Miss Venezuela 1998 was the 45th Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 11, 1998, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Carolina Indriago, Miss Delta Amacuro.
The pageant was broadcast live on Venevision from the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Veruska Ramírez crowned Carolina Indriago as the new Miss Venezuela. 30 delegates competed for the crown.
Results Placements Placement Contestant International Placement Miss Venezuela 1998 – Carolina Indriago Miss Venezuela World 1998 – Verónica Schneider Miss Venezuela International 1998 – Bárbara Pérez Top 10 – Angélica Guvernez – Olga Fridegotto – Jennifer Jordán – Daira Lambis – Johanna Grimaldo – Elsy Barrios – Cinzia Coletta
Special awards Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) – Verónica Schneider (Miss Monagas) Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) – Mayela Mora (Miss Aragua) Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) – Elsy Barrios (Miss Trujillo) Miss Figure – Carolina Indriago (Miss Delta Amacuro) Best Hair – Johanna Grimaldo (Miss Táchira) Best Smile – Verónica Schneider (Miss Monagas) Most beautiful Eyes – Daira Lambis (Miss Península de Paraguaná) Best Skin – Bárbara Pérez (Miss Miranda) Miss Elegance – Carolina Indriago (Miss Delta Amacuro) Best Legs – Ana Carolina Butragueño (Miss Portuguesa)
Contestants The Miss Venezuela 1998 delegates are: State Contestant Age Height Hometown Amazonas Angélica Guvernez Serrano 22 Caracas Anzoátegui Maria Elena Chacón García 23 Barcelona Apure Nacira Bertolotto Villalón 19 Caracas Aragua Mayela de los Angeles Mora Pinto 19 Maracay Barinas Angie Lilia Pérez Capobianco 19 Baruta Bolívar Carla Meinhard Contasti 22 Ciudad Bolívar Carabobo Olga María Fridegotto Unda 19 Valencia Cojedes Jennifer Jordán Machado 18 Caracas Costa Oriental María Isabel Ojeda Ocando 20 Cabimas Delta Amacuro Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto 18 Valencia Dependencias Federales María Eugenia Bustamante Hernández 21 San Cristóbal Distrito Federal Kuimby Karina Lorenzo Vascotto 17 Caracas Falcón Maria Gabriela Carrillo Trujillo 19 Maracay Guárico Jenny Yatruska Albanesse Mitchell 22 Caracas Lara Andreina Beatriz Sastre Montoya 21 Barquisimeto Mérida Daniella Abecasis Rivers 21 Valencia Miranda Bárbara Leticia Pérez Rangel 18 San Cristóbal Monagas Verónica Schneider Rodríguez 19 Caracas Municipio Libertador Eugenia Malpica Ayala 19 Caracas Municipio San Francisco Keyla Carolina Medina Martínez 19 Maracaibo Nueva Esparta Carolina Sulaima Bali Mardelli 21 Maracaibo Península Goajira Keyla Vanessa Alarcón Suárez 20 Maracaibo Península de Paraguaná Daira del Carmen Lambis de Ávila 21 Los Teques Portuguesa Ana Carolina Butrageño Londoño 19 Caracas Sucre Damarys Thais Ojeda Bracoviche 18 Caracas Táchira Johanna Danerys Grimaldo Castro 20 San Cristóbal Territorio Federal Vargas Cindy Margarita Morales Toyo 20 Cabimas Trujillo Elsy Beatriz Barrios Figuera 24 Caracas Yaracuy Carolina Dell'Orso Ruiz 18 Valencia Zulia Cinzia Cristina Coletta Mantecón 24 Maracaibo
Notes Carolina Indriago was placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 1999 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Veronica Schneider was unplaced at Miss World 1998 in Seychelles. Later, she became a successful soap opera actress. Barbara Perez never made it to Miss International. By the time she had to compete, the 1999 Miss Venezuela pageant had already taken place. Andreina Llamozas was sent instead. Daira Lambis won Reinado Internacional del Café 1999 in Manizales, Colombia. She was also placed as 1st runner-up in Reina Sudamericana 1998 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Angie Perez (Barinas) and Johanna Grimaldo (Tachira) competed in the 2000 pageant "Miss Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela".
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