Miss Venezuela 1999

Miss Venezuela 1999 was the 46th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela on September 10, 1999 after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Martina Thorogood, Miss Miranda.
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 Carolina Indriago, crowned Martina Thorogood of Miranda as the new Miss Venezuela.

Results

Miss Internet - Martina Thorogood Miss Figure - Claudia Moreno Best Smile - Norkys Batista Miss Elegance - Rocío Alvarez Best Skin - Maria Luisa Flores Best Legs - Andreína Llamozas Miss Integral - Martina Thorogood Best Hair - Antonella Baricelli

The Miss Venezuela 1999 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Jenny Johanna Negrón Lozada	21		Caracas
Anzoátegui	Adriana Ramilet Maurera Boyer	24		Puerto La Cruz
Apure	Maria Luisa Flores García	19		Caracas
Aragua	Lenny Zulay Utria	22		Maracay
Barinas	Betzabeth Rosalyn Zárraga Escalona	21		Barquisimeto
Bolívar	Mairlyn Trinidad Pereira García	19		Valencia
Carabobo	Antonella Coromoto Baricelli Hidalgo	18		Valencia
Cojedes	Rocío Alvarez Márquez	18		Caracas
Costa Oriental	María Laura Lugo Soto	18		Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Eva Priscila Soler Ruiz	18		Maracay
Dependencias Federales	Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas	19		Caracas
Distrito Capital	Claudia Cristina Moreno González	21		Caracas
Falcón	Ilse Johanna Pappe Salas	25		Caracas
Guárico	María Fernanda León Pinto	18		Valencia
Lara	Deyrim Alejandra Rivas Grimontt	19		Barquisimeto
Mérida	Beatriz Elena Picott Medina	20		Caracas
Miranda	Martina Thorogood Heemsen	24		Valencia
Monagas	Mayerling del Valle Moreno Palomo	18		Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Norkys Yelitza Batista Villaroel	22		Caracas
Portuguesa	Maria Eugenia Fagúndez Mier y Terán	21		Barquisimeto
Sucre	Siudy Janneth Mijares Nieto	19		Caracas
Táchira	Carol Ann Useche Page	18		San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Madeleine Cecilia Sánchez Ríos	22		Caracas
Vargas	Andreina Mercedes Llamozas González	19		Caraballeda
Yaracuy	Fanny Trinidad Moraga Riera	19		Barquisimeto
Zulia	Yelitza del Pilar Vásquez Moreno	21		Maracaibo

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Martina Thorogood placed as 1st runner-up in Miss World 1999 in London, United Kingdom.
Claudia Moreno placed as 1st runner up in Miss Universe 2000 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Both Martina Thorogood & Claudia Moreno where runners-up to Indian delegates. Yukta Mookhey who happened to win Miss World 1999 & Lara Dutta won Miss Universe 2000
Andreína Llamozas placed as semifinalist in Miss International 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
Norkys Batista won Miss Atlántico Internacional 2000 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. She also placed as semifinalist in Reinado Internacional del Café 2000 in Manizales, Colombia.
María Laura Lugo placed as 2nd runner up in Reina Sudamericana 1999 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
María Fernanda León placed as finalist in Miss Teen International 2001 in Willemstad, Curaçao.
For the first time since 1958, the official Miss Venezuela competed at Miss World. Martina Thorogood was named 1st runner-up. Due to her runner-up status, Thorogood had a contract with the Miss World organization, therefore she could not compete in Miss Universe 2000, as previously planned. Organizers staged a small pageant called "Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela" to select a delegate to Miss Universe.
Claudia Moreno and Maria Laura Lugo competed in Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela. Moreno won the crown, while Lugo was the 1st runner-up.
Both Norkys Batista and Marjorie de Sousa became very successful actresses.
Maria Fernanda Leon competed again in 2002 as Miss Portuguesa.