Miss Venezuela

Miss Venezuela (Spanish: Organización Miss Venezuela) is a national Beauty pageant held in Venezuela. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The final televised competition generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by Venevisión and produced by the networks parent company Cisneros Group, with edited versions to the United States and Mexico on the Univision and Telemundo networks. From 2013 to 2015, the national contest was split into two separate pageants: Miss Venezuela (to select representatives to Miss Universe, Miss Earth and Miss International) and Miss Venezuela Mundo (representative to Miss World). The pageant is also closely observed by other countries seeking to level competition due to its illustrious record of pageant victories. In 2016, the Venezuelan franchise for Miss Earth was awarded to Miss Earth Venezuela organized by National Directors Julio César Cruz and Alyz Henrich.

Venezuela has gained the most titles in the Big Four international beauty pageants with 24 victories and outstanding record of placements at Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth, considered the most important pageants in the world. Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has accumulated more Big Four international pageant titles than any other country, including seven Miss Universe winners, six Miss World winners, nine Miss International winners and one Miss Earth winner (The other Miss Earth winner is under Sambil Model Organization). Accordingly, the new national director of Venezuela is Gabriela Isler, the 62nd Miss Universe titleholder.

The current Miss Venezuela is Ileana Márquez of Amazonas who was crowned on December 7, 2023 at the Centro Comercial Líder in Caracas, Venezuela.