Miss Venezuela 1997

Miss Venezuela 1997
Date	September 12, 1997
Presenters	Maite Delgado Napoleón Bravo Alicia Machado Sandro Finoglio
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	29
Winner	Veruska Ramírez Táchira

The Miss Venezuela 1997 pageant was held in Caracas, Venezuela in 12 September 1997. The pageant was won by Veruska Ramírez of Táchira, who was crowned by outgoing queen Marena Bencomo of Carabobo. 29 delegates competed for the crown.

Results

• Miss Venezuela 1997 - Veruska Ramírez (Miss Táchira)
• Miss World Venezuela 1997 - Christina Dieckmann (Miss Nueva Esparta)
• Miss Venezuela International 1997 - Daniela Kosán (Miss Aragua)

The 8 semi-finalists were:

• Maylen Noguera (Miss Cojedes)
• Catalina García (Miss Dependencias Federales)
• Jairam Navas (Miss Distrito Federal)
• Yosmely Soto (Miss Municipio Vargas)
• Patricia Fuenmayor (Miss Zulia)

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Christina Dieckmann (Miss Nueva Esparta)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Christina Dieckmann (Miss Nueva Esparta)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Annarella Bono (Miss Anzoátegui)
• Miss Figure - Daniela Kosán (Miss Aragua)
• Best Hair - Annarella Bono (Miss Anzoátegui)
• Best Smile - Maylen Noguera (Miss Cojedes)
• Most beautiful Eyes - Veruska Ramírez (Miss Táchira)
• Miss Elegance - Heidi García (Miss Carabobo)
• Best Legs - Maria Alejandra Márquez (Miss Miranda)

Delegates

The Miss Venezuela 1997 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Ana Karina Casanova Santibañez	22	171	Caracas
Anzoátegui	Annarella María Bono Morales	21	172	Ciudad Guayana
Apure	Lucia Amalia Pérez Sosa	20	172	Caracas
Aragua	Daniela Kosán Montcourt	23	178	Maracay
Barinas	Claudia Virginia La Gatta Quintana	17	171	Caracas
Bolívar	Linda Gabriela Avila Romero	18	171	Los Teques
Carabobo	Heidi Angélica García Adragna	18	186	Valencia
Cojedes	Maylen María Noguera	21	175	Caracas
Costa Oriental	Peggy Andreína Valbuena Benítez	19	175	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Jeinar Moreno Ortega	21	173	La Fría
Dependencias Federales	Catalina García Benito	21	171	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Jairam Caric Navas Domínguez	18	170	Caracas
Falcón	Ana Maria Tomicevic Dodig	17	176	Caracas
Guárico	Denysse Carolina Carrillo Lozada	18	178	Caracas
Lara	Adriana Elena Bustillos Fernández	21	171	Caracas
Mérida	Jéssica Alejandra Madureri Perea	17	176	Caracas
Miranda	Maria Alejandra Márquez Llorca	21	171	Caracas
Monagas	Jennipher Sofia Rodríguez Chacín	19	178	Caracas
Municipio Libertador	Graciela Zavatti Acuña	25	174	Caracas
Municipio San Francisco	Andrea Gabriela Garay Carroz	17	176	Maracaibo
Municipio Vargas	Yosmely Eglee Soto León	22	180	Maiquetía
Nueva Esparta	Christina Dieckmann Jiménez	20	173	Caracas
Península Goajira	Iohanna Beatriz Molero Urdaneta	23	175	Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Zita Marlene de Andrade de Andrade	20	170	Caracas
Sucre	Ysabel Margarita Sanabria Marcano	21	174	Valencia
Táchira	Veruska Tatiana Ramírez	18	181	Táriba
Trujillo	Helen Margaret Terán Henríquez	19	176	Caracas
Yaracuy	Sandra Buseth Koplin	19	174	Caracas
Zulia	Patricia Fuenmayor Hernández	19	177	Maracaibo

Notes

• Veruska Ramírez placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• Daniela Kosán won Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997 in Miami, Florida, USA. She also placed as 1st runner up in Miss International 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
• Patricia Fuenmayor won Reina Sudamericana 1997 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Jairam Navas won Reinado Internacional del Café 1998 in Manizales, Colombia.
• Maylen Noguera placed as semifinalist in Miss América Latina 1998 in Costa del Sol, El Salvador.
• Denisse Carrillo won Miss Blond International 1998 in Millstatt, Austria.
• Claudia La Gatta was placed as 4th runner up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 1998 in Salsomaggiore, Italy.
• Andrea Garay was placed as semifinalist in Super Top Model of the World 1998 in Athens, Greece.

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website