# Miss Venezuela 2010

Miss Venezuela 2010 was the fifty-seventh Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Palacio de Eventos de Venezuela in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on October 28, 2010.
Marelisa Gibson crowned Vanessa Gonçalves of Miranda as her successor at the end of the event. Gonçalves represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2011 and placed as a top-sixteen semifinalist.

## Results
### Placements
#### Color key

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as Runner-up
* Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
| Placement | Contestant | International Placement |
| Miss Venezuela 2010 | Miranda – Vanessa Gonçalves | Top 16 |
| Miss Venezuela World 2010 | Amazonas – Ivian Sarcos | Winner |
| Miss Venezuela International 2010 | Distrito Capital – Jessica Barboza | 1st Runner-Up |
| Miss Venezuela Earth 2010 | Aragua – Caroline Medina | Miss Earth – Fire |
| 1st Runner-Up | Monagas – Angela Ruiz |
| Top 10 | Canaima – Estefanía Nebot Peña  Carabobo – Romina Palmisano  Costa Oriental – Karen Soto  Nueva Esparta – Melanie Reza Félix  Zulia – Estefani Araujo |

### Special Awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Fotogénica (Miss Photogenic) | Aragua – Caroline Medina |
| Miss Amistad (Miss Congeniality) | Trujillo – Jéssica Ibarra |
| Miss Internet | Falcón – Liliana Flores |
| Mejores Vestidos de Gala (Best Evening Gowns) | Cojedes – Eliana Calicchia Miranda – Vanessa Gonçalves Zulia – Estefani Araujo |

### Gala de la Belleza (Beauty Gala)

This preliminary event took place on October 16, 2010, at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión, hosted by Leonardo Villalobos. The following awards were given:
| Award | Contestant |
| El Mejor Cuerpo Dermocell (Dermocell Best Body) | Miranda – Vanessa Gonçalves |
| Miss Pasarela (Best Catwalk) | Yaracuy – Andrea Escobar |
| Miss Personalidad (Best Personality) | Carabobo – Romina Palmisano |
| Miss Elegancia (Miss Elegance) | Lara – María Jose Zavarce |
| La Piel Mas Linda Beducen (Beducen Most Beautiful Skin) | Bolívar – Ángela La Padula |
| Miss Rostro L'Bel (L'Bel Most Beautiful Face) | Amazonas – Ivian Sarcos |

## Contestants

Twenty-eight contestants competed for the four titles.
| State | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Amazonas | Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Guanare |
| Anzoátegui | Verónica Liliana González Castillo | 18 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Apure | Ana Tábata Rodríguez Donnarumma | 18 | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | San Fernando de Apure |
| Aragua | Caroline Gabriela Medina Peschiutta | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Maracay |
| Barinas | Kelly Stephanny Martínez Dominguez | 22 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Bolívar | Angela La Padula Peluso | 19 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Ciudad Guayana |
| Canaima | Estefanía Nebot Peña | 22 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Carabobo | Romina Palmisano Giacche | 20 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Valencia |
| Cojedes | Eliana Catherina Calicchia Arcila | 24 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Valencia |
| Costa Oriental | Karen Andrea Soto Lugo | 18 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
| Delta Amacuro | Yaisbel Nohely Arteaga Polanco | 21 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Puerto Cabello |
| Dependencias Federales | Axel Carolina López Aldana | 20 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Distrito Capital | Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
| Falcón | Liliana María Flores Arenas | 23 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Coro |
| Guárico | Andrea Estefanía Vásquez Annicchiarico | 19 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Lara | María José Zavarce Alvarado | 18 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Mérida | María Teresa Iannuzzo Lucena | 22 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Carora |
| Miranda | Vanessa Andrea Gonçalves Gómez | 24 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Baruta |
| Monagas | Angela Julieta Ruiz Pérez | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Maturín |
| Nueva Esparta | Melanie Reza Félix | 18 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Caracas |
| Peninsula de Paraguana | Isabel Cristina Castillo Cedeño | 25 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Valencia |
| Portuguesa | Mariuska Montes Estevez | 19 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Sucre | Adriana Cristina Kuper Osorio | 21 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Maracay |
| Táchira | Germania Andrea Pimiento Vera | 18 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | San Cristóbal |
| Trujillo | Jéssica Carely Ibarra Petit | 24 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Cabimas |
| Vargas | Daniela Josefina Raldirez Salazar | 19 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | La Guaira |
| Yaracuy | Andrea Carolina Escobar Colombo | 22 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Zulia | Estefani Carolina Araujo Cano | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Maracaibo |

### Contestants Notes

* Vanessa Gonçalves placed as semifinalist (Top 16) in Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil.
* Ivian Sarcos was crowned Miss World 2011 in London, United Kingdom, becoming the sixth Venezuelan to get the title.
* Jessica Barboza placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International 2011 in Chengdu, China.
* Caroline Medina placed as 3rd runner-up (Miss Earth Fire) in Miss Earth 2011 in Quezon City, Philippines. She previously won Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 in Bolivia.
* Angela Ruiz placed as Virreina (2nd place) in Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 in Colombia. Later, she placed as 5th runner-up in Reina Hispanoamericana 2011 in Bolivia.
* Karen Soto won Miss World Next Top Model 2011 in Beirut, Lebanon. She also won Miss Venezuela Mundo 2013 but unplaced in Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia.
* Axel López (Dependencias Federales) placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Caraibes Hibiscus 2010 in Saint Martin. Later, she placed at the same position in Reina Mundial del Banano 2014 in Ecuador.
* Angela La Padula (Bolívar) placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Italia Nel Mondo 2011 in Italy.
* Adriana Kuper (Sucre) unplaced in Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 in Bolivia.