Miss Venezuela 2008 was the 55th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 10, 2008.
Dayana Mendoza of Amazonas crowned Stefania Fernández of Trujillo as her successor at the end of the event.
On July 29, Osmel Sousa assumed further control of the selection process by directly appointing the 28 final contestants from a pool of 73 candidates. Although winners of regional and state contests have never been guaranteed participation in the final Miss Venezuela pageant, this direct selection resulted in the unprecedented elimination of the representatives of Falcón, Lara, Sucre, Vargas and Nueva Esparta. In addition to the two aforementioned titleholders from Zulia, a total of seven state winners were consequently stripped of their titles, which will be carried in the final pageant by other candidates.
Contestants
StateContestantAgeHeightHometown Amazonas Elia Karina Rivero Molnár 22 Valera Anzoátegui María Milagros Véliz Pinto 22 Guacara Apure Adahisa Peña Arteaga 25 Valencia Aragua Ligia Elena Hernández Frías 23 Maracay Barinas Yoselis María (Yosy) Meléndez Medina 22 Guatire Bolívar Kenia Barreto González 19 Ciudad Guayana Canaima Estefanía de los Angeles Guzmán Cuenca 18 Cabimas Carabobo Gabriela Nidioska Concepción Guzmán 18 Puerto Cabello Cojedes Jorelys Gabriela Quintana Pozo 20 San Cristóbal Delta Amacuro Nathaly Andreína Navas Pérez 21 Caracas Dependencias Federales Dayana Andreína Borges Mora 18 Cagua Distrito Capital María Lourdes Caldera Méndez 25 Caracas Falcón Fanny Domingues Da Assuncao 19 Caracas Guárico Hildaly Dellanira Domínguez Núñez 21 Caracas Lara Nusat del Valle Durán Pérez 20 Tovar Mérida Alejandra Suan Sánchez Guerrero 19 Mérida Miranda Viviana Lisbeth Ramos Puma 18 Guanare Monagas Laksmi Rodríguez de la Sierra Solórzano 22 San Cristóbal Nueva Esparta Natascha Alexandra Brandt Rodríguez 19 Caracas Península de Araya Charyl Marlyz Chacón Ramírez 23 Maracay Península de Paraguaná María Alessandra Villegas Azpúrua 21 Caracas Portuguesa Verónica Susana Arcay Andrade 20 Valencia Sucre Natasha Alexandra Domínguez Boscán 18 Caracas Táchira Jennipher Katherine Bortolas Vargas 17 San Cristóbal Trujillo Stefanía Fernández Krupij 18 Mérida Vargas Marielis del Valle Ontiveros González 20 Caracas Yaracuy Tiffany Denise Andrade Roche 19 Caracas Zulia Gabriela Alexandra Fernández Ocanto 22 Maracaibo
Notes Stefanía Fernández won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in Nassau, Bahamas, marking the first time that a country won two times in a row. Laksmi Rodríguez placed as Semifinalist in Miss International 2009 in Chengdu, China. She also competed in Miss Supranational 2010 in Płock, Poland, when she placed as Semifinalist. Gabriela Concepción placed as 1st runner-up in Top Model of The World 2010 in Dortmund, Germany. and semifinalist the Miss Continente Americano 2010 Ligia Hernández placed as 4th runner-up in Reina Hispanoamericana 2008 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Natasha Domínguez placed as 2nd runner-up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2009 in Manizales, Colombia. Viviana Ramos previously won Miss Globe International 2006 in Saranda, Albania.
References
External links Miss Venezuela official website Miss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB