Miss Venezuela 1988 was the 35th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in
Caracas,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
on February 5, 1988, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was
Yajaira Vera
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1988 and a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 1988.
Vera competed in 1988 as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Ve ...
,
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
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1988 and a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 1988.
Vera competed in 1988 as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Ve ...
of
Miranda as the new
Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela (Spanish: ''Organización Miss Venezuela'') is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela, traditionally held in September. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The fi ...
. Two new titles were added for a total of 5 titles to be contested.
Results
Placements
*Miss Venezuela 1988 -
Yajaira Vera
Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1988 and a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 1988.
Vera competed in 1988 as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Ve ...
(
Miss Miranda)
*Miss World Venezuela 1988 -
Emma Rabbe
Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez (born 18 April 1969) is a Canadian-Venezuelan television actress.
Miss World
Rabbe competed in Miss Venezuela 1988, as the representative of Distrito Federal, obtaining the title of "Miss World Venezuela". Sh ...
(
Miss Distrito Federal
Miss Distrito Federal, formerly called Miss Brasília, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the Federal District (Brazil), Brazilian Federal District at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1959 and has ...
)
*Miss Venezuela International 1988 -
María Eugenia Duarte
María Eugenia Duarte is a pageant titleholder, was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela on 1967. She is the Miss Venezuela International titleholder for 1988, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss International 1988 pageant held i ...
(
Miss Península Goajira)
*Miss Wonderland Venezuela 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)
Contestants
The Miss Venezuela 1988 delegates are:
*
Miss Amazonas
Miss Amazonas is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the Amazonas (Brazilian state), State of Amazonas at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1955 and has been held every year since with the exception o ...
- Graciela Beatriz Hubscher Solines
*
Miss Anzoátegui - Marietta Limia Schuller
*
Miss Apure - Begoña Sánchez-Biezma Fernández
*
Miss Aragua - Constanza Enriqueta Giner Barreto
*
Miss Barinas - Yuli Karina García Espinoza
*
Miss Bolívar - Maria José Villaseco Blanco
*
Miss Carabobo - Pamela Pascal Wildhaber Zeiss
*
Miss Costa Oriental - Marianellys Pilar Sánchez de Andrade
*
Miss Delta Amacuro - Bernardete Elsa María De Nobrega -Nobrega-
*
Distrito Federal
A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they ...
-
Emma Marina Irmgard Rabbe Ramírez
*
Miss Falcón - Carolina Irene Rode Pelckmann
*
Miss Guárico - Bertha Elena Fuentes Leon
*
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 Ivanovich
*
Miss Península Goajira -
Maria Eugenia Duarte Lugo
*
Miss Portuguesa - Mariana Elizabeth (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 del Carmen Colina Marín
;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
{{Miss Venezuela
1988 beauty pageants
1988 in Venezuela
February 1988 events in South America