The following is a list of Miss Venezuela titleholders from the competition's inaugural edition in 1952 to present.
Eight Miss Venezuela winners have gone on to become international beauty queens, one Miss World and seven Miss Universe who are indicated in bold face.
† = deceased
Year | State | Titleholder | Birth | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Hometown | Location | Date | Entrants | Placement [lower-alpha 2] |
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1957 | Yaracuy | Mary Quiróz Delgado (Unplaced) | October 20, 1933 | 23 | San Felipe | N/A | Unplaced in Miss Universe 1960 | ||
1962 | Nueva Esparta | Virginia Bailey (2nd Runner-Up) | September 20, 1944 | 17 | Baruta | Teatro París, Caracas | June 27, 1962 | 13 | Unplaced in Miss Universe 1962 |
1991 | Jackeline Rodríguez (Former contestant) | January 12, 1972 | 19 | Caracas | N/A | Top 6 in Miss Universe 1991 | |||
2000 | Distrito Capital | Claudia Moreno (Miss República Bolivariana de Venezuela) | November 8, 1977 | 22 | Caracas | Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas | February 26, 2000 | 10 | 1st Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2000 |
2020 | Miranda | Luiseth Materán (Top 5) (Miss Universe Venezuela 2021) | July 14, 1996 | 24 | Los Teques | Venevisión, Caracas | July 2, 2021 | N/A |
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State | Number | Years |
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Guárico | 9 | |
Distrito Capital | 7 | |
Miranda | ||
Lara | 4 | |
Carabobo | ||
Nueva Esparta | ||
La Guaira | ||
Amazonas | 3 | |
Zulia | ||
Delta Amacuro | ||
Sucre | ||
Portuguesa | 2 | |
Monagas | ||
Costa Oriental | ||
Trujillo | ||
Aragua | ||
Apure | ||
Bolívar | ||
Región Andina | 1 | 2021 |
Táchira | 1997 | |
Yaracuy | 1995 | |
Anzoátegui | 1962 | |
Caracas | 1961 |
The state later won the Miss World or Miss Universe title indicated in bold
The state later inherited the Miss Venezuela title after the original titleholder resigned indicated in italics
Titles assumed following resignations.
State | Titles | Years |
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Nueva Esparta | 1 | 1976 |
Vargas | 1969 |
Not including states who were inherited the title.
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There have been no Miss Venezuela winners from the following states:
Region | Titles | Years |
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Capital | 19 | 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2022 |
Llanos | 11 | 1963, 1966, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 |
Guayana | 8 | 1952, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2023 |
Central-Western | 7 | 1980, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2018 |
Eastern | 6 | 1958, 1962, 1971, 2005, 2011, 2016 |
Central | 1953, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1992, 1996, 2002 | |
Zulian | 5 | 1974, 1984, 1994, 2013, 2020 |
Andean | 4 | 1986, 1997, 2008, 2021 |
Insular | 1972, 1975, 1976, 1987 |
Age | Titles | Years |
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18 | 21 | 1953, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2017 |
22 | 11 | 1956, 1957, 1965, 1974, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2016, 2021 |
19 | 10 | 1960, 1961, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2015 |
17 | 8 | 1963, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1994, 2000 |
20 | 7 | 1970, 1978, 1985, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2019 |
24 | 6 | 1952, 1969, 1988, 2010, 2012, 2020 |
21 | 4 | 1967, 1983, 1993, 2007 |
25 | 2 | 2018, 2022 |
27 | 1 | 2023 |
23 | 1999 | |
16 | 1972 |
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