Miss Venezuela 2009

Miss Venezuela 2009
Date	September 24, 2009
Presenters	Maite Delgado Daniel Sarcos Boris Izaguirre Dayana Mendoza
Entertainment	Daddy Yankee Tito El Bambino
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	20
Winner	Marelisa Gibson Villegas  Miranda

Miss Venezuela 2009, the 56th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 24, 2009.^[1] Stefanía Fernández, Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009, crowned Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson, as her successor at the end of the event. She will compete in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant, where she will try to win a third consecutive Miss Universe crown for Venezuela.

The Miss World Venezuela title went to Miss Zulia, Adriana Vasini who will compete in Miss World 2010; and Elizabeth Mosquera, Miss Trujillo, obtained the title of Miss Venezuela International and will compete in Miss International 2010. First Runner Up Mariángela Bonanni was appointed as Miss Venezuela Earth and will compete Miss Earth 2010.^[2]

It was on that year that the present MV anthem was sung for the first time, with a new melody replacing the iconic tune used for 34 years, with a slight change in lyrics.

Final results

Special awards

Final Competition Night

Beauty Gala (Gala de la Belleza)

Best Face

Official delegates

^[3]

State	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Jéssica Adriana Guillén Blanco	24	177	Caracas
Anzoátegui	Flory Gabriela Díez Estrada	20	173	Barcelona
Apure	Carolina Charlott Da Silva Gonçalves	22	174	Maracay
Aragua	Andreína Vanessa Castro Martínez	18	173	Maracay
Barinas	Esmeralda Alejandrina Yaniche Vásquez	18	178	Puerto Ordaz
Bolívar	Sandra Margarita Alves Burillo	20	175	Puerto Ordaz
Carabobo	María José González Ginestre	19	174	Valencia
Distrito Capital	Patricia Elizabeth de Andrade Rodríguez	20	174	Caracas
Guárico	Manuela Vieira Díaz	23	170	Valencia
Lara	Yoli Rosangel Sevilla Campos	18	180	San Felipe
Mérida	María de Luz Da Silva Dos Santos	19	176	Maracay
Miranda	Marelisa Gibson Villegas	21	178	Caracas
Monagas	Yuleima Yulibeth "Yuly" Tovar González	25	172	Ciudad Ojeda
Nueva Esparta	Cristina Andrea Carmona Veiga	22	181	Caracas
Portuguesa	María Gabriela Pastrán Duque	24	177	Táriba
Sucre	Daniela del Carmen Morales Verde	21	175	Cumaná
Táchira	Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo	21	177	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez	18	176	Valera
Vargas	Patricia Reyina Zavala Nicoloso	24	173	Caracas
Zulia	Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez	22	178	Maracaibo

Contestants notes

• Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson, represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA where she failed to place in the semifinals. This was the first time since 2006 that Venezuela failed to make the semifinals at Miss Universe and the third time in 7 years.
• Miss Zulia, Adriana Vasini, represented Venezuela at Miss World 2010 in Sanya, China where she finished as 2nd Runner-Up. She also won the Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 pageant, held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Miss Trujillo, Elizabeth Mosquera, represented Venezuela at Miss International 2010 in Chengdu, China where she won the title. She also was the 3rd Runner-Up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2010, held in Manizales, Colombia.
• Miss Táchira, Mariangela Bonanni, was later appointed as Miss Earth Venezuela and represented Venezuela at Miss Earth 2010 in Nha Trang, Vietnam where she finished in the semifinals.
• Miss Amazonas, Jéssica Guillén ,won Miss Atlántico Internacional 2010, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Miss Anzoátegui, Flory Díez, represented Venezuela at Miss Intercontinental 2010 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic where she finished in the semifinals.
• Miss Mérida, María de Luz Da Silva, represented Venezuela at Miss Friendship International 2009 in Wuhan, China where she finished in the semifinals.
• Miss Barinas, Esmeralda Yaniche, finished as the 2nd Runner-Up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2010, held in Jesolo, Italy. She was also was the 3rd Runner-Up in Reinado Mundial del Banano 2010, held in Machala, Ecuador.
• Miss Aragua, Andreína Castro, previously held the title of Teen Model Venezuela 2007.
• Miss Sucre, Daniela Morales, entered Teen Model Venezuela 2004, where she placed sixth.

References

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website