Miss Venezuela 2000 was the 47th Miss Venezuela pageant. It was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 8, 2000, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Eva Ekvall, Miss Apure.
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 Martina Thorogood crowned Eva Ekvall of Apure as the new Miss Venezuela.
Results Placements PlacementContestantMiss Venezuela 2000 – Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall †Miss Venezuela International 2000 – Vivian Inés UrdanetaRunner-Up – Ligia PetitTop 10 – Victoria López-Pando – Ainett Stephens – Astrid Carati – Dahilmar Toledo – Zonia El Hawi Península Goajira – Daniela Monzant – Cecilia Villegas
Special awards Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) – Eva Ekvall (Miss Apure) Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) – Eva Ekvall (Miss Apure) Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) – Ainett Stephens (Miss Bolívar) Miss Figure – Verónica Hernández (Miss Monagas) Best Smile – Zonia El Hawi (Miss Nueva Esparta) Best Face – Felisa Gómez(Miss Lara) Best Skin – Verónica Leal (Miss Trujillo) Best Runway – Bianca Urdaneta (Miss Mérida) Miss Integral – Isis Durán (Miss Táchira)
Contestants The Miss Venezuela 2000 delegates are: State Contestant Age Height (cm) Hometown Amazonas Leidy Gisela Moncada 18 San Cristóbal Anzoátegui Victoria Eugenia López-Pando Noboa 19 Puerto La Cruz Apure Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall Johnson † 17 Caracas Aragua Adriana Alcibel Steinkopf Torres 18 Valencia Barinas Kelin Yosselin Peña 18 San Cristóbal Bolívar Ainett Mery Stephens Sifontes 18 Ciudad Guayana Carabobo Mariangélica García López 18 Valencia Cojedes Astrid Eyleen Carati Del Nogal 21 Ciudad Guayana Costa Oriental Vivian Inés Urdaneta Rincón 21 Maracaibo Delta Amacuro Paola Andrea Cevallos Zuluaga 20 La Victoria Distrito Capital Dahilmar del Valle Toledo Moreno 17 Valencia Falcón Anaís María Franco Millán 23 Cabimas Guárico Ligia Fernanda Petit Vargas 18 Maracay Lara Felisa Elena Gómez Perdomo 22 Barquisimeto Mérida Bianca Rosanna Urdaneta García 18 Maracaibo Miranda Susana Stephany de Fazio Bracutto 17 Caracas Monagas Verónica María Hernández Osborn 20 Caracas Nueva Esparta Zonia Hassan El Hawi Musa 20 Porlamar Península Goajira Daniela Ysabel Monzant Valencia 18 Maracaibo Portuguesa Sabrina Daneri 21 Caracas Sucre Reyna Fabiola Borges Noguera 19 Valencia Táchira Isis Yumali Durán Moreno 21 Ureña Trujillo Verónica Leal Prieto 19 Maracaibo Vargas Ana Belén Abreu Toledo 18 Maracay Yaracuy Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla 19 Caracas Zulia Cecilia Villegas Arteaga 24 Maracaibo
Notes Eva Ekvall placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 2001 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She died on December 17, 2011, victim of breast cancer. Vivian Urdaneta won Miss International 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. Ligia Petit won Reina Sudamericana 2000 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and later won Miss Intercontinental 2001 in Coburg, Germany. She also placed as 1st runner up in Miss Atlántico Internacional 2001 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Mariangélica García placed as semifinalist in Miss Tourism World 2002 in Antalya, Turkey. Natascha Borger won Miss Germany 2002 and placed as semifinalist in Miss Universe 2002 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also placed as semifinalist in Miss International 2004 in Beijing, China (she represented Germany). She also was 1st. runner-up in Miss Europe 2002. Fabiola Borges previously placed as 2nd runner up in Miss Intercontinental 2000 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
References
External links Miss Venezuela official website