Miss Venezuela 2016 candidates officially presented

Miss Venezuela President Osmel Sousa presented the 24 official finalists of Miss Venezuela 2016 with their state sashes during a televised gala held on August 6th at the Venevision studios in Caracas.  All contestants took the stage with the exception of Miss Amazonas, Claret de Goveia, who suffered a serious accident during the week and watched the gala as a spectator.

The beauties taking part in the Miss Venezuela 2016 competition are:
AMAZONAS                Claret de Goveia
ANZOATEGUI             Melanie Gerber
APURE                        Fernanda Zabian
ARAGUA                     Maria Bencomo
BARINAS                    Jey Fargas
BOLIVAR                     Melanie Bermudez
CARABOBO                 Frinddy Bocaranda
COJEDES                     Sarah Davila
DELTA AMACURO        Ysabel Cedeno
DISTRITO CAPITAL     Yanett Diaz
FALCON                       Tulia Aleman
GUARICO                     Maria Victoria D’Ambrosio
LARA                            Elizabeth Sargo
MERIDA                       Maria Fernanda Paredes
MIRANDA                    Rosangelica Piscitelli
MONAGAS                   Keisy Sayago
NUEVA ESPARTA         Diana Croce
PORTUGUESA             Viviana Valente
SUCRE                         Victoria Gonzalez
TACHIRA                     Betania Rojas
TRUJILLO                    Marianna Palazzo
VARGAS.                     Antonella Massaro
YARACUY                    Renata Bello
ZULIA.                        Raymar Balbuena

The Miss Venezuela 2016 pageant will be held on Thursday, October 6th, choosing the country’s representatives to Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth 2017.  Although local media states that the Venezuelan representative to Miss World 2016 is coming out from this same event, the organization has not confirmed nor denied anything.

Another rumour is that the organization might have appointed one of its former titleholders to compete in the international event to be held in Washington DC in December.

Rumours about the situation of the Miss World franchise started when the Miss Venezuela Organization issued a statement announcing that Mister Venezuela Renato Barabino would not participate in Mister World (held last July) due to the high costs of currency exchange and travel in Venezuela.  However, the fact that his female counterparts are competing internationally with no problems, raised questions among local journalists and fans wondering about the relations between Miss Venezuela and Miss World Limited.

Source: Global Beauties