User:Mauriziok/List of Mister Turismo Venezuela runners-up and finalists

This article provides the names of the runners-up in the Mister Venezuela pageant since the pageant's first edition in 1996.

Table of Mister Venezuela runner-up and finalists

Ended as top 5/6 qualification. Not announced as a runner-up at finals
Designated

The pageant has awarded the five remaining finalists from 1952 to 1989, 2001 to 2014 and 2020 with the first, second, third and fourth Runner-Up being awarded. From 1990 to 1997 and 2016, the number of finalists was increased to six. From 1998 to 2000 and 2015, 2017 to 2019 and 2021, it was reverted to five but only up to the second runner-up was awarded (regardless if the pageant post-announces the placements of the other 2 delegates who made it to the Top 5).

This table shows the top-five finalists of each competition, from its inception in 1996.

Since raking for contest is usually as follows:

1st place being designated as Mister Venezuela
2nd place being designated as Manhunt Venezuela
3rd place being designated as Mr. International Venezuela
4th place being designated as Mr. Intercontinental Venezuela

Edition	Mister Venezuela (1st Place)	1st Runner-Up (2nd Place)	2nd Runner-Up (3rd Place)	3rd Runner-Up (3rd Place)	4th Runner-Up (5th Place)
1996	José Gregorio Faría Zulia (#20)	Jhonny Essig Federal District (#4)	Eduardo Quintana Federal District (#2)	Christian Zia Aragua (#11)	Alberto Bahamonde Federal District (#1)
1997	Sandro Finoglio Federal District (#11)	Guillermo Pérez Federal District (#16)	Alexander Castellanos Trujillo (#13)	Javier Faoro Federal District (#20)	Ismael Matamoros Federal District (#2)
1998	Ernesto Calzadilla Federal District (#15)	Numa Delgado Federal District (#14)	Nadir Nery Zulia (#4)	Daniel Andrade Federal District (#12)	Diego Ochoa Federal District (#18)
1999	Alejandro Otero Federal District (#20)	Ezzio Cavallaro Miranda (#26)	José Gabriel Madonia Federal District (#11)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Luis Nery Península Goajira	Cristóbal Lander Miranda	Aníbal Martignani Guárico
2001	Daniel Navarrete Vargas	Enrique Cuevas Carabobo	César Suárez Delta Amacuro
2003	Andrés Mistage Carabobo	Jacinto Oropeza Delta Amacuro	Claudio de la Torre Anzoátegui
2004	Francisco León Amazonas	Miguel Blanco Anzoátegui	Jean Claudio Palmegiani Carabobo
2005	José Ignacio Rodríguez (Resigned) Zulia	José Luis Porras Portuguesa	José Luis Díaz Guárico
2006	Vito Gasparrini Capital District (#4)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009	José Manuel Flores Capital District
2012	Jessus Zambrano Táchira
2014	Jesús Casanova^[1] Barinas (#12)	Francisco Guerrero Táchira (#7)	Jesús Alvarado Zulia (#9)	Capital District (#5) – Jonathan Negrón Capital District (#11) – Salvador Lugo
2015	Gabriel Correa^[2] Aragua (#13)	Rafael Angelucci Lara (#10)	Georges Biloune Lara (#6)	Bolívar (#2) – Gibson Domínguez Lara (#4) – Rafael Oropeza
2016	Renato Barabino^[3] Aragua (#6)	Walfred Crespo Zulia (#4)	Gustavo Acevedo Capital District (#2)	Capital District (#1) – Luis Segovia Capital District (#13) – Ignacio Milles
2017	Christian Nunes Capital District (#13)	Luis Marrero Aragua (#12)	Adrián Menghini Zulia (#14)	Bolívar (#7) – José Ricardo Rodulfo Capital District (#2) – David Castro Capital District (#9) – Alejandro Zumbo
2019	Jorge Eduardo Núñez^[4] Zulia (#9)	Leonardo Carrero Mérida (#13)	Armando Veitia Aragua (#3)	Capital District (#8) – Carlos Guédez Capital District (#11) – Enmanuel Serrano

Semifinalists

Edition	Semifinalists (Top 10)
1999	Federal District (#1) – Abelardo Benha Federal District (#2) – Adrián Acevedo Federal District (#7) – Eric Chacín Federal District (#10) – Jorge Furzán Federal District (#12) – León Peraza Federal District (#16) – William Von Moltke Federal District (#24) – Roy Pérez
2000	Aragua – Leonardo Cáceres Capital District – Juan Carlos Liendo Carabobo – Deive Garcés Lara – Eduardo Medina Sucre – Josué Villae Táchira – Samer Senih Zulia – Luis Tinoco
2001	Apure – Juan Carlos Hernández Guárico – Jesús García Nueva Esparta – Fernando Alió Península Goajira – Andrés Maslowski Portuguesa – David Yañes Yaracuy – Luis Nessy Zulia – Luis Portillo
2003	Bolívar – Julio Vívenes Cojedes – Antonio Rojas Dependencias Federales – Richard Di Stefano Mérida – Vito Gasparrini Miranda – Irwing Ríos Nueva Esparta – César Augusto Flores Zulia – Ángel Pérez
2004	Aragua – Julio Montenegro Capital District – Tomás Morales Costa Oriental – Víctor Manuel Díaz Delta Amacuro – Edgardo Escobar Mérida – Alexander Slibe Península Goajira – Alejandro Ramírez Sucre – Gabriel Guerra
2005	Amazonas – Salvador Fonseca Bolívar – Guillermo Seijas Falcón – Gabriel Ciliberti Mérida – Manuel Alejandro Gainza Miranda – Simón Valero Nueva Esparta – Nomis Chanchamire Táchira – Alejandro Montoya

States/Regions by number of Runners-up

Color key

Declared as winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as top 5/8 qualification
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Ended as special awards winner

1st Runner-Up

The first Runner-Up of each edition of Mister Venezuela is the second placer behind the contestant who is selected as Mister Venezuela (first placer). In some cases, he shall take over the title of Mister Venezuela, if:

The outgoing titleholder cannot fulfill his duties. This could happen and may result to resignation, giving up the title, or dethronement
The titleholder is dethroned due to deeds that violate the organization's policies.

The second place finisher being designated as 1st runner-up has been awarded fourteen times (1996–2005; 2014–2019).

This table lists the number of 1st Runner-Up titles by state/region.

The current 1st Runner-Up is Leonardo Carrero from Mérida, as for the edition that took place on April 13, 2019 in Venevisión Studios, Caracas.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Capital District	3	1996, 1997, 1998
Miranda	2	1999, 2000
Mérida	1	2019
Aragua		2017
Zulia		2016
Lara		2015
Táchira		2014
Portuguesa		2005
Anzoátegui		2004
Delta Amacuro		2003
Carabobo		2001

International representation

The 1st runner-up of Mister Venezuela has represented his country at Mister International, Mister Supranational and Mister Intercontinental.

Year	State	1st Runner-Up	Placement
2019	Mérida	Leonardo Carrero	4th Runner-Up in Mister Supranational 2019
2017	Aragua	Luis Marrero
2016	Zulia	Walfred Crespo	Top 16 in Mister International 2016
2015	Lara	Rafael Angelucci	Top 10 in Mister International 2015
2014	Táchira	Francisco Guerrero
2005	Portuguesa	José Luis Porras
2004	Anzoátegui	Miguel Blanco
2003	Delta Amacuro	Jacinto Oropeza
2001	Carabobo	Enrique Cuevas	Mister Intercontinental 2002
2000	Miranda	Cristóbal Lander
1999	Miranda	Ezzio Cavallaro	1st Runner-Up in Mister International 2000
1998	Distrito Capital	Numa Delgado
1997	Distrito Capital	Guillermo Pérez
1996	Distrito Capital	Jhonny Essig

2nd Runner-Up

The second Runner-Up of each edition of Mister Venezuela is the third placer behind the contestant who is selected as Mister Venezuela (first placer) and the first Runner-Up (second placer).

The third place finisher being designated as 2nd runner-up has been awarded fourteen times (1996–2005; 2014–2019).

This table lists the number of 2nd Runner-Up titles by state/region.

The current 2nd Runner-Up is Armando Veitia from Aragua, as for the edition that took place on April 13, 2019 in Venevisión Studios, Caracas.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Zulia	3	1998, 2014, 2017
Capital District	3	1996, 1999, 2016
Guárico	2	2000, 2005
Aragua	1	2019
Lara		2015
Carabobo		2004
Anzoátegui		2003
Delta Amacuro		2001
Trujillo		1997

International representation

The 2nd runner-up of Mister Venezuela has represented his country at Manhunt International, Mister International and Mister Supranational.

Year	State	2nd Runner-Up	Placement
2019	Aragua	Armando Veitia
2017	Zulia	Adrián Menghini
2016	Distrito Capital	Gustavo Acevedo	Top 10 in Mister Supranational 2016
2015	Lara	Georges Biloune
2014	Zulia	Jesús Alvarado
2005	Guárico	José Luis Díaz
2004	Carabobo	Jean Claudio Palmegiani
2003	Anzoátegui	Claudio de la Torre	Top 15 in Manhunt Internacional 2005
2001	Delta Amacuro	César Suárez
2000	Guárico	Aníbal Martignani
1999	Distrito Capital	José Gabriel Madonia	Mister American Continent 2000
1999	Distrito Capital	José Gabriel Madonia	3rd Runner-Up in Manhunt International 2000
1998	Zulia	Nadir Nery	Mister International 1999
1997	Trujillo	Alexander Castellanos
1996	Distrito Capital	Eduardo Quintana

3rd Runner-Up

The third Runner-Up of each edition of Mister Venezuela is the fourth placer behind the conestant who is selected as Mister Venezuela first placer), the first Runner-Up (second placer) and the second Runner-Up (third placer).

The fourth place finisher being designated as 3rd runner-up has been awarded three times (1996–1998) (unless not at finals).

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Capital District	2	1997, 1998
Aragua	1	1996

International representation

Year	State	3rd Runner-Up
1998	Distrito Capital	Daniel Andrade
1997	Distrito Capital	Javier Faoro
1996	Aragua	Christian Zia

4th Runner-Up

The fourth Runner-Up of each edition of Mister Venezuela is the fifth placer behind the conestant who is selected as Mister Venezuela (first placer), the first Runner-Up (second placer), the second Runner-Up (third placer) and the third Runner-Up (fourth placer).

The fifth place finisher being designated as 4th runner-up has been awarded three times (1996–1998) (unless not at finals).

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Capital District	3	1996, 1997, 1998

International representation

The 4th runner-up of Mister Venezuela has represented his country at International Model stage in Aruba.

Year	State	4th Runner-Up	Placement
1998	Distrito Capital	Diego Ochoa	2nd Runner-Up in International Model 1999
1997	Distrito Capital	Ismael Matamoros
1996	Distrito Capital	Alberto Bahamonde

Finalists

This list only shows finalists that had participated at international competitions.

Year	State	Top 5/6	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
2019	Distrito Capital	Carlos Guédez	Unplaced in Mister Universe 2019	As a Margarita Island representative
2016	Distrito Capital	Ignacio Milles	Top 10 in Mister International 2017
2014	Distrito Capital	Jonathan Negrón	Mister Young International 2008
2014	Distrito Capital	Jonathan Negrón	Mister Gentleman 2008

Semifinilists

This list only shows semifinilists that had participated at international competitions.

Year	State	Top 10	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
1999	Distrito Capital	Abelardo Benha

Contestans

This list only shows contestants that had participated at international competitions.

Year	State	Contestans	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
1999	Zulia	Juan Carlos Tarazona	2nd Runner-Up in International Model 2000

Notable contestants

Abelardo Benha
Alejandro Otero
Juan Carlos Tarazona

Mister Venezuela runners-up and finalists table position

State or region	X	Mister Venezuela (1st Place)	1st Runner-Up (2nd Place)	2nd Runner-Up (3rd Place)	Finalists (Top 5/6)	Semifinalists (Top 10)
Distrito Capital	22	6 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2017)	3 (1996, 1997, 1998)	3 (1996, 1999, 2016)	7 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019)	3 (1999, 2000, 2004)
Zulia	10	2 (1996, ~~2005~~, 2019)	1 (2016)	3 (1998, 2014, 2017)	×	3 (2000, 2001, 2003)
Aragua	7	2 (2015, 2016)	1 (2017)	1 (2019)	1 (1996)	2 (2000, 2004)
Carabobo	4	1 (2003)	1 (2001)	1 (2004)	×	1 (2000)
Táchira	4	1 (2012)	1 (2014)	×	×	2 (2000, 2005)
Península Goajira	3	1 (2000)	×	×	×	2 (2001, 2004)
Amazonas	2	1 (2004)	×	×	×	1 (2005)
Barinas	1	1 (2014)	×	×	×	×
Vargas	1	1 (2001)	×	×	×	×
Miranda	4	×	2 (1999, 2000)	×	×	2 (2003, 2005)
Lara	4	×	1 (2015)	1 (2015)	1 (2015)	1 (2000)
Delta Amacuro	3	×	1 (2003)	1 (2001)	×	1 (2004)
Anzoátegui	2	×	1 (2004)	1 (2003)	×	×
Mérida	4	×	1 (2019)	×	×	3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
Portuguesa	2	×	1 (2005)	×	×	1 (2001)
Guárico	3	×	×	2 (2000, 2005)	×	1 (2001)
Trujillo	1	×	×	1 (1997)	×	×
Bolívar	4	×	×	×	2 (2015, 2017)	2 (2003, 2005)
Nueva Esparta	3	×	×	×	×	3 (2001, 2003, 2005)
Sucre	2	×	×	×	×	2 (2000, 2004)
Falcón	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2005)
Costa Oriental	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2004)
Cojedes	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2003)
Dependencias Federales	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2003)
Apure	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2001)
Yaracuy	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2001)
Monagas	0	×	×	×	×	×
Total	92	17	14	14	11	36

The country/territory who assumed a position is indicated in bold
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position is indicated in striketrough
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position but was not replaced is indicated underlined

References

^ "Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe in Miami". Los Angeles Times. January 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ Hegina, Aries Joseph; Alviar, Vaughn (December 21, 2015). "Colombia's Ariadna Gutiérrez is Miss Universe 2015". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ McDermott, Maeve (January 30, 2017). "Miss France Iris Mittenaere is crowned Miss Universe 2017". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ "Miss Universe 2019: 'May every little girl see their faces reflected in mine'". BBC News. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

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[1] "Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe in Miami". Los Angeles Times. January 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

[2] Hegina, Aries Joseph; Alviar, Vaughn (December 21, 2015). "Colombia's Ariadna Gutiérrez is Miss Universe 2015". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

[3] McDermott, Maeve (January 30, 2017). "Miss France Iris Mittenaere is crowned Miss Universe 2017". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[4] "Miss Universe 2019: 'May every little girl see their faces reflected in mine'". BBC News. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

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