Miss Venezuela 2006

Miss Venezuela 2006
Date:	September 14, 2006
Presenters:	Maite Delgado Daniel Sarcos
Venue:	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster:	Venevision
Entrants:	28
Winner:	Ly Jonaitis
Represented:	Guárico

Miss Venezuela 2006, the 54th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 14, 2006, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Ly Jonaitis, Miss Guárico.

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 Jictzad Viña crowned Ly Jonaitis of Guárico as the new Miss Venezuela.^[1] ^[2]

[edit] Results

The runners-up were:

The ten semi-finalists were:

Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Bárbara Sánchez (Miss Amazonas)
Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Joshil Morales (Miss Aragua)
Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Marygrey Quero (Miss Costa Oriental)
Miss Personality - Vanessa Peretti (Miss Sucre)
Best Body - Andreina Bruni (Miss Distrito Capital)
Best Smile - Silvana Marando (Miss Miranda)
Miss Beauty - Ly Jonaitis (Miss Guárico)
Miss Elegance - Claudia Suárez (Miss Mérida)
Best Face - Ly Jonaitis (Miss Guárico)

The Miss Venezuela 2006 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Amazonas	Jhonneidy (Bárbara) Sánchez	21	175	El Tigre
Anzoátegui	Maryury Suárez Hernández	21	178	Altagracia de Orituco
Apure	Sofia Douzoglou Muñoz	17	178	Maracay
Aragua	Joshil Morales Arenas	18	179	Maracay
Barinas	Mabel Ramírez	22	177	Porlamar
Bolívar	Rina Byer Ariza	18	172	Ciudad Guayana
Canaima	Denisse Ortiz Pérez	18	178	Caracas
Carabobo	Mónica Pallota Peña	19	175	Valencia
Cojedes	Saelix Hernández Seijas	20	180	Caracas
Costa Oriental	Marygrey Quero Rojas	25	177	Cabimas
Delta Amacuro	Yazmín Terán	25	182	Caracas
Dependencias Federales	Marianne Vegas Brandt	24	184	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Maria Andreina Bruni Puigbó	23	185	Caracas
Falcón	Angie Velasco	20	183	Caracas
Guárico	Lydimar Jonaitis Escalona	20	180	Valencia
Lara	Aymar Aristiguieta Herrera	22	170	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Claudia Suárez Fernández	19	175	Caracas
Miranda	Silvana Continanza Marando	19	173	Caracas
Monagas	Francis Lugo Golindano	18	177	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Andreina Vilachá González	21	175	Porlamar
Península Goajira	Zaida Arellano Alvarez	20	180	Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Rosa Martínez Gerig	22	172	El Tigre
Sucre	Vanessa Jackeline Peretti	20	179	Cumaná
Táchira	Chiquinquirá (Chiqui) Montiel	18	176	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Maria Daniela Torrealba Pacheco	18	173	San Cristóbal
Vargas	Patricia Jurado-Blanco Ganem	20	172	Caracas
Yaracuy	Sara Angelini Giacche	18	175	Valencia
Zulia	Paola Gómez Gudiño	18	180	Maracaibo