Miranda.

The pageant was broadcast live on Venevision from the Palacio de Eventos. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Marelisa Gibson crowned Vanessa Gonçalves as the new Miss Venezuela.^[7]

Final results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Venezuela 2010	Miranda - Vanessa Gonçalves
Miss Venezuela World 2010	Amazonas - Ivian Sarcos
Miss Venezuela International 2010	Distrito Capital - Jessica Barboza
Miss Venezuela Earth 2010	Aragua - Caroline Medina
1st Runner-up	Monagas - Angela Ruiz
Top 10	Canaima - Estefanía Nebot Carabobo - Romina Palmisano Costa Oriental - Karen Soto Nueva Esparta - Melanie Reza Zulia - Estefani Araujo

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (Miss Fotogénica) - Caroline Medina (Aragua)
• Miss Congeniality (Miss Amistad) - Jéssica Ibarra (Trujillo)
• Miss Internet (MissVenezuela.Com) - Liliana Flores (Falcón)
• Best Evening Gown - Vanessa Gonçalves (Miranda), Estefani Araujo (Zulia), Eliana Calicchia (Cojedes)

Beauty Gala (Gala de la Belleza)

• Dermocel Best Body - Vanessa Gonçalves (Miranda)
• Traviesa Best Catwalk - Andrea Escobar (Yaracuy)
• Ciudad Traki Miss Personality - Romina Palmisano (Carabobo)
• Hugo Espina Miss Elegance - María José Zavarce (Lara)
• Beducen Best Skin - Angela La Padula (Bolívar)

L'bel Most Beautiful Face

• Winner: Ivian Sarcos (Amazonas)
• Top 5 finalists: Romina Palmisano (Carabobo), Jessica Barboza (Distrito Capital), Vanessa Gonçalves (Miranda), Angela Ruiz (Monagas)

Official contestants

^[8][9][10]

States	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares	21	179	Guanare
Anzoátegui	Verónica Liliana González Castillo	18	175	Caracas
Apure	Ana Tábata Rodríguez Donnarumma	18	183	San Fernando de Apure
Aragua	Caroline Gabriela Medina Peschiutta	18	176	Maracay
Barinas	Kelly Stephanny Martínez Domínguez	22	178	Caracas
Bolívar	Angela La Padula Peluso	19	178	Ciudad Guayana
Canaima	Estefanía Nebot Peña	22	176	Caracas
Carabobo	Romina Palmisano Giacche	20	175	Valencia
Cojedes	Eliana Catherina Calicchia Arcila	24	174	Valencia
Costa Oriental	Karen Andrea Soto Lugo	18	178	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Yaisbel Nohely Arteaga Polanco	21	179	Puerto Cabello
Dependencias Federales	Axel Carolina López Aldana	20	173	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt	23	174	Maracaibo
Falcón	Liliana María Flores Arenas	23	174	Coro
Guárico	Andrea Estefanía Vásquez Annicchiarico	19	178	Caracas
Lara	María José Zavarce Alvarado	18	181	Barquisimeto
Mérida	María Teresa Iannuzzo Lucena	22	175	Carora
Miranda	Vanessa Andrea Gonçalves Gómez	24	177	Baruta
Monagas	Angela Julieta Ruiz Pérez	21	180	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Melanie Reza Félix	18	180	Caracas
Península de Paraguaná	Isabel Cristina Castillo Cedeño	25	175	Valencia
Portuguesa	Mariuska Montes Estévez	19	173	Caracas
Sucre	Adriana Cristina Kuper Osorio	21	174	Maracay
Táchira	Germania Andrea Pimiento Vera	18	179	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Jéssica Carely Ibarra Petit	24	168	Cabimas
Vargas	Daniela Josefina Raldirez Salazar	19	184	La Guaira
Yaracuy	Andrea Carolina Escobar Colombo	22	177	Barquisimeto
Zulia	Estefani Carolina Araujo Cano	18	177	Maracaibo

Contestants notes

• Vanessa Goncalves (Miranda) placed as semifinalist in Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil.
• Ivian Sarcos (Amazonas) was studying to be a nun. She was crowned Miss World 2011 in London, United Kingdom.
• Jéssica Barboza (Distrito Capital) placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International 2011 in China. She was Miss Earth Venezuela 2009 and placed as 2nd runner-up (Miss Water) at Miss Earth 2009.
• Caroline Medina (Aragua) was Teen Model Venezuela 2009. She won Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 in Bolivia.
• Angela Ruiz (Monagas) was Elite Model Look Latino Venezuela 2008, Supermodel of Venezuela 2009 and competed in Ford Models Supermodel of the World 2010, but unplaced. She placed as Virreina or 1st runner-up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 in Manizales, Colombia; and 5th runner up in Reina Hispanoamericana 2011, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• This year had the highest number of contestant from their states representing, 11 of 28. They were: Tabata Donnarumma (Apure), Caroline Medina (Aragua), Angela La Padula (Bolívar), Romina Palmisano (Carabobo), Liliana Flores (Falcón), María José Zavarce (Lara), Vanessa Goncalves (Miranda), Angela Ruiz (Monagas), Germania Pimiento (Táchira), Daniela Raldirez (Vargas) and Estefani Araujo (Zulia). Tabata Donnarumma (Apure) is the first woman from Apure to compete in the Pageant.
• Axel López (Dependencias Federales) placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Caraibes Hibiscus 2010 in St. Martin.
• Romina Palmisano (Carabobo) is cousin of Miss Yaracuy 2006, Sara Angelini.
• Jéssica Ibarra (Trujillo) was Miss Tourism Venezuela 2009 and competed in Miss Tourism International 2009, where she placed as 1st Runner-Up.
• Angela La Padula (Bolívar) representing Bolivar competed in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2011 and placed as 3rd Runner - Up.
• Karen Soto (Costa Oriental) won Miss World Next Top Model 2011 in Lebanon.

References

1. ^ http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/capriles/cadena-global/detalle.aspx?idart=3243441&idcat=56754&tipo=2
2. ^ "Viviana Gibelli es la gran noticia del Miss Venezuela". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/07/12/til_art_viviana-gibelli-es-l_1969133.shtml. Retrieved 2010-07-12. 
3. ^ http://www.terra.com.co/musica/articulo/html/mus26917-jorge-celedon-sera-la-estrella-internacional-del-reinado-miss-venezuela.htm
4. ^ http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/10/27/til_art_lila,-la-atraccion-d_2082541.shtml
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ http://elaragueno.gesindoni.com.ve/cultura/articulo/609/ya-encontro-las-mujeres
7. ^ Miss Miranda, Vanessa Goncalves, es la nueva Miss Venezuela
8. ^ http://espectaculos.eluniversal.com/2010/08/17/tele_esp_participantes-del-mi_17A4349291.shtml
9. ^ http://www.laverdad.com/detnotic.php?CodNotic=39841
10. ^ http://elaragueno.gesindoni.com.ve/cultura/articulo/609/ya-encontro-las-mujeres

External links

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