Miss Venezuela 2002

Miss Venezuela 2002
Date	September 20, 2002
Presenters	Maite Delgado Gilberto Correa
Entertainment	Patricia Manterola, Karina, Guillermo Dávila [1]
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	27
Winner	Mariangel Ruiz Aragua

Miss Venezuela 2002, the 49th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 20, 2002, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Mariangel Ruiz, Miss Aragua.

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 Cynthia Lander crowned Mariangel Ruiz of Aragua as the new Miss Venezuela.^[2]

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Venezuela 2002	Aragua - Mariángel Ruiz
Miss World Venezuela 2002	Carabobo - Goizeder Azúa (*)
1st Runner-up	Distrito Capital - Amara Barroeta
2nd Runner-up	Nueva Esparta - Driva Cedeño
3rd Runner-up	Miranda - Melissa Wolf
4th Runner-up	Zulia - Ana Quintero
Top 10	Anzoátegui - Jéssika Marcano Monagas - Solsiret Herrera Portuguesa - María Fernanda León Táchira - Tibisay Montilva Yaracuy - Vanessa Fanessi

(*) Goizeder Azua (Carabobo) was crowned Miss World Venezuela 2002 during the Gala de Belleza (Preliminary) show, on August 31, 2002. The title of Miss Carabobo was then vacated for the final Miss Venezuela 2002 competition.

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Vanessa Fanessi (Yaracuy)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Maria Fernanda León (Portuguesa)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Goizeder Azua (Carabobo)
• Miss Figure - Amara Barroeta (Distrito Capital)
• Miss Personality - Goizeder Azua (Carabobo)
• Best Hair - Maria Andreina Abrahamz (Vargas)
• Best Smile - Vanessa Fanessi (Yaracuy)
• Best Face - Maria Fernanda León (Portuguesa)
• Best Runway - Goizeder Azua (Carabobo)
• Best Skin - Aida Yespica (Amazonas)

Delegates

The Miss Venezuela 2002 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Aida María Yespica Jaime	20	176	Barquisimeto
Anzoátegui	Jessika Gabriela Marcano Román	18	172	Valera
Apure	Johanna Alejandra Madureri Perea	21	174	Caracas
Aragua	Mariangel Ruiz Torrealba	22	176	Maracay
Barinas	Erika Aulimar Lozada Ferretti	21	174	El Tocuyo
Bolívar	Mercedes Carolina González Navarro	17	174	Ciudad Guayana
Carabobo	Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios	18	177	Valencia
Cojedes	Kim Gabriela Loewenthal	22	174	Caracas
Costa Oriental	Yasmely Coromoto Pérez Martínez	23	175	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Gilger Dayana Márquez Gudiño	19	182	Caracas
Dependencias Federales	Sabrina Salemi Nicoloso	19	173	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Amara Elyn Barroeta Seijas	18	179	Caracas
Falcón	Diana del Valle Cocho Bracho	18	172	Punto Fijo
Guárico	Alejandra Pulido Aranzo	25	171	Caracas
Lara	Karelit Coromoto Yépez Morillo	21	178	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Maiti de Sousa do Nascimento	18	171	Caracas
Miranda	Melissa Alexandra Wolf Ehrenzeller	21	181	Caracas
Monagas	Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez	22	176	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar	22	181	Porlamar
Península Goajira	Maria Virginia Bastidas Ilukewitch	23	172	Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Maria Fernanda León Pinto	20	176	Valencia
Sucre	Maria Carolina Casado Chópite	18	172	Cumaná
Táchira	Ix-Balanke Tibisay Montilva Mora	17	178	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Anaís Verónica Gómez Carrascal	20	177	Caracas
Vargas	Maria Andreina Abrahamz Navarro	23	179	Caracas
Yaracuy	Vanessa Carolina Fanessi Auteri	23	172	Valencia
Zulia	Ana Graciela Quintero Nava	20	182	Cabimas

Notes

• Mariangel Ruiz placed as 1st runner up in Miss Universe 2003 in Panama City, Panama.
• Goizeder Azua placed as semifinalist in Miss World 2002 in London, England. She won Miss International 2003 in Tokyo, Japan, and won Miss Mesoamérica 2003 in Houston, Texas, USA.
• Ana Quintero placed as 1st runner up in Miss Intercontinental 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
• Vanessa Fanesi placed as 1st runner up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2003 in Salsomaggiore, Italy. She previously won Miss Millennium 2000 in Helsinki, Finland, and placed 1st runner up in Miss Tourism World 2001 in Medellín, Colombia.
• María Carolina Casado won Miss América Latina 2003 in Playa Tambor, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
• Karelit Yépez placed as 4th runner up in Miss Model of the World 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey.
• María Fernanda León previously placed as finalist in Miss Teen International 2001 in Willemstad, Curaçao.

References

1. ^ http://www.noticierovenevision.net/index_not.asp?id_noticia=20020920002906&id_seccion=06
2. ^ "Estudiante se corona Miss Venezuela". La Prensa Web. http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2002/09/23/hoy/revista/715248.html. Retrieved 2002-09-23. 

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website