Miss Venezuela is a Venezuelan beauty pageant operated by the Cisneros Group. Founded in 1952, it currently selects Venezuelan representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International. The current national director of Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler.
Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress, tv host, dancer, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles. She was previously crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Mexico's Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate in 2007, which was followed by several other soap opera roles. In 2017 she appeared in the music video for "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi.
Miss Universe 2007 was the 56th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico on 28 May 2007.
Claudia Paola Suárez Fernández is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Venezuela 2006 and represented her country at Miss World 2007 where she placed Top 16.
Vanessa Jackeline Gómez Peretti is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela International 2006. She is 1.80 m tall.
Mister Venezuela is an annual male pageant held in Venezuela. The winner and finalists from the contest go on to represent Venezuela in many international pageants. The Mister Venezuela pageant was started under the guardianship of Osmel Sousa and María Kallay with the intent of creating a male contest with the same discipline, quality and success as its female counterpart, Miss Venezuela.
Riyo Mori is a Japanese actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.
Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso is a Spanish model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Spain 2008 and then Miss Universe Spain 2013. She represented Spain at Miss World 2008, where she placed in the top fifteen, and at Miss Universe 2013, where she was the first runner-up, becoming the highest-placing Spanish delegate since Teresa Sánchez López who was the first runner-up at Miss Universe 1985, and after Amparo Muñoz won the title in 1974.
Miss Venezuela 2008 was the 55th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 10, 2008.
Nuestra Belleza México 2006, the 13th Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Maria Ojeda from Sinaloa, who later competed in Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico where she was a Semifinalist in the Top 10. Ojeda was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Priscila Perales. She was the second Sinaloan to win this title.
Martina Thorogood Heemsen is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1999 and represented her country at Miss World 1999.
Milka Yelisava Chulina Urbanich is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 1992, second runner-up at Miss Universe 1993 and Top 15 semifinalist at Miss International 1994.
Francis Lugo is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Continente Americano 2007 pageant held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 30, 2007, when she won the title of first runner-up.
Sara Johanna Angelini Giacche is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was represented the Yaracuy state in the Miss Venezuela 2006 pageant, on September 14, 2006.
Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez, is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss World Venezuela 2009 and Reina Hispanoamericana 2009. She represented Venezuela in the Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, China and placed 2nd Runner-Up.
Irene Sofía Esser Quintero is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2011. Esser grew up in Río Caribe, Sucre, Venezuela. She represented Venezuela in Miss Universe 2012, finishing as 2nd Runner-Up.
Miss International 2014, the 54th Miss International pageant, organized by the International Cultural Association held on November 11, 2014 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Bea Santiago of the Philippines crowned her successor Valerie Hernández of Puerto Rico at the end of the event.
Miss World 2016, the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 December 2016, at the MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States. 117 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Mireia Lalaguna of Spain crowned her successor Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico at the end of the event. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant held in the United States. It was the second time where Puerto Rico won Miss World, after Wilnelia Merced in 1975.
Miss Venezuela 2022 was the 69th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 16, 2022.
Mister Venezuela 2006 was the 10th edition of the Mister Venezuela competition, held on September 23, 2006, at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión in Caracas, Venezuela.
