# Miss Venezuela 2000

Miss Venezuela 2000 was the 47th Miss Venezuela pageant. It was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 8, 2000, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Eva Ekvall, Miss Apure.
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 Martina Thorogood crowned Eva Ekvall of Apure as the new Miss Venezuela.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Venezuela 2000 | Apure – Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall † |
| Miss Venezuela International 2000 | Costa Oriental – Vivian Inés Urdaneta |
| Runner-Up | Guárico – Ligia Petit |
| Top 10 | Anzoátegui – Victoria López-Pando  Bolívar – Ainett Stephens  Cojedes – Astrid Carati  Distrito Capital – Dahilmar Toledo  Nueva Esparta – Zonia El Hawi Península Goajira – Daniela Monzant  Zulia – Cecilia Villegas |

### Special awards

* Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) – Eva Ekvall (Miss Apure)
* Miss Internet (voted by www.missvenezuela.com viewers) – Eva Ekvall (Miss Apure)
* Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) – Ainett Stephens (Miss Bolívar)
* Miss Figure – Verónica Hernández (Miss Monagas)
* Best Smile – Zonia El Hawi (Miss Nueva Esparta)
* Best Face – Felisa Gómez(Miss Lara)
* Best Skin – Verónica Leal (Miss Trujillo)
* Best Runway – Bianca Urdaneta (Miss Mérida)
* Miss Integral – Isis Durán (Miss Táchira)

## Contestants

The Miss Venezuela 2000 delegates are:
| State | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) | Hometown |
| Amazonas | Leidy Gisela Moncada | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | San Cristóbal |
| Anzoátegui | Victoria Eugenia López-Pando Noboa | 19 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Puerto La Cruz |
| Apure | Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall Johnson † | 17 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Aragua | Adriana Alcibel Steinkopf Torres | 18 | 184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | Valencia |
| Barinas | Kelin Yosselin Peña | 18 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | San Cristóbal |
| Bolívar | Ainett Mery Stephens Sifontes | 18 | 181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Ciudad Guayana |
| Carabobo | Mariangélica García López | 18 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Valencia |
| Cojedes | Astrid Eyleen Carati Del Nogal | 21 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Ciudad Guayana |
| Costa Oriental | Vivian Inés Urdaneta Rincón | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Maracaibo |
| Delta Amacuro | Paola Andrea Cevallos Zuluaga | 20 | 184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | La Victoria |
| Distrito Capital | Dahilmar del Valle Toledo Moreno | 17 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Valencia |
| Falcón | Anaís María Franco Millán | 23 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Cabimas |
| Guárico | Ligia Fernanda Petit Vargas | 18 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Maracay |
| Lara | Felisa Elena Gómez Perdomo | 22 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Mérida | Bianca Rosanna Urdaneta García | 18 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
| Miranda | Susana Stephany de Fazio Bracutto | 17 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Monagas | Verónica María Hernández Osborn | 20 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Nueva Esparta | Zonia Hassan El Hawi Musa | 20 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Porlamar |
| Península Goajira | Daniela Ysabel Monzant Valencia | 18 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Maracaibo |
| Portuguesa | Sabrina Daneri | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
| Sucre | Reyna Fabiola Borges Noguera | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Valencia |
| Táchira | Isis Yumali Durán Moreno | 21 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ureña |
| Trujillo | Verónica Leal Prieto | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Maracaibo |
| Vargas | Ana Belén Abreu Toledo | 18 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Maracay |
| Yaracuy | Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla | 19 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Caracas |
| Zulia | Cecilia Villegas Arteaga | 24 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |

### Notes

* Eva Ekvall placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 2001 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She died on December 17, 2011, victim of breast cancer.
* Vivian Urdaneta won Miss International 2000 in Tokyo, Japan.
* Ligia Petit won Reina Sudamericana 2000 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and later won Miss Intercontinental 2001 in Coburg, Germany. She also placed as 1st runner up in Miss Atlántico Internacional 2001 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
* Mariangélica García placed as semifinalist in Miss Tourism World 2002 in Antalya, Turkey.
* Natascha Borger won Miss Germany 2002 and placed as semifinalist in Miss Universe 2002 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also placed as semifinalist in Miss International 2004 in Beijing, China (she represented Germany). She also was 1st. runner-up in Miss Europe 2002.
* Fabiola Borges previously placed as 2nd runner up in Miss Intercontinental 2000 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.