Miss Venezuela 2001

Miss Venezuela 2001
Date	September 14, 2001
Presenters	Oswaldo Ríos Maite Delgado Carmen Victoria Pérez
Entertainment	Enrique Iglesias Oscar D'León Simón Díaz Yolanda Moreno A.5 UP4 Estación Central
Venue	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	26
Placements	10
Winner	Cynthia Lander Distrito Capital
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Miss Venezuela 2001 was the 48th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 14, 2001, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Cynthia Lander, Miss Distrito Capital. ^[1]

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 Eva Ekvall crowned Cynthia Lander of Distrito Capital as the new Miss Venezuela. ^[2]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Venezuela 2001	Distrito Capital – Cynthia Lander
1st Runner-Up	Táchira – Aura Consuelo Zambrano
2nd Runner-Up	Vargas – Norelys Rodríguez
3rd Runner-Up	Trujillo – Lorena Delgado
4th Runner-Up	Portuguesa – Carolina Groening
Top 10	Amazonas – Mariaeugenia Rivero Aragua – Keidy Moreno Barinas – Stephanie Brumat Carabobo – Jerika Hoffmann Falcón – Gabriela Benamú

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Norelys Rodríguez (Miss Vargas)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Jerika Hoffmann (Miss Carabobo)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Norelys Rodríguez (Miss Vargas)
• Miss Personality - Norelys Rodríguez (Miss Vargas)
• Miss Figure - Cynthia Lander (Distrito Capital)
• Best Hair - Mariaeugenia Rivero (Miss Amazonas)
• Best Smile - Lorena Delgado (Miss Trujillo)
• Best Face - Jerika Hoffmann (Miss Carabobo)
• Best Skin - Carolina Groening (Miss Portuguesa)
• Best Runway - Maria Alejandra Carballo (Miss Apure)
• Miss Integral - Jerika Hoffmann (Miss Carabobo)
• Best Legs - Federica Guzmán Miss Miranda

Contestants

The Miss Venezuela 2001 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Mariaeugenia Rivero Barrios	20	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Anzoátegui	María del Mar Estévez Pérez	21	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Porlamar
Apure	María Alejandra Carballo Salas	20	182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Puerto La Cruz
Aragua	Keidy Zoraida Moreno Marín	18	181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Maracay
Barinas	Stephanie Virginia Brumat Lavieri	24	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Maracay
Bolívar	Carolina Rossy Barrios Bolaños	18	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Ciudad Guayana
Carabobo	Jerika de los Angeles Hoffmann Leal	18	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Cojedes	Alejandra Rincón Murillo	23	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Costa Oriental	María del Rocío Cuello Echevarne	20	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Arleen Lorena Gutiérrez Soler	21	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Distrito Capital	Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora	19	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Caracas
Falcón	Gabriela Mercedes Benamú Villamizar	18	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Guárico	Mery Carolina de los Ríos Romero	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Caracas
Lara	Carmen Amelia (Camelia) Sánchez Colmenares	22	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Barquisimeto
Mérida	Lina Eugenia Morales Krisciunas	18	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Miranda	Alexandra Federica Guzmán Diamante	20	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Monagas	Maria Cristina López Palacios	20	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Nathalye Gabriela Gómez García	19	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Porlamar
Península Goajira	Nieves Esperanza Medina Cestari	20	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Shumy Carolina Groening Burie	21	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Acarigua
Sucre	Ana Valentina Montero Lugano	19	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Táchira	Aura Consuelo Zambrano Alejos	20	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Lorena Alexandra Delgado Cárdenas	18	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Caracas
Vargas	María Norelys Rodríguez Guillén	24	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mérida
Yaracuy	Christelle Amanda Pannier Hardy	18	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Caracas
Zulia	Apmery Loris León Ocando	21	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Maracaibo

Notes

• Cynthia Lander placed as 4th runner up in Miss Universe 2002 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also placed as 1st runner up in Miss Mesoamérica 2002 in Houston, Texas, United States.
• Aura Zambrano placed as 1st runner up in Miss International 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. She also placed 2nd runner up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2002 in Manizales, Colombia, and 4th runner up in Miss Intercontinental 2002 in Fürth, Germany.
• Norelys Rodríguez placed as 1st runner up in Reina Sudamericana 2001 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Lorena Delgado placed as 1st runner up in Miss Atlántico Internacional 2002 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Keidy Moreno won World Super Model 2002 contest in Beirut, Lebanon.
• Jerika Hoffmann previously placed as 2nd runner up in Top Model of the World 2000 in Vreden, Germany.
• María Cristina López previously placed as 2nd runner up in Miss Tourism International 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Federica Guzmán placed as semifinalist in Miss World 2006 in Warsaw, Poland.

References

1. Suárez, Orlando (2022-07-27). "Misses venezolanas de sangre azul". El Diario Venezuela - elDiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-23.
2. "Distrito Capital, se coronó". El Universal. Retrieved 2001-09-15.

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website