Miss World Venezuela 2002 was the 3rd Miss World Venezuela pageant. It was held at the Venevisión Studios in Caracas, Venezuela on August 31, 2002.
At the end of the event, Andreína Prieto of Zulia crowned Goizeder Azúa of Carabobo as Miss World Venezuela 2002. She represented Venezuela at the Miss World 2002 pageant placing in the Top 10. Then she was appointed and won the Miss International 2003 pageant.
Background In the first two editions of Miss World Venezuela, the candidates did not represent Venezuelan states, but were instead listed, as they were preselected delegates who would later become Miss Venezuela candidates. In this edition, the candidates represented states for the first time.
Pageant Selection committee The judges for Miss World Venezuela include: Paolo Latorre – Businessman Paula Jaramillo – L'Bel marketing manager Irene Royo – Agatha Paris president Joseph Daubert – Medical Meausrement Company Tanita's president Nohely Arteaga – Actress Roger Martínez – Tuna Margarita business coordinator Alessandro Nocerino – Defile by Osmel president Luisa Lucchi – President of Lucchi Footwear Ramiro Finol – Businessman Gira de Nogueira – Ruy Nogueira's wife, Brazilian ambasador in Venezuela Moisés Kaswan – Miss Venezuela Organization dentist Evangelina Villambrosa – Roberto Óscar Villambrosa's wife, Argentinean ambasador in Venezuela Eduardo Krulig – Plastic surgeon Tatania Irizar – 'Estrellas de la Música' host, Miss Táchira 1996 and 2nd runner-up in Miss Venezuela 1996 Julio Andrew – General Manager of Promotion and Business Development of Telcel Sara Halcblat – Lawyer Giovanni Calandriello – Nail Paint Sally Hansen general manager
Results
Miss World Venezuela
PlacementContestantInternational Placement Miss World Venezuela 2002 – Goizeder Azúa
Miss International Venezuela PlacementContestantInternational Placement Miss International Venezuela 2003 – Goizeder Azúa
Special awards AwardContestantMiss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) – Vanessa FanessiMiss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) – Maria Fernanda LeónMiss Congeniality (Miss Congeniality Lucchi) (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) – Goizeder AzúaMiss Figure (Figura Pepsi Light) – Amara BarroetaMiss Personality (Miss Personaliad Lady Speed Stick) – Goizeder AzúaBest Hair (El Cabello Más Bello Palmolive Optimus) – Maria Andreina AbrahamzBest Smile (La Sonrisa Más Linda Colgate Sensation) – Vanessa FanessiBest Face (Miss Rostro L'Bel) – Maria Fernanda LeónBest Runway (Miss Defilé Fashion Team) – Goizeder AzúaBest Skin (Miss Piel Palmolive Botanical's) – Aída Yéspica
Contestants 27 contestants competed for the title. State Contestant Age Height HometownAmazonasAída María Yéspica Jaime20BarquisimetoAnzoáteguiJessika Gabriela Marcano Román18ValeraApureJohanna Alejandra Madureri Perea21CaracasAraguaMariángel Ruíz Torrealba22San Juan de los MorrosBarinasErika Aulimar Lozada Ferretti21El TocuyoBolívarMercedes Carolina González Navarro17Ciudad GuayanaCaraboboGoizeder Victoria Azúa Barrios18San FelipeCojedesKim Gabriela Loewenthal22CaracasCosta OrientalYasmely Coromoto Pérez Martínez23MaracaiboDelta AmacuroGilger Dayana Márquez Gudiño19CaracasDependencias FederalesSabrina Salemi Nicoloso19CaracasDistrito CapitalAmara Elyn Barroeta Seijas18CaracasFalcónDiana del Valle Cocho Bracho18Punto FijoGuáricoAlejandra Pulido Aranzo25CaracasLaraKarelit Coromoto Yépez Morillo21BarquisimetoMéridaMaiti de Sousa do Nascimento18MaracaiboMirandaMelissa Alexandra Wolf Ehrenzeller21CaracasMonagasEnid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez20MaturínNueva EspartaDriva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar22PorlamarPenínsula GoajiraMaría Virginia Bastidas Ilukewitch23MaracaiboPortuguesaMaría Fernanda León Pinto20ValenciaSucreMaria Carolina Casado Chópite18CumanáTáchiraIx-Balanke Tibisay Montilva Mora17San CristóbalTrujilloAnaís Verónica Gómez Carrascal19CaracasVargasMaría Andreína Abrahamz20CaracasYaracuyVanessa Carolina Fanessi Auteri23ValenciaZuliaAna Graciela Quintero Nava20Maracaibo
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References
External links Miss Venezuela Official Website