Miss Venezuela 1998

Miss Venezuela 1998
Date	September 11, 1998
Presenters	Maite Delgado Guillermo Dávila
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	30
Winner	Carolina Indriago Delta Amacuro

The Miss Venezuela 1998 pageant was held in Caracas, Venezuela in 11 September 1998. The pageant was won by Carolina Indriago of Delta Amacuro, the first black Miss Venezuela. Indriago was crowned by outgoing queen Veruska Ramírez of Táchira. 30 delegates competed for the crown.

Results

• Miss Venezuela 1998 - Carolina Indriago (Miss Delta Amacuro)
• Miss World Venezuela 1998 - Verónica Schneider (Miss Monagas)
• Miss Venezuela International 1998 - Bárbara Pérez (Miss Miranda)

The 10 semi-finalists were:

• Angélica Guvernez (Miss Amazonas)
• Olga Fridegotto (Miss Carabobo)
• Jennifer Jordán (Miss Cojedes)
• Daira Lambis (Miss Península de Paraguaná)
• Johanna Grimaldo (Miss Táchira)
• Elsy Barrios (Miss Trujillo)
• Cinzia Coletta (Miss Zulia)

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Verónica Schneider (Miss Monagas)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Mayela Mora (Miss Aragua)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Elsy Barrios (Miss Trujillo)
• Miss Figure - Carolina Indriago (Miss Delta Amacuro)
• Best Hair - Johanna Grimaldo (Miss Táchira)
• Best Smile - Verónica Schneider (Miss Monagas)
• Most beautiful Eyes - Daira Lambis (Miss Península de Paraguaná)
• Best Skin - Bárbara Pérez (Miss Miranda)
• Miss Elegance - Carolina Indriago (Miss Delta Amacuro)
• Best Legs - Ana Carolina Butragueño (Miss Portuguesa)

Delegates

The Miss Venezuela 1998 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Angélica Guvernez Serrano	22	183	Caracas
Anzoátegui	Maria Elena Chacón García	23	178	Barcelona
Apure	Nacira Bertolotto Villalón	19	178	Caracas
Aragua	Mayela de los Angeles Mora Pinto	19	176	Maracay
Barinas	Angie Lilia Pérez Capobianco	19	176	Caracas
Bolívar	Carla Meinhard Contasti	22	179	Ciudad Bolívar
Carabobo	Olga María Fridegotto Unda	19	178	Valencia
Cojedes	Jennifer Jordán Machado	18	176	Caracas
Costa Oriental	María Isabel Ojeda Ocando	20	178	Cabimas
Delta Amacuro	Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto	18	183	Valencia
Dependencias Federales	María Eugenia Bustamante Hernández	21	178	San Cristóbal
Distrito Capital	Kuimby Karina Lorenzo Vascotto	17	179	Caracas
Falcón	Maria Gabriela Carrillo Trujillo	19	179	Maracay
Guárico	Jenny Yatruska Albanesse Mitchell	22	176	Caracas
Lara	Andreina Beatriz Sastre Montoya	21	174	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Daniella Abecasis Rivers	21	175	Valencia
Miranda	Bárbara Leticia Pérez Rangel	18	176	Caracas
Monagas	Verónica Schneider Rodríguez	19	177	Caracas
Municipio Libertador	Eugenia Malpica Ayala	19	180	Caracas
Municipio San Francisco	Keyla Carolina Medina Martínez	19	181	Maracaibo
Nueva Esparta	Carolina Sulaima Bali Mardelli	21	173	Maracaibo
Península Goajira	Keyla Vanessa Alarcón Suárez	20	174	Maracaibo
Península de Paraguaná	Daira del Carmen Lambis de Avila	21	177	Caracas
Portuguesa	Ana Carolina Butrageño Londoño	19	180	Caracas
Sucre	Damarys Thais Ojeda Bracoviche	18	178	Caracas
Táchira	Johanna Danerys Grimaldo Castro	20	176	San Cristóbal
Territorio Federal Vargas	Cindy Margarita Morales Toyo	20	176	Cabimas
Trujillo	Elsy Beatriz Barrios Figuera	24	173	Caracas
Yaracuy	Carolina Dell'Orso Ruiz	18	177	Valencia
Zulia	Cinzia Cristina Coletta Mantecón	24	175	Maracaibo

Notes

• Carolina Indriago was placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 1999 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago.
• Veronica Schneider was unplaced at Miss World 1998 in Seychelles. Later, she became a successful soap opera actress.
• Barbara Perez never made it to Miss International. By the time she had to compete, the 1999 Miss Venezuela pageant had already taken place. Andreina Llamozas was sent instead.
• Daira Lambis won Reinado Internacional del Café 1999 in Manizales, Colombia. She was also placed as 1st runner-up in Reina Sudamericana 1998 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• None of the remaining semi-finalists competed in international pageants.
• Angie Perez (Barinas) and Johanna Grimaldo (Tachira) competed in the 2000 pageant "Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela".

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website