# Miss Venezuela 2007

Miss Venezuela 2007 was the 54th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 13, 2007.
Lydimar Carolina Jonaitis of Guárico crowned Dayana Sabrina Mendoza of Amazonas as her successor at the end of the event.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Venezuela 2007 | Amazonas – Dayana Mendoza |
| Miss Venezuela World 2007 | Cojedes – Hannelly Quintero |
| Miss Venezuela International 2007 | Carabobo – Dayana Colmenares |
| 1st Runner-Up | Aragua – Mónica Besereni |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Táchira – Alexandra Serrano |
| Top 10 | Barinas – Yohany Calderón  Miranda – Myriam Abreu  Sucre – Andrea Matthies  Trujillo – Luna Ramos  Vargas – Anyelika Pérez |

### Special awards

* Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Hannelly Quintero (Cojedes)
* Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) - Mónica Besereni (Aragua)
* Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Kelly García (Península Goajira)
* Miss Personality - Anyelika Pérez (Vargas)
* Best Body - Luna Ramos (Trujillo)
* Best Smile - Andrea Matthies (Sucre)
* Miss Integral - Dayana Mendoza (Amazonas)
* Miss Beauty - Hannelly Quintero (Cojedes)
* Best Legs - Andreína Ellington (Distrito Capital)
* Miss Elegance - Luna Ramos (Trujillo)
* Best Face - Mónica Besereni (Aragua)

## Pageant
### Selection committee
#### Final telecast

* Carmen María Montiel - Miss Venezuela 1984
* Christophe Didier - Delta Air Lines Latin American Vice President
* Daniela Kosán - Miss Venezuela International 1997 and E! News Latinamerica Host and model
* Carlos Dorado - Casablanca Store President
* María Cristina Rivero Capriles - Fashion designer
* Valfrido A.N. Menezes - Brazilian Fashion Stylist
* Alirio Noguera - Businessman
* Nakary Molina - Model and Miss Táchira 2006 contestant
* Carlos Croes - Multinacional de Seguros Market Vice-President
* Noura Al Gabandi - Kuwait ambassador's wife
* José Guillermo Ramos - Ebel Paris General Director
* Ivanova Clement - Escada Director in Venezuela
* Daniela di Giacomo - Miss International 2006
* Julio César Reyes - Mayor of Barinas City
* Alejandra Espinoza - Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007 from México
* Anarella Bono - Miss Anzoátegui 1997 TV Host and model
* Larry Hernández - Movistar Venezuela Advertising and Communications Executive Director
* Patricia Azócar - Exclusiva magazine president
* Elizabeth Cuenca - Entre Socios General Director and Editor
* Ricardo Aldama - Rex Fabrics President from Miami
* John Losada - Machado, García, Serra Communications from Miami Vice-President
* Mayra de Belloso - Latin-American Representative of The Gem Palace
* Ying Juan Tei - Artistic Adviser of the Cultural Association of Beijing
* Luisa Lucchi - Lucchi Shoes president
* Milena Portillo - Businesswoman
* María Eugenia Maldonado - LG Electronics Product Manager

## Contestants

The Miss Venezuela 2007 delegates are:
| State | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Amazonas | Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Anzoátegui | María Victoria Ortiz Pérez | 17 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Santa Elena de Uairén |
| Apure | Jéssica de Abreu Faría | 17 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Aragua | Mónica Suset Bsereni Hadad | 21 | 171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Maracay |
| Barinas | Yohany del Carmen Calderón Huggins | 22 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
| Bolívar | Lucía Carolina Soto Albornoz | 17 | 182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Ciudad Bolívar |
| Canaima | Yelitza de los Angeles Rojas Piñango | 23 | 181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Carabobo | Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri | 22 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Maracay |
| Cojedes | Hannelly Zulami Quintero Ledezma | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Ocumare del Tuy |
| Costa Oriental | Rusthmely Dayana Soto Mujica | 21 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Cabimas |
| Delta Amacuro | Arlis Leidimar Alvarado Benítez | 21 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Dependencias Federales | Antonieta María Lugo Matheus | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Caracas |
| Distrito Capital | Andreína Elías Ellington | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Caracas |
| Falcón | Lisbeth del Carmen Reyes Gavidia | 21 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Punto Fijo |
| Guárico | Betzabeth Mariely Osorio Boyer | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Altagracia de Orituco |
| Lara | María Gabriela Garmendia Sandoval | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Mérida | Yorly Andreína Padilla Urbina | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | San Cristóbal |
| Miranda | Myriam Janeth Abreu Medina | 20 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Caracas |
| Monagas | Nuritza Carolina Idrogo Siegler | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Maturín |
| Nueva Esparta | Josephine Karam León | 23 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Porlamar |
| Península Goajira | Kellyn Celeste García Alviarez | 19 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Barinas |
| Portuguesa | Vanessa Terracciano Uccellini | 22 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Sucre | Andrea Valentina Matthies Bornhost | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Caracas |
| Táchira | Alexandra Serrano Gutiérrez | 17 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | San Cristóbal |
| Trujillo | Luneidis "Luna" Ramos Torres | 20 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Vargas | Anyelika Marians Franco Pérez Jiménez | 19 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Yaracuy | Iselmar Antonietta Burgos Reyes | 19 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Barinas |
| Zulia | Laura Andreína Montero Ferrer | 19 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |

### Notes

* Dayana Mendoza won Miss Universe 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
* Hannelly Quintero placed as semifinalist in Miss World 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa, when she won the Miss World Americas title. She also competed in Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, when she placed in the Top 5. She won the Miss Intercontinental 2009 pageant, in Minsk, Belarus.
* Dayana Colmenares placed as semifinalist in Miss International 2008 in Macau, China. She previously placed as 2nd runner up in Miss Continente Americano 2006 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
* Mónica Bsereni placed as 2nd runner-up in Reinado Internacional del Café 2008 in Manizales, Colombia.
* Anyélika Pérez placed as semifinalist in Top Model of the World 2008 in Hurghada, Egypt.
* Andrea Matthies placed as finalist in Miss Continente Americano 2008 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
* Josephine Karam won International Queen of Banana 2009 in Machala, Ecuador.
* Iselmar Burgos placed as semifinalist in Miss Intercontinental 2007 in Mahé, Seychelles.
* María Gabriela Garmendia placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Intercontinental 2008 in Zabrze, Poland.
* Kellyn García won Sambil Model Venezuela 2011.
* Myriam Abreu won Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2010 in Miri, Malaysia.
* Luna Ramos placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss Bikini International 2010 in Sanya, China; and won Miss World Next Top Model 2010, in Beirut, Lebanon.
* When the hosts were presenting Anarella Bono as a Judge, she was booed by the audience for supporting the government of the President Hugo Chávez.
* At the end of the Miss Venezuela 2007 pageant after the two winners were crowned, a man named Yendri Sánchez among the audience rushed on the stage and grabbed the crown from Hannelys. He then jumped on top of the queen's throne where the stage crew caught him. They immediately dragged him off the stage. Meanwhile, the cameras were focusing on Dayana's winning walk and the two hosts kept with the program.