Miss Venezuela 2002

Miss Venezuela 2002 was the forty-ninth Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 20, 2002.
Cynthia Lander crowned Mariangel Ruiz of Aragua as her successor at the end of the event.

Results

Goizeder Azua was crowned Miss World Venezuela 2002 during the Gala de Belleza show, on August 31, 2002. The title of Miss Carabobo was then vacated for the final Miss Venezuela 2002 competition.

The Miss Venezuela 2002 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Aida María Yespica Jaime	20		Barquisimeto
Anzoátegui	Jessika Gabriela Marcano Román	18		Valera
Apure	Johanna Alejandra Madureri Perea	21		Caracas
Aragua	Mariangel Ruiz Torrealba	22		Maracay
Barinas	Erika Aulimar Lozada Ferretti	21		El Tocuyo
Bolívar	Mercedes Carolina González Navarro	17		Ciudad Guayana
Carabobo	Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios	18		Valencia
Cojedes	Kim Gabriela Loewenthal	22		Caracas
Costa Oriental	Yasmely Coromoto Pérez Martínez	23		Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Gilger Dayana Márquez Gudiño	19		Caracas
Dependencias Federales	Sabrina Salemi Nicoloso	19		Caracas
Distrito Capital	Amara Elyn Barroeta Seijas	18		Caracas
Falcón	Diana del Valle Cocho Bracho	18		Punto Fijo
Guárico	Alejandra Pulido Aranzo	25		Caracas
Lara	Karelit Coromoto Yépez Morillo	21		Barquisimeto
Mérida	Maiti de Sousa do Nascimento	18		Caracas
Miranda	Melissa Alexandra Wolf Ehrenzeller	21		Caracas
Monagas	Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez	22		Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar	22		Porlamar
Península Goajira	Maria Virginia Bastidas Ilukewitch	23		Maracaibo
Portuguesa	Maria Fernanda León Pinto	20		Valencia
Sucre	Maria Carolina Casado Chópite	18		Cumaná
Táchira	Ix-Balanke Tibisay Montilva Mora	17		San Cristóbal
Trujillo	Anaís Verónica Gómez Carrascal	20		Caracas
Vargas	Maria Andreina Abrahamz Carvallo	23		Caracas
Yaracuy	Vanessa Carolina Fanessi Auteri	23		Valencia
Zulia	Ana Graciela Quintero Nava	20		Cabimas

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Mariangel Ruiz placed as 1st runner up in Miss Universe 2003 in Panama City, Panama.
Goizeder Azua placed as semifinalist in Miss World 2002 in London, England. She won Miss International 2003 in Tokyo, Japan, and won Miss Mesoamérica 2003 in Houston, Texas, United States.
Ana Quintero placed as 1st runner up in Miss Intercontinental 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
Vanessa Fanesi placed as 1st runner up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2003 in Salsomaggiore, Italy. She previously won Miss Millennium 2000 in Helsinki, Finland, and placed 1st runner up in Miss Tourism World 2001 in Medellín, Colombia.
María Carolina Casado won Miss [América Latina 2003] in Playa Tambor, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Karelit Yépez placed as 4th runner up in Miss Model of the World 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Maria Fernanda León had previously competed in 1999 as Miss Guarico, no placement. She later placed as finalist in Miss Teen International 2001 in Willemstad, Curaçao.