Miss Venezuela 1988

Miss Venezuela 1988
Date	February 5, 1988
Presenters	Carmen Victoria Pérez Gilberto Correa Raúl Velasco
Entertainment	Chayanne, Karina, José Luis Rodríguez, Mirla Castellanos, Proyecto M
Venue	Teatro Municipal, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevision
Entrants	26
Winner	Yajaira Vera Miranda

Miss Venezuela 1988, the 35th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela on February 5, 1988, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Yajaira Vera, Miss Miranda.

The pageant was broadcast live on Venevision from the Teatro Municipal in Caracas. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Inés Maria Calero, crowned Yajaira Vera of Miranda as the new Miss Venezuela. Two new titles were added for a total of 5 titles to be contested.

Results

• Miss Venezuela 1988 - Yajaira Vera (Miss Miranda)
• Miss World Venezuela 1988 - Emma Rabbe (Miss Distrito Federal)
• Miss Venezuela International 1988 - María Eugenia Duarte (Miss Península Goajira)
• Miss Venezuela Wonderland 1988 - Constanza Giner (Miss Aragua)
• Miss Venezuela Latina 1988 - Marilisa Maronese (Miss Portuguesa)

The runners-up were:

• 1st runner-up - Nancy García (Miss Táchira)
• 2nd runner-up - Joanne Goiri (Miss Lara)
• 3rd runner-up - Livia Castellanos (Miss Municipio Libertador)

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Marilisa Maronese (Miss Portuguesa)
• Miss Congeniality - Livia Castellanos (Miss Municipio Libertador)
• Miss Elegance - Constanza Giner (Miss Aragua)

Delegates

The Miss Venezuela 1988 delegates are:

Miss Amazonas - Graciela Hubscher Miss Anzoátegui - Marietta Limia Miss Apure - Begoña Sánchez-Biezma Fernández Miss Aragua - Constanza Giner Barreto Miss Barinas - Yuli Karina García Miss Bolívar - Maria José Villaseco Miss Carabobo - Pamela Wildhaber Miss Costa Oriental - Marianellys Sánchez Miss Delta Amacuro - Elsa Maria Nóbrega Distrito Federal - Emma Marina Irmgard Rabbe Ramírez Miss Falcón - Carolina Rode Pelckmann Miss Guárico - Bertha Fuentes Miss Lara - Joanne Goiri González

Miss Mérida - Yazmín Quintero Dávila Miss Miranda - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán Miss Monagas - Marisabel Valdés Fairfoot Miss Municipio Libertador - Livia Elizabeth Castellanos Leiva Miss Municipio Vargas - Rita Rosina Verreos Miss Nueva Esparta - Sara Cristina Salomón Miss Península Goajira - Maria Eugenia Duarte Lugo Miss Portuguesa - Marilisa Maronese Rivetta Miss Sucre - Marlene Klara Herner Miss Táchira - Nancy Elena García Amor Miss Trujillo - Francesca Cerro Miss Yaracuy - Elizabeth Tibisay López Villavicencio Miss Zulia - Maribel Colina Marín

Contestants notes

• Marilisa Maronese Rivetta (Portuguesa) later became in Chayanne's wife.
• Rita Rosina Verreos (Municipio Vargas) competed on Survivor: Fiji (United States) in 2007.

External links

• Miss Venezuela official website