Miss Venezuela 2012

Miss Venezuela 2012 was the 59th edition of the Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Salón Naiguatá, Hotel Tamanaco Intercontinental in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 30, 2012.

Miss Venezuela 2012
Gabriela Isler
Date	August 30, 2012
Presenters	Leonardo Villalobos Mariángel Ruiz Eglantina Zingg Ismael Cala
Entertainment	Prince Royce Olga Tañón Karina Víctor Drija George Akram
Venue	Salón Naiguatá, Hotel Tamanaco Intercontinental, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	Venevisión Venevisión Plus DirecTV Univision
Entrants	24
Placements	10
Winner	Gabriela Isler Guárico
Congeniality	Claudia Baratta (Mérida)
Photogenic	Claudia Baratta (Mérida)
← 2011 2013 →

Irene Esser crowned Gabriela Isler of Guárico as her successor at the end of the event.^[1][2]

Results

Placements

Color key

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

Placement	Contestant	International Placement
Miss Venezuela 2012	Guárico – Gabriela Isler[3]	Miss Universe 2013
Miss Venezuela International 2012	Aragua – Elián Herrera[3]	Unplaced
Miss Venezuela Earth 2012	Falcon – Alyz Henrich[3]	Miss Earth 2013
1st runner-up	Táchira – Ivanna Vale[4]	Reina Internacional del Café 2013
2nd runner-up	Yaracuy – María Julia Alvarez[4]
Top 10	Amazonas – Hylenne Báez Bolívar – Keilys Rivero Cojedes – Milunay Freites Guajira Peninsula – Rocireé Silva Δ Miranda – Oriana Lucchesse

Δ Winner of popular voting by internet.

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Mérida – Claudia Baratta
Miss Elegance	Guárico – Gabriela Isler
Miss Congeniality	Mérida – Claudia Baratta
Best Evening Gowns	Carabobo – María Luisa Zerpa (designed by Alejandro Fajardo) Guajira Peninsula – Rocireé Silva (designed by Hugo Espina) Yaracuy – María Julia Alvarez (designed by Gionni Straccia)

Gala Interactiva de la Belleza (Interactive Beauty Gala)

This preliminary event took place on August 11, 2012 at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión, co-hosted by Erika de la Vega and Mariela Celis. The following awards were given:

Award	Contestant
Miss Integral Beauty	Falcón – Alyz Henrich
Most Beautiful Hair	Guajira Peninsula – Rocireé Silva
Miss Interactive	Portuguesa – Nerys Díaz
Most Natural	Mérida – Claudia Baratta
Miss Personality	Zulia – Noedy Olivares
Most Beautiful Skin	Distrito Capital – Daniela Chalbaud
Best Presence	Barinas – María Teresa Solano
Most Beautiful Face	Miranda – Oriana Lucchesse
Most Beautiful Smile	Lara – Vicmary Rivero

Contestants

Twenty-four contestants competed for the title.

State	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Notes
Amazonas	Hylenne Lyanne Báez Flores	20	Tumeremo
Anzoátegui	Yoelys Adriana Escalante Salas	19	San Cristóbal
Apure	Mariana Carolina Romero Pérez	21	Caracas	Later second place at Miss Latinoamérica 2014[5]
Aragua	Nicelín Elián Herrera Vásquez[6]	21	Maracay	Later unplaced at Miss International 2013
Barinas	María Teresa Solano Lobo	21	Caracas	Previously second place at Reinado Internacional del Trópico 2012
Bolívar	Keilys del Carmen Rivero Rosillo	22	Puerto Ordaz
Carabobo	María Luisa Zerpa Lera	22	Valencia
Cojedes	Milunay Freites Hull	20	Ciudad Ojeda	Later won Miss World Next Top Model 2015
Distrito Capital	Daniela Xanadú Chalbaud Maldonado	21	Caracas	Previously won Miss Intercontinental 2012
Falcon	Alyz Sabimar Henrich Ocando[3]	21	Punto Fijo	Later won Miss Earth 2013[7]
Guajira Peninsula	Rocireé del Carmen Silva Fernandez	24	Sinamaica
Guárico	María Gabriela de Jesús Isler Morales[3]	24	Maracay	Later won Miss Universe 2013[8]
Lara	Vicmary Alejandra Rivero Rodríguez	19	Barquisimeto	Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss América Latina 2014
Mérida	Claudia Baratta Sarcinelli	24	San Cristóbal
Miranda	Oriana Lucchese Baez	19	Valencia
Monagas	Angela Karli Osmaira Ducallín Spadavecchia	23	Maracay
Nueva Esparta	Fabiola del Valle Castillo Marcano	23	Puerto Ordaz
Portuguesa	Nerys Margarita Díaz Ramirez	23	Maracaibo	Previously first runner-up at Reina Mundial del Banano 2012[9]
Sucre	Ingrid Karina Smith Quijada	25	Puerto Ordaz
Táchira	Ivanna Mariam Vale Colman[4]	20	San Cristóbal	Later won Reinado Internacional del Café 2013
Trujillo	Desireé Coromoto Zambrano Sosa	18	San Cristóbal
Vargas	Fanny Orián Moreno León	25	La Guaira
Yaracuy	María Julia Alvarez Lera[4]	24	Valencia
Zulia	Noedy Carolina Olivares Gómez	20	Cabimas

References

1. Carlson, Erin (2012-12-20). "Miss Venezuela's Awkward Answer at Miss Universe Pageant (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
2. "María Gabriela Isler, Miss Venezuela 2012". El Universal (in Spanish). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
3. "Maria Gabriela Isler es la Miss Venezuela 2012 en 60 aniversario del certamen" [Maria Gabriela Isler is Miss Venezuela 2012 on the 60th anniversary of the pageant]. San Diego Union-Tribune (in Spanish). 23 September 2016 [31 August 2012]. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
4. "Batacazo en el Miss Venezuela". La Prensa (in Spanish). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
5. "La tica tiene el mejor cuerpo" [The Costa Rican has the best body]. Día a Día (in Spanish). 14 September 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
6. "Miss Venezuela's oops moment at Miss International 2013". Femina. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
7. Agting, Ira (7 December 2013). "Miss Venezuela is Miss Earth 2013". Rappler. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
8. Wetherbe, Jamie (November 10, 2013). "Miss Universe 2013 winner is Miss Venezuela, Gabriela Isler". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
9. "Una hondureña es la Reina Mundial del Banano". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 23 September 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

External links

• Miss Venezuela Official Website