Miss Venezuela

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.
The current Miss Venezuela is Clara Vegas Goetz of Miranda who was crowned on 4 December 2025 at the Centro Comercial Líder in Caracas, Venezuela.

History

On 7 May 1905, Manuela Victoria Mujica Antich of Lara, was elected by popular vote as Miss Venezuela. Many authors and scholars in the history of the Miss Venezuela contest consider her as the first Miss Venezuela ever, and its vote as a precursor of the current national pageant.

Miss Venezuela (1952 - 1981)

The Miss Venezuela pageant was officially founded in 1952 by Pan Am and businesswoman Gloria Sánchez, for selecting a Venezuelan representative for the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach, California.
The speed with which the contestants were chosen for that first contest would characterize its first editions, in which parades with different outfits were held over the course of a week or more in different locations in the country. Due to protests by religious organizations at the time, the swimsuit parades were held in private, witnessed by jurors only. Eventually, Venezuela's representatives to Miss World and Miss International would also begin to be elected.
After a first interruption in 1954 during the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship, Pan Am ceded the rights to the contest in 1955 to Venezuelan journalist and musicologist, Reinaldo Espinoza Hernández.
Hernández, who despite the triumph of Susana Duijm in Miss World 1955, faced protests by the Venezuelan Catholic Church and feminist movements, which added to the lack of interest by the press of the time. In addition, a second interruption in 1959 caused by the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état, led to the sale of the contest to Edwin E. Acosta-Rubio, a Cuban-Venezuelan businessman in 1962.
Business-minded, Acosta-Rubio immediately changed the format of the competition. Turning the semi-improvised tourist pageant into an organized annual institution. In order to choose the contestants with professional and responsible criteria, Acosta-Rubio created the so-called Venezuelan Beauty Committee. Developed the publicity projection of the event and broadcast it for the first time on television in 1962, through the RCTV network, began to charge for tickets for the finals. With all these changes accomplished in the late 1960s, the Miss Venezuela contest began to be a favorite and traditional reference among Venezuelans, in the Venezuelan popular culture and more importantly, for Acosta-Rubio, as a profitable and appreciated business.
In 1968, the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the show were broadcast on television for the first time. Although it was not of great importance at the moment, Osmel Sousa began to work in those years as a graphic and fashion designer for the contest.
In 1969, Ignacio Font Coll, brother-in-law of Edwin Acosta-Rubio, who was the creator and president of OPPA Publicidad, appointed him as director of the current Miss Venezuela Organization.
Already in the 1960s, the Acosta-Rubio Organization had begun to obtain excellent results with Mercedes Revenga as first runner-up at the Miss Beauty Form 1964 contest and later on reaching the top 15 at Miss Universe 1964. The choice of Mariela Pérez and Peggy Kopp as first and third runners-up at Miss Universe 1967 and Miss Universe 1968, respectively. Adriana López with the Miss Planet Resort 1967 won, Judith Castillo, being first runner-up at Miss Universe 1976, and Zully Guilarte winning the 1968 Miss Tourism of Central America and the Caribbean pageant. Maritza Sayalero won Miss Universe 1979, being the first edition of Miss Universe to be televised in color in Venezuela. With her win, began what is considered the 'Golden age of Miss Venezuela'.
Since 1972, the Cisneros Organization acquired the rights to start producing and broadcasting the beauty contest on its channel, Venevisión. María Antonieta Cámpoli, Miss Venezuela 1972 at Miss Universe 1972 was second runner-up, and later at Miss Intercontinental 1974, María Emilia de los Ríos of Bolívar state.

Miss Venezuela Organization (1981 -)

In 1981, Irene Sáez won Miss Universe 1981, Pilín León won Miss World 1981, in addition to the death of Coll. Finally, in 1982, the Cisneros Group was placed at the helm of the beauty contest and the Miss Venezuela Organization was officially structured. After this, in February 1982, Cisneros and Acosta-Rubio appointed Osmel Sousa as Coll's successor, taking the charge of President. Besides, Joaquín Riviera, María Kallay and Mery Cortez, were appointed as official producer, coordinator and choreographer of the event, respectively.
Starting in 1984, the crowns used in the organization's pageants were made by jewelry designer, George Wittels. Until July 2018, Wittels was in charge of making the goldsmith pieces for the contest. George was succeeded by Mila Toledo, Miss Federal District in 1980.
In 1996, the beauty pageant launched its website, missvenezuela.com. Also, in the same year, the Mister Venezuela competition was founded, as well as, Miss Venezuela Mundo in 2000. In both cases, at the request of the Miss World Organization
In 2009, Venezuela entered the Guinness World Records for being the first and so far only representation in Miss Universe to be crowned by another winner from the same nation.
In 2010, the pageant acquired the Miss Earth franchise, which it maintained until 2015, obtaining Alyz Henrich a second crown for this contest as Miss Earth 2013.
Joaquín Riviera, Miss Venezuela executive producer, would be in charge of the event until his death in 2012. After María Kallay's death in 2013, the production of the event was realized by Peggy Navarro, Ricardo Di Salvatore, Vicente Alvarado and Erick Simonato, who were part of the original production team along with Riviera as General Producer. In 2015, Peggy left office, leaving three managers, who to date are still part of the Miss Venezuela Organization.
In 2016, Mery Cortez, announced her departure from the contest and from Venevisión network, after almost 45 years as the choreographic producer of the contest.
On 6 February 2018, Osmel Sousa, announced his retirement as President of the Miss Venezuela Organization, after being in charge of the contest for more than 40 years, leaving the presidency vacant.
On 17 April 2018, the organization announced that the contest would it be run by an executive committee, not a president. The next day, the committee members were announced: Gabriela Isler, Miss Universe 2013, Jacqueline Aguilera, Miss World 1995 and Nina Sicilia, Miss International 1985.

Contestant selection

List of state titles

There is an unofficial formula to determine the states and regions represented in Venezuela. The base number of contestants over the last decade has been 26–28, which can be increased or decreased by the contest management.

Official states (23)

* Denotes that state has a preliminary pageant – which may or may not still be held – as of 2005 only Táchira, Zulia-Falcón, Lara, Aragua and Sucre held preliminaries.

Official regions (3)

Together, these 26 regions form the "base" of the Miss Venezuela contest. However, at times other regions and territories have been represented. If there are 27 sashes, the 27th candidate is Miss Peninsula Goajira. If there are 28 sashes, either Canaima or Paraguaná Peninsula is represented. In 2003, additional titles of Araya Peninsula and Roraima were created to bring the pageant to its highest ever number of contestants: 32. Surprisingly, in 2008 Península de Araya was used again, and there was no Miss Península Goajira or Miss Costa Oriental that year. In the mid-1990s, the districts of Municipio Libertador and Municipio San Francisco were also represented, the last one only in 1997 and 1998. Also, only in 2003, Guayana Esequiba was represented. Vargas State, the most recent modification to Venezuela's map was always present in the pageant, but with other names: Departamento Vargas, Municipio Vargas, Territorio Federal Vargas, and Vargas State since 1999. In 2009, only 20 delegates competed for the crown, the same number that competed on the final night in 2003, so some "traditional" states didn't have a representative.

Winners by state/region

State	Number	Years
Guárico	9
Miranda	8
Distrito Capital	7
Lara	4
Carabobo	4
Nueva Esparta	4
La Guaira	4
Amazonas	3
Zulia	3
Delta Amacuro	3
Sucre	3
Anzoátegui	2
Portuguesa	2
Monagas	2
Costa Oriental	2
Trujillo	2
Aragua	2
Apure	2
Bolívar	2
Región Andina	1	2021
Táchira	1	1997
Yaracuy	1	1995
Caracas	1	1961

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Venezuela's international titleholders represented the following states during their Miss Venezuela competition :

Miss Universe: Departamento Vargas, Miranda, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Amazonas and Guárico.
Miss World: Miranda, Aragua, Zulia, Nueva Esparta and Amazonas.
Miss International: Monagas, Miranda, Costa Oriental, Carabobo, Barinas, Trujillo, Anzoátegui and Portuguesa.
Miss Earth: Nueva Esparta, Falcón.

Main pageant

Participation in international pageants

, Venezuela has a total of 24 wins at Big Four international beauty pageants, the most by any country in the world, and consisting of seven Miss Universe titles, six Miss World titles, nine Miss International titles, and two Miss Earth titles.
Miss Venezuela reached the semifinals of Miss Universe each year from 1983 to 2003, and reached the question-and-answer round consistently from 1991 to 2003, constituting the longest streak of Miss Universe finalists by any country. This streak was ended in 2004, when Ana Karina Áñez was not included in the semifinals at Miss Universe 2004. Venezuela has also held Miss Universe and Miss World titles simultaneously in 1981, and Miss Universe and Miss Earth titles simultaneously in 2013. Henrich's Miss Earth victory made Venezuela the only country in the world to have won each of the Big Four pageants multiple times. Venezuela also holds the distinction of being the first, and so far only, country to win back-to-back Miss Universe titles when Dayana Mendoza, outgoing Miss Universe 2008, crowned Stefania Fernandez as Miss Universe 2009.

Success in other fields

Competing in the pageant can get a contestant noticed and launched on a successful television or print career. At least a dozen well-sought models come out of the pageant. Virtually all of Venezuela's female top models and television personalities are alumni of the pageant, including Maite Delgado, and Dominika van Santen. In fact, only Gaby Espino and several other entertainment figures stand out as never having competed in the pageant. Many of today's top young models, such as Onelises Brochero and Wendy Medina, have repeatedly been rejected by Miss Venezuela; on the other hand, Goizeder Azua and Desiree Pallotta, who have variously been considered the top domestic supermodels in the country, joined the pageant after establishing their careers.
Nowadays, familiar faces on Spanish TV networks around the world, from Venezuela, include Ruddy Rodríguez, Catherine Fulop, Carolina Perpetuo, Norkys Batista, Daniela Kosán, Viviana Gibelli, Marjorie de Sousa, Chiquinquirá Delgado, Alicia Machado and Natalia Streignard. Two of the Latin world's best known people, supermodel Patricia Velásquez and singer/actress María Conchita Alonso, also participated, in 1989 and 1975, respectively.
Miss Universe 1981, Irene Sáez, became mayor of Chacao, governor of Nueva Esparta State, and then a candidate in the 1998 Venezuelan presidential election. The Times of London ranked her 13th in its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005 became the most decorated international actress from Venezuela with the most acting awards when she won four international best actress awards in various film festivals all over the world for her portrayal of the lead role in the movie, "Uma" at the London Film Festival, Monaco International Film Festival, the Milan International Film Festival and the Georgia Latino Film Festival in Atlanta; the film also won recognition in the "Film of the World" category at the International Film Festival of India and won best foreign film at the Burbank International Film Festival in the United States.

Miss Venezuela and other countries

Some delegates in the pageant went on to win other national pageants. Natascha Börger became the first Venezuelan to switch countries, when she won the Miss Germany title in 2002 after placing 14th at Miss Venezuela 2000. She went on to place in the Top 10 at Miss Universe 2002 in Puerto Rico while Cynthia Lander, Miss Venezuela 2001, placed fifth in the same competition. Miss Trujillo 2005 Angelika Hernandez Dorendorf also placed fourth at Miss Germany 2007 and cancelled her participation at the Miss Intercontinental of that same year in order to continue her master's degree. In 2006, Francys Sudnicka, who placed in the Top 10 representing Trujillo in Miss Venezuela 2003, won the Miss Poland Universe title. She represented Poland at Miss Universe 2006, and later represented Poland in Miss Earth 2006, taking a place in the Top 8. The following Venezuelans who have won the Miss Italia nel Mondo pageant placed in the final five of Miss Venezuela: Barbara Clara, Valentina Patruno and Silvana Santaella. Patruno, though born Venezuelan, represented the United States.
In the past, other countries have sent their titleholders to be trained by Osmel Sousa and the Miss Venezuela Organization. In 1999, Miriam Quiambao of the Philippines trained in Venezuela before competing at Miss Universe 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago and eventually placing second to Botswana, while Carolina Indriago, Miss Venezuela 1998, appeared in the Top 5. The Miss Venezuela Organization, however, ended its policy allowing training of foreign candidates after Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic received training from them before eventually winning Miss Universe 2003 in Panama, while Mariangel Ruiz, Miss Venezuela 2002, placed second behind her.
In recent years the pageant organization has begun to "import" expatriates who have been working as international models. Miami has produced Valentina Patruno, Andrea Gómez, Mónica Spear, Ileana Jiménez, and María Alessandra Villegas.

Order of succession

There has been considerable controversy in a number of major national pageants as to how to direct their contestants to Miss Universe, Miss World, and the other international contests. The reason for this issue is the dispute between the international pageants, who generally desire that the winner of a national contest be sent. Although many nations such as Italy and Germany have completely separate pageants for Miss Universe and Miss World, in the case of Miss Venezuela the national pageant organization must field candidates to almost all of the major world contests.
Between 2000 and 2002, the Miss Venezuela pageant was split into two contests: the Miss World Venezuela pageant, to elect the representative to Miss World, from which a reduced group of contestants would go on to compete in Miss Venezuela to go to the Miss Universe contest. In 2002, the organization merged the Miss World Venezuela contest with the Gala de Belleza, making the final "state cut" before the election of the Miss World representative. The two pageants were rejoined in 2003. Using the most prominent format used in Miss Venezuela's entire run, the winners of the Miss Venezuela title and Miss World Venezuela are equal in rank. Nevertheless, the representative to Miss Universe is still announced last, and she is still considered the holder of the one single Miss Venezuela title. Nowadays, the final five finalists are announced during the telecast, followed by the elimination of the second and first runners-up, then Miss Venezuela to Miss International, Miss Venezuela to Miss World, and Miss Venezuela to Miss Universe. Since 2010, yet another new system has been introduced, with the fifth-place finisher as the 1st. runner-up, fourth place being designated as a "representative" to Miss Earth, the third place as a "representative" to Miss International and two 'equal' crowned winners—Miss Venezuela World and Miss Venezuela Universe.
While this system is similar to that of Mexico and India, in Mexico the first runner-up is known as the "substitute" and in the order of succession automatically fills into any title above her that is emptied. For example, if "Nuestra Belleza Mexico Mundo" is unable to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up assumes her title. While the Miss Universe representative is similarly considered the "greater of the two equals", if her position is vacated, the first runner-up ascends to her crown, instead of Miss Mexico-World becoming Miss Mexico-Universe and the first runner-up going to Miss World. In India, however, the succession does follow the other option: the top three titles go Earth->Universe->World in rising order of importance.
In Venezuela, neither policy of succession is explicitly laid down. Osmel Sousa made the final decisions as to who is appointed when a vacancy arises; i.e. in 2003, there were significant rumors that Mariangel Ruiz might be replaced by Amara Barroeta, the first runner-up, to Miss Universe. In fact, in 2003, the Miss International Pageant was concurrent with Miss Venezuela, meaning that it would be impossible to send a "fresh" contestant, and Osmel actually opted not to send Amara, who should have gone and instead replaced her with Goizeder Azua, who won Miss International 2003. Due to scheduling conflicts between Miss International and Miss Venezuela, a similar situation occurred in 2002 when Cynthia Lander, Miss Venezuela, gave up her crown to the next Miss Venezuela and immediately boarded a flight for Japan to participate in Miss International. The reasoning was that her first runner-up had already participated the year before, and it would have been ridiculous to crown a Miss Venezuela and immediately send her on a plane to her contest with no specific preparation whatsoever. Incidentally in 2006 the Miss World pageant shifted its pageant date from its usual November–December timeframe to September when the organization announced Poland as the competition venue. Due to the change in dates; it resulted to a timing conflict with the Miss Venezuela pageant. The Miss Venezuela organization decided to hold a snap pageant called "Miss Venezuela Mundo" to elect a representative for Miss World 2006. The said competition was composed of former Miss Venezuela contestants from previous editions. At the end of the night Federica Guzman who represented the state of Miranda in 2001 was the winner. Thus, all four winners, Miss Earth Venezuela, Miss Venezuela International, Miss Venezuela World and Miss Venezuela Universe now compete in the year after their coronation.
Ironically, the only time in the "modern" pageant that the famous "if the winner should not fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take over" statement was made for Miss Venezuela was in 1999. The decision was made to send whoever won to Miss World first, and then to Miss Universe if she did not win. This policy was adopted after the consecutive eliminations of Christina Dieckmann and Veronica Schneider in 1997 and 1998, both of whom were considered amongst the strongest Miss World Venezuelas in history and whose eliminations were seen by the organization as a signal that it needed to send its winner to Miss World. Therefore, in 1999, there were no Miss World Venezuela or Miss Venezuela International titles, only an official Miss Venezuela, who was Martina Thorogood. Her first runner-up, Norkys Batista, was told that she would become Miss Venezuela to Miss Universe only if Martina won the Miss World crown outright. Martina came in second at Miss World and she was expected continue on to Miss Universe 2000 the next year. However, due to a number of major controversies, she was barred from Miss Universe 2000 on the grounds that as the first runner-up to Miss World, Osmel also declared that Miss Universe demanded a winner from Venezuela, thereby barring Norkys Batista from succeeding to the title. The only option for Norkys to go was for Martina to renounce the Miss Venezuela title, which neither she or the organization was willing to do. Therefore, a new emergency pageant was held, called Miss Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was conducted among ten former contestants from the previous five years. The winner, Claudia Moreno, had placed as seventh in the semi-finals behind Martina and Norkys in Miss Venezuela 1999, and she ended up performing excellently and becoming first runner-up to Miss Universe 2000. In years to come, 2002's first runner-up Amara Barroeta would join Norkys Batista as one of several runners-ups to be "denied" the chance to compete at a "big three" pageant.
In the US and many other countries, an occasion when the order of succession comes into play is when the reigning titleholder wins her international contest, e.g. in 1997 when Brook Mahealani Lee became Miss Universe and her first runner-up Brandi Sherwood became Miss USA. However, Venezuela does not have this official provision, even when the two "equal" winners both win Miss Universe and Miss World. In 1981, Miriam Quintana was considered somewhat unofficially as the serving Miss Venezuela, because both Irene Saez and Pilin Leon had won their respective pageants. However, in 1995–1996, when Alicia Machado took the Miss Universe title and Jacqueline Aguilera the Miss World crown, no new "Miss Venezuela" was appointed to hold the crown while they reigned internationally, though some newspapers said that Carla Steinkopf, Miss International Venezuela 1995, would give the crown to the 1996 winner. In general, all the times Venezuela has won the Miss Universe Pageant, it's Miss Universe herself who returns to crown the new Miss Venezuela, not Miss World Venezuela from the previous year or another finalist. Since 2013, the Miss World delegate is no longer crowned at the Miss Venezuela final but is crowned in a separate Miss Venezuela World pageant, and competes in the same year of her coronation. In 2014, Maira Alexandra Rodriguez was crowned as Miss Earth Venezuela to compete in the 2015 edition, but due to the destitution of her predecessor, Stephanie de Zorzi, she was sent to Miss Earth 2014, in which she ended as Miss Water.
From 2015 onwards, Miss Earth Venezuela will compete in the same year of her coronation. In 2017, the announcing was made as it was years before: Top 5 consisting of 2nd and 1st runners-up, then Miss Venezuela International, Miss World Venezuela and Miss Venezuela Universe, all three competing in 2018. This avoids the rumors of major pageants not allowing contestants to participate if they weren't in their current reign year. However, in 2018, Osmel's resignation coincided with the same year Miss Venezuela sent their winner, Isabella Rodríguez, to Miss World. As a result, since 2019, the organization switched to a separate Miss World Venezuela national pageant while retaining the Miss Universe and Miss International national titles under the main Miss Venezuela pageant for all succeeding candidates.

Controversies

Objectification

Esther Pineda, a Venezuelan women's studies expert, stated that the popularity of Miss Venezuela and other pageants in Venezuela reveals how the country is "deeply sexist". Despite controversies facing Miss Venezuela, the Me Too movement has not carried any significance in Venezuela. According to Pineda, in Venezuela "hysical beauty is seen as a value.... And it's given more importance than any other attribute".

Sexual exploitation

Miss Venezuela contestants are often subject to prostitution and sexual exploitation. Young contestants are passed to powerful individuals in Venezuelan society for sexual favors. In a poverty-filled country, vulnerable women turn to wealthy individuals for funds. With participation often costing tens of thousands of United States dollars, these participants perform sexual favors for their wardrobe, cosmetic surgery, photo shoots and for sponsorships in order to "create the illusion of 'perfect' beauty" that is held in esteem in Venezuelan culture. Some contestants allegedly involved in such acts include Miss Venezuela 1989 participant Patricia Velásquez and Miss Venezuela 2006 runner-up Claudia Suárez.

Recent titleholders

Miss Venezuela

The following women have been recently crowned Miss Venezuela:

Year	State	Titleholder	Venue	Date	Placement
2025	Miranda	Clara Vegas Goetz	Centro Comercial Líder, Caracas
2024	Anzoátegui	Stephany Abasali	Centro Comercial Líder, Caracas		2nd Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2025
2023	Amazonas	Ileana Márquez	Centro Comercial Líder, Caracas		4th Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2024
2022	Distrito Capital	Diana Silva	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas		Top 10 in Miss Universe 2023
2021	Región Andina	Amanda Dudamel	Venevisión, Caracas		1st Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2022

Miss World Venezuela

The following women have been recently crowned Miss World Venezuela:

Year	State	Titleholder	Venue	Date	Placement
2025	Falcón	Mística Núñez	Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas
2024	Dependencias Federales	Valeria Cannavò	Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas		Unplaced in Miss World 2025
2021	Cojedes	Ariagny Daboín	Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas		Unplaced in Miss World 2023
2020	Aragua	Alejandra Conde	Estudio 5, Venevisión, Caracas		Top 40 in Miss World 2021
2018	Portuguesa	Isabella Rodríguez	Estudio 5, Venevisión, Caracas		Top 40 in Miss World 2019

Miss International Venezuela

The following women have been recently crowned Miss International Venezuela:

Year	State	Titleholder	Venue	Date	Placement
2025	Zulia	Valeria Di Martino	Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas
2024	Delta Amacuro	Alessandra Guillén	Estudio 1, Venevisión, Caracas		Unplaced in Miss International 2025
2023	Guárico	Sakra Guerrero	Centro Comercial Líder, Caracas		3rd runner-up in Miss International 2024
2022	Portuguesa	Andrea Rubio	Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas		Miss International 2023
2020	Región Guayana	Isbel Parra	Estudio 5, Venevisión, Caracas		Unplaced in Miss International 2022

Minor pageants representatives

The following are minor pageants in which Venezuela has participated.

Minor pageants

Titles and placements in occasional pageants

Minor pageants in which Venezuela had never participated

Big Four pageants representatives

The following women have represented Venezuela in the Big Four beauty pageants.

Miss Venezuela Universe

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Miss Venezuela World

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Miss Venezuela International

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Miss Venezuela Tierra

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Big Seven pageants historial

This is a list of Venezuela's representatives and their placements at the Big Seven international beauty pageants. Venezuela, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse with an extensive and successful history in beauty pageants, is also referred as the most powerful country in beauty pageants, winning multiple times, with a total of and, counting:

Seven — Miss Universe titles
Six — Miss World titles
Nine — Miss International titles
Five — Miss Intercontinental titles
Two — Miss Earth titles
One — Miss Grand International title

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Seven are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. Various news agencies collectively refer to the seven major pageants as "Big Seven" namely: the original ; the sub-major competitions, aside the Big Four as the ; and the competition.

Summary

With Andrea Rubio's win on October 26, 2023 as Miss International 2023 there have been from Venezuela in the Big Seven international beauty pageants by a total of 303 titleholders from around the world.
The following table details the placing of the Venezuela's representatives in the Big Seven pageants.
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Edit.	74th	72nd	62nd	52nd	25th	16th	13th
Year
2026	Clara Vegas TBA	Mística Núñez TBA	Valeria Di Martino TBA	TBA	TBA	Silvia Maestre TBA	TBA
2025	Stephany Abasali 2nd Runner-Up	Valeria Cannavò	Alessandra Guillén	Rubí Esmeralda Pérez TBA	Roziel Borges	Leix Collins	Nariman Battikha 4th Runner-Up
2024	Ileana Márquez 4th Runner-Up		Sakra Guerrero 3rd Runner-Up	Georgette Musrie 1st Runner-Up	Karleys Rojas	Rossana Fiorini	Anna Blanco
2023	Diana Silva Top 10	Ariagny Daboín	Andrea Rubio Winner	Migleth Cuevas Top 22	Jhosskaren Carrizo Top 12	Selene Delgado Top 24	Valentina Martínez
2022	Amanda Dudamel 1st Runner-Up		Isbel Parra	Emmy Carrero 5th Runner-Up	Oriana Pablos	Ismelys Velásquez 4th Runner-Up	Luiseth Materán 3rd Runner-Up
2021	Luiseth Materán Top 16	Alejandra Conde Top 40	rowspan="2"	Auri López	María Daniela Velasco Top 8	Valentina Sánchez 3rd Runner-Up	Vanessa Coello Top 10
2020	Mariángel Villasmil			Stephany Zreik 1st Runner-Up		Eliana Roa	-
2019	Thalía Olvino Top 20	Isabella Rodríguez Top 40	Melissa Jiménez Top 15	Brenda Suárez Top 20	Michell Castellanos	Gabriela de la Cruz 4th Runner-Up	Valentina Figuera Winner
2018	Sthefany Gutiérrez 2nd Runner-Up	Veruska Ljubisavljević Top 30	Mariem Velazco Winner	Gina Bitorzoli	Diana Silva Top 8	Nariman Battikha Top 10	Biliannis Álvarez Top 10
2017	Keysi Sayago Top 5	Ana Carolina Ugarte Top 40	Diana Croce 2nd Runner-Up	Maritza Contreras	Ninoska Vásquez Top 8	Geraldine Duque	Tulia Alemán 1st Runner-Up
2016	Mariam Habach	Diana Croce	Jessica Duarte	Amal Nemer 4th Runner-Up	Stephanie de Zorzi 2nd Runner-Up	Valeria Vespoli 1st Runner-Up	Débora Medina Top 21
2015	Mariana Jiménez Top 10	Anyela Galante	Edymar Martínez Winner	Katherine García 3rd Runner-Up	Andrea Rosales Top 8	Hyser Betancourt	Reina Rojas Top 20
2014	Migbelis Castellanos Top 10	Debora Menicucci	Michelle Bertolini	María Alejandra Sanllorente	Maira Alexandra Rodríguez 2nd Runner-Up	Patricia Carreño	Alix Sosa Top 20
2013	Gabriela Isler Winner	Karen Soto	Elián Herrera	Carolina Raben	Alyz Henrich Winner	Annie Fuenmayor Top 20	Mariana Jiménez Top 10
2012	Irene Esser 2nd Runner-Up	Gabriella Ferrari	Blanca Aljibes Top 15	Daniela Chalbaud Winner	Osmariel Villalobos 2nd Runner-Up	Diamilex Alexander	rowspan="63"
2011	Vanessa Gonçalves Top 16	Ivian Sarcos Winner	Jessica Barboza 1st Runner-Up	María Eugenia Sánchez	Caroline Medina 3rd Runner-Up	Andrea Destongue	-
2010	Marelisa Gibson	Adriana Vasini 2nd Runner-Up	Elizabeth Mosquera Winner	Flory Díez Top 15	Mariángela Bonanni Top 7	Laksmi Rodríguez Top 20	-
2009	Stefanía Fernández Winner	María Milagros Véliz	Laksmi Rodríguez Top 15	Hannelly Quintero Winner	Jessica Barboza 2nd Runner-Up	Silvia Meneses	-
2008	Dayana Mendoza Winner	Hannelly Quintero Top 15	Dayana Colmenares Top 12	Gabriela Garmendia Top 5	Daniela Torrealba Top 8	rowspan="59"	-
2007	Ly Jonaitis 2nd Runner-Up	Claudia Suárez Top 16	Vanessa Peretti Top 15	Iselmar Burgos Top 16	Silvana Santaella 2nd Runner-Up	-	-
2006	Jictzad Viña	Federica Guzmán Top 17	Daniela di Giacomo Winner	Karla Krupij Top 12	Marianne Puglia 3rd Runner-Up	-	-
2005	Mónica Spear 4th Runner-Up	Susan Carrizo	Andrea Gómez Top 12	Emmarys Pinto Winner	Alexandra Bräun Winner	-	-
2004	Ana Karina Áñez	Andrea Milroy	Eleidy Aparicio	María Eugenia Hernández	Enid Herrera ×	-	-
2003	Mariángel Ruiz 1st Runner-Up	Valentina Patruno Top 20	Goizeder Azúa Winner	Ana Quintero 1st Runner-Up	Driva Cedeño	-	-
2002	Cynthia Lander 4th Runner-Up	Goizeder Azúa Top 10	Cynthia Lander	Aura Zambrano 4th Runner-Up	Dagmar Vötterl	-	-
2001	Eva Ekvall 3rd Runner-Up	Andreína Prieto	Aura Zambrano 1st Runner-Up	Ligia Petit Winner	Lirigmel Ramos	-	-
2000	Claudia Moreno 1st Runner-Up	Vanessa Cárdenas	Vivian Urdaneta Winner	Fabiola Borges 2nd Runner-Up	rowspan="51"	-	-
1999	Carolina Indriago Top 5	Martina Thorogood 1st Runner-Up	Andreína Llamozas Top 15	×	-	-	-
1998	Veruska Ramírez 1st Runner-Up	Verónica Schneider	Daniela Kosán 1st Runner-Up	×	-	-	-
1997	Marena Bencomo 1st Runner-Up	Christina Dieckmann	Consuelo Adler Winner	×	-	-	-
1996	Alicia Machado Winner	Ana Cepinska Top 5	Carla Steinkopf Top 15	×	-	-	-
1995	Denyse Floreano Top 6	Jacqueline Aguilera Winner	Ana María Amorer 1st Runner-Up	×	-	-	-
1994	Minorka Mercado 2nd Runner-Up	Irene Ferreira 2nd Runner-Up	Milka Chulina Top 15	×	-	-	-
1993	Milka Chulina 2nd Runner-Up	Mónica Lei Top 5	Faviola Spitale Top 15	×	-	-	-
1992	Carolina Izsák Top 6	Francis Gago 2nd Runner-Up	María Eugenia Rodríguez Top 15	×	-	-	-
1991	Jackeline Rodríguez Top 6	Ninibeth Leal Winner	Niurka Acevedo	Dairy Pérez 3rd Runner-Up	-	-	-
1990	Andreína Goetz Top 10	Sharon Luengo 2nd Runner-Up	Vanessa Höller Top 15	Carolina Durán 1st Runner-Up	-	-	-
1989	Eva Lisa Ljung Top 10	Fabiola Candosin	Carolina Omaña 2nd Runner-Up	Nancy García ×	-	-	-
1988	Yajaira Vera Top 10	Emma Rabbe Top 5	María Eugenia Duarte		-	-	-
1987	Inés María Calero 3rd Runner-Up	Albany Lozada 1st Runner-Up	Vicky Garcia Top 15	×	-	-	-
1986	Bárbara Palacios Winner	María Begoña Juaristi Top 7	Nancy Gallardo Top 15	×	-	-	-
1985	Silvia Martínez 3rd Runner-Up	Ruddy Rodríguez Top 7	Nina Sicilia Winner	rowspan="2"	-	-	-
1984	Carmen María Montiel 2nd Runner-Up	Astrid Carolina Herrera Winner	Miriam Leyderman 1st Runner-Up	-	-	-	-
1983	Paola Ruggeri Top 12	Carolina Cerruti	Donnatella Bottone	Helene Chemaly Top 12	-	-	-
1982	Ana Teresa Oropeza	Michelle Shoda	Amaury Martínez	Sondra Carpio Top 12	-	-	-
1981	Irene Sáez Winner	Pilin León Winner	Miriam Quintana Top 15	Elizabeth Betancourt	-	-	-
1980	Maye Brandt	Hilda Abrahamz Top 15	Graciela La Rosa	Eugenia O'Baró 4th Runner-Up	-	-	-
1979	Maritza Sayalero Winner	Tatiana Capote	Nilza Moronta	Enza Carbone Top 12	-	-	-
1978	Marisol Alfonzo	Patricia Tóffoli Top 15	Dora Fueyo	Rosa del Valle Martínez Top 14	-	-	-
1977	Cristal Montañez Top 12	Jacqueline van den Branden	Betty Paredes	Zulay Hurtado Top 12	-	-	-
1976	Judith Castillo 1st Runner-Up	María Genoveva Rivero Top 15	Betzabeth Ayala Top 15	Lee Anne Goiri Top 7	-	-	-
1975	Maritza Pineda	María Conchita Alonso Top 7	Yamel Díaz	Ingrid Centeno 1st Runner-Up	-	-	-
1974	Neyla Moronta	Alicia Rivas	Marisela Carderera	María Emilia de los Ríos Winner	-	-	-
1973	Desirée Rolando	Edicta García	Hilda Carrero Top 15	Ruth Ferrara Top 7	-	-	-
1972	María Antonieta Cámpoli 2nd Runner-Up	Amalia Heller	Marilyn Plessmann Top 15	rowspan="23"	-	-	-
1971	Jeannette Donzella	Ana María Padrón Top 15	Sonia Ledezma	-	-	-	-
1970	Bella La Rosa Top 15	Tomasita de las Casas	Marzia Piazza	-	-	-	-
1969	María José Yéllici	Marzia Piazza 4th Runner-Up	Cristina Keusch Top 15	-	-	-	-
1968	Peggy Köpp 3rd Runner-Up	Cherry Núñez	Jovann Navas	-	-	-	-
1967	Mariela Pérez Branger 1st Runner-Up	Irene Böttger	Cecilia Picón-Febres	-	-	-	-
1966	Magaly Castro	Jeannette Köpp		-	-	-	-
1965	María De Las Casas	Nancy González	Thamara Leal	-	-	-	-
1964	Mercedes Revenga Top 15	Mercedes Hernández Top 16	Lisla Silva Top 15	-	-	-	-
1963	Irene Morales	Milagros Galíndez	Norah Luisa Duarte	-	-	-	-
1962	Virginia Bailey	Betzabé Franco Top 15	Olga Antonetti Top 15	-	-	-	-
1961	Ana Griselda Vegas	Bexi Romero	Gloria Lilué	-	-	-	-
1960	Mary Quiróz Delgado	Miriam Estévez ×	Gladys Ascanio Top 15	-	-	-	-
1959	Berta Dávila ×	×	rowspan="10"	-	-	-	-
1958	Ida Margarita Pieri	Ida Margarita Pieri	-	-	-	-	-
1957	Consuelo Nouel	Consuelo Nouel	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Blanca Heredia Top 15	Celsa Pieri	-	-	-	-	-
1955	Susana Duijm Top 15	Susana Duijm Winner	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Berta Landaeta ×	rowspan="5"	-	-	-	-	-
1953	Gisela Bolaños	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Sofía Silva Inserri	-	-	-	-	-	-
1951		-	-	-	-	-	-

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
;Notes

Margarita Island competed in Miss Intercontinental twice. Inés Mujica Díaz placed as Top 12 in 2002 and Emily Fernández ended as 2nd Runner-Up in 2007.

Historic placement positions

Pageant	Total	Winner	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up	5th Runner-Up	Finalists	Semifs./ Quarterfs.
Miss Universe	49	7	7	8	4	3	×	5	15
Miss World	34	6	2	4	×	1	×	6	15
Miss International	39	9	5	2	1	×	×	×	22
Miss Intercontinental	29	5	4	1	2	3	1	3	10
Miss Earth	17	2	1	5	2	×	×	6	1
Miss Supranational	8	×	1	×	1	2	×	×	4
Miss Grand International	10	1	1	×	1	1	×	×	6
Total	186	30	21	20	11	10	1	20	73

;Absences

Pageant	Absences
Miss Universe	2
Miss World	6
Miss International	×
Miss Intercontinental	15
Miss Earth	1
Miss Supranational	×
Miss Grand International	×
Total	24

Hosting

Venezuela first hosted its major international pageant in 1980 for Miss Intercontinental. It has also hosted Miss Grand International once.

Year/s of hosting	Pageant
1980	Miss Intercontinental
2019	Miss Grand International

Miss Venezuela Organization

The Miss Venezuela Organization is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Venezuela, Miss World Venezuela, Miss International Venezuela and Mister Venezuela beauty pageant competitions.
Based in Caracas, the organization is currently owned by the Venezuelan holding and conglomerate Cisneros Group since 1972. The current president is Gustavo Cisneros and Adriana Cisneros as CEO, co-directed by Jonathan Blum, Gabriela Isler, Jacqueline Aguilera and Nina Sicilia. The organization sells television rights mostly to Latin American countries and the US.

Current Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders

Since 1985, the Venezuelan representative chosen for Miss Universe and Miss World are titled individually, as well, since 1987 for Miss International. For this reason, since those editions, any finalist or other contestant who is selected to represent the country in said competitions without having initially the mentioned titles achieved in a competition run by the Miss Venezuela Organization is taken into account as a designation.
The following is a list of all Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant.
;Key

Past Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders

The following is a list of all past Miss Venezuela Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant.
;Key
;Other titleholders
Until 1984, all the candidates who qualified below the 'Miss Venezuela' position were announced as 'runners-up' and officially are recognized as such. However, in a few editions, the same finalists were given saches of the international contest they had to attend or in other cases it was simply announced by the presenter. In such cases we have:

Title	List
Miss Young International Venezuela
Miss Latinoamérica Venezuela
Miss Confraternidad Americana Venezuela
Miss Turismo de las Américas Venezuela
Miss Turismo Internacional / Miss Turismo Centroamericano y del Caribe Venezuela
Reina Internacional del Mar Venezuela
Miss Ámbar del Mundo Venezuela
Miss Maja Internacional Venezuela
Miss United Nations Venezuela