Miss Venezuela 2015

Miss Venezuela 2015 was the 62nd edition of the Miss Venezuela pageant held on October 8, 2015 at the Estudio 1 de Venevision in Caracas, Venezuela, after weeks of events. Outgoing titleholder Mariana Jiménez of Guárico crowned Mariam Habach of Lara as her successor.

Miss Venezuela 2015
Date	October 8, 2015
Presenters	Leonardo Villalobos Mariángel Ruiz Maite Delgado Gabriela Isler
Entertainment	Caibo Los Cadillac's Alexis & Fido Luis Silva Benavides
Venue	Estudio 1 de Venevision, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevisión DirecTV
Entrants	25
Placements	10
Winner	Mariam Habach Lara
Congeniality	Fabiana Viloria  Táchira
Photogenic	Katherine Oliveira Distrito Capital
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This year, Osmel Sousa publicly announced that the winner of the pageant would carry a new crown model designed by George Wittels.^[1]

On October 9, TNT Latin America aired Miss Venezuela After Party, a special coverage with the events after the coronation.^[2] This is the last year Miss Venezuela Organization crowned Miss Tierra Venezuela.

Results

Placements

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as Runner-up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

Final Results	Candidate	International Placement
Miss Venezuela 2015	Lara - Mariam Habach	Unplaced
Miss Venezuela International 2015	Trujillo - Jessica Duarte	Unplaced
Miss Venezuela Earth 2015	Amazonas - Andrea Rosales	Top 8
1st runner-up	Yaracuy - Gessica Fiume
2nd runner-up	Vargas - Elizabeth Coello
Top 10	Distrito Capital - Katherine Oliveira   Guárico - Paula Schmidt   Monagas - Valeria Vespoli   Sucre - Maydeliana Díaz   Zulia - Yennifer González

Order of announcements

Top 10

1. Amazonas
2. Vargas
3. Yaracuy
4. Trujillo
5. Distrito Capital
6. Lara
7. Sucre
8. Guárico
9. Monagas
10. Zulia

Top 5

1. Vargas
2. Amazonas
3. Lara
4. Yaracuy
5. Trujillo

Special awards

These awards were given during the telecast of the pageant on October 8:

Award	Contestant
Miss Fotogénica (Miss Photogenic)	Distrito Capital - Katherine Oliveira
Miss Elegancia (Miss Elegance)	Mérida - Ana Cristina Díaz
Miss Amistad (Miss Congeniality)	Táchira - Fabiana Viloria
Miss Talento (Miss Talent)	Yaracuy - Gessica Fiume
Mejores Vestidos de Gala (Best Evening Gowns)	Apure - Karelys Oliveiros (Designed by Alejandro Fajardo)   Miranda - Katherine García (Designed by Julio Mora)   Yaracuy - Gessica Fiume (Designed by Hugo Espina)

Gala Interactiva de la Belleza (Interactive Beauty Gala)

This event took place on September 12, 2015 co-hosted by Mariela Celis and Juan Carlos García. The following awards were given:

• Miss Actitud Ésika (Ésika Miss Attitude) - María José Brito (Carabobo)
• Miss Autentica (Most Authentic) - Valeria Vespoli (Monagas)
• Miss Belleza Integral (Miss Integral Beauty) - Mariam Habach (Lara)
• Miss Cabello Radiante Pantene (Pantene Most Beautiful Hair) - Andrea Rosales (Amazonas)
• Miss Confianza (Miss Confidence) - Paula Schmidt (Guárico)
• Miss Online - Jessica Duarte (Trujillo)
• Miss Personalidad (Miss Personality) - Alvany Gonçalves (Bolivar)
• Miss Piernas De Venus (Venus Best Legs) - Yennifer González (Zulia)
• Miss Rostro L'Bel (L'Bel Most Beautiful Face) - Jessica Duarte (Trujillo)
• Miss Sonrisa (Most Beautiful Smile) - Katherine Oliveira (Distrito Capital)
• Miss Tecnologia (Miss Technology) - Mariana Méndez (Anzoátegui)

Pageant

Selection committee

Final telecast

There were eleven personalities in charge of electing the new Miss Venezuela.

• Mirla Castellanos – Venezuelan singer
• Nina Sicilia – Miss International 1985
• Alyz Henrich – Miss Earth 2013
• Giovanni Scutaro – Fashion designer
• Manuel Sáinz – Venezuelan journalist
• Bob Abreu – Venezuelan professional baseball player
• Laura Vieira - Venezuelan journalist
• George Wittels – Jewelry designer
• Alejandro Betancourt – Director of Communications P&G Venezuela
• Rahul Shrivastava – Ambassador of India in Venezuela
• Daniel Elbittar – Venezuelan actor

Contestants

State	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Andrea Carolina Rosales Castillejos	23	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	Maracay
Anzoátegui	Mariana Josefina del Carmen Méndez Pereira	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Caracas
Apure	Karelys Alejandra Oliveros Mata	24	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Aragua	Annelia de Jesús Martínez Bravo	21	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Cagua
Barinas	Virginia del Carmen Álvarez Martínez	23	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Bolívar	Alvany Gabriela Gonçalves Colmenares	19	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Puerto Ordaz
Carabobo	María José Brito Marcano	22	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Cojedes	Arianny Andrea Barrios Colmenares	24	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Biscucuy
Costa Oriental	Annie Marie Fuenmayor Fuenmayor	22	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
Delta Amacuro	Melany Carolina Mille Rojas	25	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Lechería
Distrito Capital	Katherine Mary Oliveira Ríos	25	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Los Teques
Falcón	Herlyz Alejandra Ruíz Aguilar	20	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Guatire
Guárico	Paula Lyyn Schmidt Fernández	24	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
Lara	Mariam Habach Santucci	19	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	El Tocuyo
Mérida	Ana Cristina Díaz D'Santiago	23	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Trujillo
Miranda	Katherine Charlotte García Salinas	25	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Monagas	Valeria Alejandra Vespoli Figuera	20	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Maturín
Nueva Esparta	Génesis Paola Saavedra Perdomo	20	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Guatire
Portuguesa	Fabianny Carolina Zambrano Garrido	24	181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Barinas
Sucre	Maydeliana Liyimar Díaz Parada	18	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Maracay
Táchira	Fabiana Virginia Viloria Villegas	19	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Valera
Trujillo	Jessica María Duarte Volweider	23	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Vargas	Elizabeth Cristina Coello Otero	22	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Punto Fijo
Yaracuy	Gessica Nunzia Fiume Turri	22	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
Zulia	Yennifer Rossana González Molero	22	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	Maracaibo

Notes

• Mariam Habach unplaced in Miss Universe 2016 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.
• Jessica Duarte unplaced in Miss International 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
• Andrea Rosales placed as Top 8 in Miss Earth 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
• Valeria Vespoli (Monagas) placed as 1st Runner-up in Miss Supranational 2016 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.
• Maydeliana Díaz (Sucre) won Reinado Internacional del Café 2016 in Manizales, Colombia.
• Ana Cristina Díaz (Mérida) placed as 4th Runner-up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2017 in Manizales, Colombia.
• Katherine García (Miranda) placed as 3rd Runner-up in Miss Intercontinental 2015 in Magdebourg, Germany.

References

1. Venevision. "Miss Venezuela - Así será la nueva corona del Miss Venezuela". www.missvenezuela.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
2. Rumberos.net, Redaccion -. "TNT celebra el glamour de la belleza venezolana: Miss Venezuela After Party Show". www.rumberos.net. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

External links

• Miss Venezuela Official Website