Miss Earth Venezuela

Formation	October 4, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-04)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Caracas
Location	Venezuela
Membership	Miss Earth Miss Supranational Universal Woman
Official language	Spanish
Presidents	Julio César Cruz Alyz Henrich (2016–2018)
Key people	Rafael Ingannamorte
Affiliations	Globovisión
Website	www.missearthvenezuela.com

Miss Earth Venezuela is an annual beauty pageant inVenezuela. The winner of Miss Earth Venezuela obtains the right to represent the country in theMiss Earth pageant, an annual international majorbeauty pageant that advocates forenvironmental awareness,conservation, andsocial responsibility.^[1][2][3]

The current Miss Earth Venezuela isKarleys Rojas ofLa Guaira who was crowned on November 18, 2023 at thePoliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela. She will represent Venezuela atMiss Earth 2024 inVietnam.^[4]

Miss Earth Venezuela title was first given by Sambil Model Organization. Sambil Model produced titleholders likeAlexandra Braun andJessica Barboza. From 2010 to 2015 Miss Earth Venezuela was chosen by the beauty czarOsmel Sousa. In 2010, Miss Venezuela Organization acquired the franchise for Miss Earth Venezuela and the organization declared that Miss Earth, along with Miss Universe and Miss World contests, is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of participating countries.^[5] The organization conducted a selection process which attended by several former beauty queens and runners up to qualify for participation.Mariángela Bonanni who competed in theMiss Venezuela 2009 (placed as first runner up) representing the state of Táchira, was chosen by the organization to participate inMiss Earth 2010 and she placed in Top 7.

Miss Earth Venezuela, based inCaracas, is organized by Miss Earth Venezuela National Directors Julio César Cruz andAlyz Henrich. The pageant was established to elect Venezuela's representative in the annualMiss Earth and to promote environmental awareness and protection of the earth.

Stephanie de Zorzi was appointed Miss Earth Venezuela 2016 in a small ceremony where she was crowned the second time byAlyz Henrich for the new Miss Earth Venezuela Organization. She representedVenezuela atMiss Earth 2016 pageant held inManila, Philippines where she became an instant sensation and generated an instant large number of followers. Stephanie easily got numerous supporters in the Philippines not only in her home country including the Latin community in Western Hemisphere.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} She competed with 82 other delegates from around the world. During the pre-pageant events, Stephanie was able to get a silver medal during the press presentation as part of the "Darling of the Press" award.^[11][12][13]

At 2017 to 2018, Venezuela managed to snatch one of the Top 8 slots during the Miss Earth pageant finals which was both held in thePhilippines. However, in 2019, Venezuela failed to place for the first time after its 14-year-long streak of placements.

In 2020, Miss Earth Venezuela Organization, appointed Miss Earth Venezuela - Fire 2019 Stephany Zreik as Miss Earth Venezuela 2020. This was followed after Miss Earth Organization disclosed publicly that the pageant would hold a virtual pageant, as a response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During theMiss Earth 2020 pageant, Stephany Zreik got the Miss Earth - Air title, making history as the said country can now complete all the elemental titles offered by the Miss Earth pageant.

In 2021, after a selection process of several weeks in whichInstagram followers were involved, Gasiba was chosen as one of the 5 finalists. Within this group were also foundː

• Gabriela de la Cruz, Miss Supranational Venezuela 2019 and fourth finalist ofMiss Supranational 2019.
• Lisandra Chirinos, Miss Portuguesa 2020 and Top 10 ofMiss Venezuela 2020.
• María Daniela Velasco, Miss Earth Capital District 2017, Top 7 ofMiss Earth Venezuela 2017 and Top 10 of Miss Continents United 2017.
• Valentina Sánchez, Miss Nueva Esparta 2020, Top 5 of Miss Venezuela 2020 and third finalist ofMiss Supranational 2021.

On October 11, 2021, this group was reduced to 3 finalistsː Lisandra Chirinos, Elizabeth Gasiba and María Daniela Velasco.^[14]

On October 15, 2021, the designation event was held, in which Gasiba and Velasco would finally be tied. In this event, a group of juries was in charge of evaluating the remaining candidates in a round of questions.^[15] Among those who were:

• Edgar Rosales, Executive Vice President of Banco Plaza.
• Dr. Thomas Seif, dentist.
• Vanessa Torres, director of Velvet The Beauty House.
• Teresa Pérez, business manager of Erika's Cosmetic.
• Juan José Álvarez, director of Unilever Andina (Sedal).
• Dias Khadijah Kinanthi, Indonesian Consul in Venezuela.
• Jholeidys Silva, president of Velvet The Beauty House.
• Otayma Zerpa, President of Otayma Zerpa Designs.
• Eleazar Guzmán, physical trainer at Lido Fitness.
• Giselle Reyes, runway teacher.
• Johan Changó, official photographer of Miss Earth Venezuela 2021.
• Guillermo Felizola, official photographer of Miss Earth Venezuela 2021.
• Faddya Halabi, model and businesswoman.

In this designation ceremony, both were put to the test in a varied round of questions.

At the end of the event, the president of the Miss Earth Venezuela Organization,Prince Julio César, declared that both María Daniela Velasco and Elizabeth Gasiba would both be bearers of the title of Miss Earth Venezuela, Velasco as Miss Earth Venezuela 2021, and Gasiba as Miss Earth Venezuela 2022.^[16][17] Finally, Gasiba was titled as Miss Earth Venezuela 2022; the band and the crown were imposed by Maribel Pombo, Globovisión's vice president of sales and marketing, and by Osvaldo Montañes, general producer of Miss Earth Venezuela.^[18]

The following women have been crowned Miss Earth Venezuela:

The following women have been crowned Miss Supranational Venezuela:

Since 2016, Miss Earth Venezuela is chosen byAlyz Henrich,Miss Earth 2013 and Julio César Cruz, the National Directors of Miss Earth Venezuela pageant. Prior to 2016, the 2nd or 3rd runner up from theMiss Venezuela pageant would representVenezuela atMiss Earth the last representative sent by the Miss Venezuela Organization was in 2015^[30]

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Since 2019, Miss Supranational Venezuela is chosen by Julio César Cruz, the National Directors of Miss Earth Venezuela pageant. Prior to 2019, the runners up from theMiss Venezuela pageant or independently would representVenezuela atMiss Supranational, the last representative sent by the Miss Venezuela Organization was in 2018^[30]

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Since 2019, Mister Supranational Venezuela is chosen by Julio César Cruz, the National Directors of Miss Earth Venezuela pageant. Prior to 2019, theMister Venezuela pageant or independently would representVenezuela atMister Supranational, the last representative sent by the Miss Venezuela Organization was in 2018^[30]

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The following is a list of all Miss Earth Venezuela Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant.

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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2005
  Miss Earth 2005
  Alexandra Braun
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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2006
  Miss Earth Fire 2006
  Marianne Puglia
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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2007
  Miss Earth Water 2007
  Silvana Santaella
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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2008
  Miss Earth 2008
  Daniela Torrealba
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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2012
  Miss Earth Water 2012
  Osmariel Villalobos
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  Miss Earth Venezuela 2016
  Miss Earth Water 2016
  Stephanie de Zorzi

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• 2016 establishments in Venezuela
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