Mister Venezuela 2014

For the contests held to elect the Venezuelan female representatives to international pageants, see Miss Venezuela 2014 and Miss World Venezuela 2014.

Mister Venezuela 2014 was the 11th Mister Venezuela pageant. It was held at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión in Caracas, Venezuela on May 24, 2014.^[1][2]

Mister Venezuela 2014
Date	May 24, 2014
Presenters	Kerly Ruiz Jessus Zambrano
Entertainment	Omar Acedo
Venue	Estudio 1 de Venevisión, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster	International: Univisión Venevisión Plus DirecTV Official broadcaster: Venevisión
Entrants	12
Placements	5
Winner	Jesús Casanova Barinas
Congeniality	Jonathan Negrón (Distrito Capital)
Best Body	Carlos Aguiar (Distrito Capital)
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At the end of the event, Jessus Zambrano of Táchira titled Jesús Casanova of Barinas as Mister Venezuela 2014.^[3][4][5] He represented Venezuela at the Mister World 2014 pageant.^[6][7][8]

The runner-up position went to Francisco Guerrero of Táchira.

Background

After the 2006 edition, the Mister Venezuela pageant went on an eight-year hiatus, during which time two new winners were named.

The first was José Manuel Flores, Mister Venezuela 2009, who participated in Mister World 2010 pageant in Incheon, South Korea, placing in the Top 15.^[9][10][11] The second one was Jessus Zambrano, Mister Venezuela 2012, who participated in Mister World 2012 in Kent, England, UK.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Pageant

Selection committee

The judges for Mister Venezuela include:

• Irma Contreras – Fashion designer^[17]
• Titina Penzini – Fashion designer, DJ and TV host^[17]
• Mara Montauti – Fashion designer^[17]
• María Milagros Véliz – Miss World Venezuela 2008^[17]
• María Antonieta Duque – Actress^[17]
• Gabriella Ferrari – Miss World Venezuela 2011^[17]
• Karen Soto – Miss World Venezuela 2013^[17]
• Osmariel Villalobos – Miss Earth Venezuela 2011, Miss Earth – Water 2012 and TV host^[17]

Results

Color key

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

Placement	Contestant	International placement
Mister Venezuela 2014	Barinas (No. 12) – Jesús Casanova[18][19]	Unplaced – Mister World 2014
1st runner-up	Táchira (No. 7) – Francisco Guerrero[18]
2nd runner-up	Zulia (No. 9) – Jesús Alvarado[18]	3rd runner-up – Mister Grand International 2018[20][21]
Top 5[18]	Distrito Capital (No. 5) – Jonathan Negrón Distrito Capital (No. 11) – Salvador Lugo

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best Body	Distrito Capital (No. 1) – Carlos Aguiar[22]
Mister Congeniality	Distrito Capital (No. 5) – Jonathan Negrón[22]

Contestants

12 contestants competed for the title.^[23]

No.	Contestant	Age[a]	Height	Hometown
1	Carlos Aguiar	25	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Caracas
2	Luis José Castillo	23	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Caracas
3	Gerald García	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Caracas
4	Abraham Castellano	23	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
5	Jonathan Negrón	26	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Caracas
6	Ángelo Márquez	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Caracas
7	Jesús Francisco Guerrero Apolinar	21	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	San Cristóbal
8	José Manuel Gómez	24	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Porlamar
9	Jesús Alvarado (Jesús De Alva)	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Maracaibo
10	Fabrizio Sassano	24	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Valencia
11	Salvador Lugo	22	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Caracas
12	Jesús Antonio Casanova Sarmiento[24]	25	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Barinas

Notes

• Jesús Casanova (No. 12) unplaced in Mister World 2014 in Torbay, England^[25][26] and then entered into politics.^[27][28][29]
• Jesús De Alva (No. 9) placed as 3rd runner-up in Mister Grand International 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar.^[30][31]
• Jesús De Alva (No. 9) became a TV host and Jesús Casanova (No. 12) entered into politics.^[32][33]

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant