Miss Venezuela 1999

Miss Venezuela 1999
Date:	September 10, 1999
Presenters:	Maite Delgado José Luis Rodríguez (El Puma)
Venue:	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster:	Venevision
Entrants:	26
Winner:	Martina Thorogood
Represented:	Miranda

Miss Venezuela 1999, the 47th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 10, 1999, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Martina Thorogood, Miss Miranda.

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 Carolina Indriago crowned Martina Thorogood of Miranda as the new Miss Venezuela.^[1]

[edit] Results

The runners-up were:

The 10 semi-finalists were:

Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Norkys Batista (Miss Nueva Esparta)
Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Martina Thorogood (Miss Miranda)
Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Adriana Maurera (Miss Anzoátegui)
Miss Figure - Claudia Moreno (Miss Distrito Federal)
Best Smile - Norkys Batista (Miss Nueva Esparta)
Miss Elegance - Rocío Alvarez (Miss Cojedes)
Best Skin - Maria Luisa Flores (Miss Apure)
Best Legs - Andreina Llamozas (Miss Vargas)
Miss Integral - Martina Thorogood (Miss Miranda)
Best Hair - Antonella Baricelli (Miss Carabobo)

The Miss Venezuela 1999 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Yenny Negrón Lozada	21	176	Caracas
Anzoátegui	Adriana Maurera Boyer	24	177	Puerto La Cruz
Apure	Maria Luisa Flores García	19	173	Caracas
Aragua	Lenny Zulay Utria	22	177	Maracay
Barinas	Betzabeth Zárraga Escalona	21	180	Barquisimeto
Bolívar	Mairlyn Trinidad Pereira	19	175	Valencia
Carabobo	Antonella Baricelli Hidalgo	18	170	Valencia
Cojedes	Rocío Alvarez Márquez	18	172	Caracas
Costa Oriental	Maria Laura Lugo Soto	18	176	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Eva Priscila Soler Ruiz	18	181	Maracay
Dependencias Federales	Marjorie de Sousa Rivas	19	172	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Claudia Moreno González	21	178	Caracas
Falcón	Ilse Pappe Salas	25	173	Caracas
Guárico	Maria Fernanda León Pinto	18	176	Valencia
Lara	Alejandra Rivas Grimontt	19	179	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Beatriz Picott Medina	20	176	Caracas
Miranda	Martina Thorogood Heemsen	24	175	Valencia
Monagas	Mayerling Moreno Palomo	18	176	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Norkys Batista Villaroel	22	174	Caracas
Portuguesa	Maria Eugenia Fagúndez	21	178	Barquisimeto
Sucre	Siudy Mijares Nieto	19	180	Caracas
Táchira	Carol Useche Page	18	172	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Madeleine Sánchez Ríos	22	182	Caracas
Vargas	Andreina Llamozas González	19	176	Caraballeda
Yaracuy	Fanny Moraga Riera	19	182	Barquisimeto
Zulia	Pilar Vásquez Moreno	21	174	Maracaibo

For the first time since 1955, the official Miss Venezuela competed at Miss World. Martina Thorogood was named 1st runner-up.
Due to her runner-up status, Thorogood had a contract with the Miss World organization, therefore she could not compete in Miss Universe, as previously planned. Organizers staged a small pageant called "Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela" to select a delegate to Miss Universe.
Claudia Moreno (Distrito Federal) and Maria Laura Lugo (Costa Oriental) competed in Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela. Moreno won the crown, while Lugo was the 1st runner-up.
Both Norkys Batista (Nueva Esparta) and Marjorie de Sousa (Dependencias Federales) became very successful actresses.
Andreina Llamozas competed in Miss International 1999 and was among the 15 semi-finalists.
Maria Fernanda Leon (Guarico) competed again in 2002 as Miss Portuguesa.