Marelisa Gibson-Miss Venezuela Universe 2009 crowning Vanessa Goncalves during the final night. |
The #1 powerhouse country when it comes to beauty pageantry, Venezuela, crowned Vanessa Andrea Goncalves Gomez as Miss Venezuela 2010 and she will be Venezuela's official representative for Miss Universe 2011, which is going to take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Goncalves represented her place, Miranda, and bested other really gorgeous candidates of Miss Venezuela 2010. Goncalves also bagged the Best Body Award. She is 24 years old, stands 5 ft. and 9 1/2 inch tall and speaks Spanish and Portuguese. As we can remember, Marelisa Gibson-the country's representative in last year's MU pageant didn't make it to semifinals after Venezuela made a record-breaking back-to-back victory of Dayana Mendoza (Miss Universe 2008) and Stefania Frenandez (Miss Universe 2009) . Thus, pageant enthusiasts are really hoping for Ms. Goncalves to bring home the crown. But others also commented that she looks matured and doesn't have the X-factor for the crown. A lot may have already spoken but for sure, just like what we all know, Venezuela will surely rock the Miss Universe stage. Ms. Goncalves has much time for training and polishing.
On the other hand, the 21-year old International Studies student from Amazonas Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares won the Miss Venezuela World 2010 and Most Beautiful Face Award.Miss Venezuela International 2010 was Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt, a 23-year-old Law student from Distrito Capital who also was the representative of Venezuela to Miss Earth 2009 and won 2nd runner up or Miss Earth-Water held in the Philippines. Both Miss Venezuela World and Miss Venezuela International will represent 2011 editions of Miss World and Miss International pageants respectively.
Miss Aragua, 18-year-old Caroline Gabriela Medina Peschiutta also won the Miss Photogenic Award and was chosen to compete in Miss Earth 2011. Below is a list of finalists and recipients of special awards:
Top 10 Semi-finalists:
Miss Canaima - Estefania Nebot Peña
Miss Carabobo - Romina Palmisano Giacche
Miss Costa Oriental - Karen Andrea Soto Lugo
Miss Nueva Esparta - Melanie Reza Felix
Miss Zulia - Estefania Carolina Araujo Cano
Special Awards:
Most Beautiful Face - Miss Amazonas, Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares
Best Body - Miss Miranda, Vanessa Andrea Goncalves Gomez
Miss Photogenic - Miss Aragua, Caroline Gabriela Medina Peschiutta
Most Beautiful Skin - Miss Bolivar, Angela La Padula Peluso
Miss Elegance - Miss Lara, Maria Jose Zavarce Alvarado
Best Catwalk - Miss Yaracuy, Andrea Carolina Escobar Colombo
Miss Congeniality - Miss Trujillo, Jessica Carely Ibarra Petit
Miss Personality - Miss Carabobo, Romina Palmisano Giacche
Miss Internet - Miss Falcon, Liliana Maria Flores Arenas
COMMENTS FROM PAGEANT ENTHUSIASTS about Vanessa Goncalves:
"She looks so humble...good luck to her!!!"
--bcdf1930,missosology.org
"She can only improve. She is beautiful but looks a little older and it affects her possibilities. But remember the impressive change of Ly Jonaitis in 2007. We got to wait."
--giozeppe460,missosology.org
"Her only flaws are: YES, she tends to look older IN PICTURES, and her voice is a bit annoying; but hey, if those are her only flaws, be ready because she will rock MU'11!You can't fix a squared body or a bad nose job, but a makeover, and projection in front of the camaras, YES YOU CAN.Go Vanessa!"
--admiror,missosology.org
"I'm starting to like her.Maybe her make up during the coronatin night of MV makes her looks so old but in her candids she looks great..surprise surprise!"
--Captain Sun,missosology.org
"She's not very photogenic.All her candids are awful, except one or two maybe.However, she looks very pretty in videos! She's very telegenic.I think she's a potential top 5 placer.I'll wait for her transformation."
--valleriam,missosology.org
"Osmel won't let another Venezuelan clapping again, he's going to prepare this one for good and hopefully with less plastic surgery than Marelisa."
--The Apprentice,missosology.org
"She has improved a lot, At first I found her a COMPLETE CLAPPER but deep inside I knew Osmel was going to make magic on her, and guess what...He is doing it. OMG we really need and Osmel Sousa here in Colombia!"
--IN.BTA25,missosology.org
Here's the video of her crowning moment:
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www.el-nacional.com
www.shinymeteor.blogspot.com
www.missosology.org
Photo Courtesy:
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www.zimbio.com
www.listas.20minutos.es
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Video Courtesy:
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