User:Mauriziok/Venezuela at the Big Four international beauty pageants

This is a list of Venezuela's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants. Venezuela, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse with an extensive and successful history in beauty pageants, is also referred as the most powerful country in beauty pageants, has won in all four pageants multiple times, with a total of Miss Venezuela and Miss Venezuela, counting:
 * Seven — Miss Universe titles (1979 • 1981 • 1986 • 1996 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013)
 * Six — Miss World titles (1955 • 1981 • 1984 • 1991 • 1995 • 2011)
 * Eight — Miss International titles (1985 • 1997 • 2000 • 2003 • 2006 • 2010 • 2015 • 2018)
 * Two — Miss Earth titles (2005 • 2013)

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. Various news agencies collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.

National franchises and organizations
Venezuela franchise holders of the four major beauty pageants are:


 * Gabriela Isler, Jacqueline Aguilera, Nina Sicilia and Jonathan Blum (Grupo Cisneros) – Miss Venezuela Organization for Miss Universe Venezuela, Miss World Venezuela and Miss International Venezuela.
 * Prince Julio César and Alyz Henrich (Miss Earth Venezuela Organization) – Miss Earth Venezuela.

'' The criteria for the Big Four inclusion are based on specific standards such as the pageant's international prominence and prestige accepted by mainstream media; the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees; the winner's post pageant activities; the pageant's longevity, consistency, and history; the execution of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity across the globe. ''

History
On May 7, 1905, Manuela Victoria Mujica Antich, representative of the Lara state, was elected by popular vote as the first Miss Venezuela. Many authors and scholars of the history of the Miss Venezuela pageant consider her as the first Miss Venezuela that existed and that vote as a precursor to the pageant as it is known today.

National pageants
The following are national pageants which serve as qualifiers for the Big Four pageants.

Miss Venezuela
The Miss Venezuela pageant was officially founded in 1952 by Pan Am, together with the businesswoman Gloria Sánchez, for the advertising and tourism purpose of sending a Venezuelan representative to the Miss Universe pageant, in Long Beach, California, United States, which had It was created that same year by the Pacific Mills Company to promote its new bikini brand Catalina's.

Miss World Venezuela
Miss Venezuela World (in Spanish: Miss Venezuela Mundo) was a contest with a recognizable national acceptance. The owners of the contest were the Cisneros Organization and the Miss Venezuela Organization, whose president was Osmel Sousa. The bearer of the title represented Venezuela in the Miss World. The pageant was formally held until 2015; two years later it is again incorporated into the main pageant, Miss Venezuela.

For 2018, the winner of Miss Venezuela, Isabella Rodríguez, was the one who represented the country in the Miss World 2019 pageant.

In 2020, the current administration of the Miss Venezuela Organization announced that the pageant would be held under the name of Miss Venezuela World.

Participation in international pageant competitions
With 23 victorious titles, Venezuela has reputedly won more than any other country in pageantry. Venezuela is also the first and only country to win all the four pageants multiple times. Venezuela has twice won two Big Four crowns in one year, winning Miss Universe 1981 and Miss World 1981 and then Miss Universe 2013 and Miss Earth 2013. In the past, the main organiser for Venezuelan pageants was the former famed beauty queen maker, Osmel Sousa. The current National Director is Gabriela Isler, Miss Universe 2013.

Summary
As of the Miss Universe 2022 edition that took place on January 14, 2023, there have been 223 Big Four international titleholders.

As of the crowning of Mariem Velazco as Miss International 2018 on November 9, 2018, there have been Miss Venezuela of the Big Four international beauty pageants from Venezuela.

The following table details the placing of the Venezuela's representatives in the Big Four pageants. Declared as winner
 * Color key

Ended as runner-up

Ended as top 5/8 qualification

Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

× Did not compete ↑ No pageant held

Historic table position

 * Absences

Hosting
Venezuela had never host a Big Four international beauty pageant.

List of crossovers
Crossover winners of a major national pageant or crossover representatives in the line of international beauty pageants.
 * Susana Duijm – was the first crossover candidate to accomplish this feat. Duijm won Miss Venezuela 1955. She placed as Top 15 in Miss Universe 1955 and then won the Miss World 1955 title.
 * Consuelo Nouel – Nouel won Miss Venezuela 1957. She unplaced in both Miss Universe 1957 and Miss World 1957.
 * Ida Margarita Pieri – Pieri won Miss Venezuela 1958. She unplaced in both Miss Universe 1958 and Miss World 1958.
 * Marzia Piazza – Piazza assumed the Miss Venezuela 1969 title after María José Yéllici resignation. Then she finished as 4th Runner-Up in Miss World 1969 and later on she was designated to compete in Miss International 1970, where she unplaced.
 * Milka Chulina – Chulina won Miss Venezuela 1992. Firstly she placed as 2nd Runner-Up in Miss Universe 1993 and then was appointed to participate in Miss International 1994, where she placed in the Top 15.
 * Cynthia Lander – Lander won Miss Venezuela 2001. She finished as 4th Runner-Up in Miss Universe 2002 and later on she was designated to compete in Miss International 2002 where she unplaced.
 * Goizeder Azúa – Azúa won Miss Venezuela Mundo 2002. She went to compete in Miss World 2002 placing in the Top 10 and then was designated to participate in Miss International 2003 where she obtained the title.
 * Jessica Barboza – Barboza initially won Miss Earth Venezuela 2009 and then won the Miss Venezuela International 2010 title in Miss Venezuela 2010. She became the first Venezuelan to win two major national crowns in Venezuelan pageantry. She placed as 2nd Runner-Up (Miss Water) in Miss Earth 2009 and then went to participate in the Miss International 2010 pageant, where she finished as 1st Runner-Up.
 * Diana Croce – Croce initially got the 1st Runner-Up position in Miss Venezuela 2016. Then she was designated as Miss Venezuela Mundo 2016 and went to compete in Miss World 2016 where she unplaced, later on she was appointed to represent the country in Miss International 2017, finishing as 2nd Runner-Up.
 * Diana Silva – Silva initially won Miss Earth Venezuela 2018 and later Miss Venezuela 2022. She finished as Top 8 in Miss Earth 2018 and will compete in Miss Universe 2023.
 * Other crossovers

Another cossovers including three pageants as Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International and Miss Intercontinental, are:


 * Aura Zambrano – Zambrano initially got the 1st Runner-Up position in Miss Venezuela 2001. Being designated to compete in Miss International 2001, where she placed as 1st Runner Up. Later on, she was appointed to participate in Miss Intercontinental 2002, finishing as 4th-Runner Up.
 * Hannelly Quintero – Quintero won the Miss World Venezuela 2007 title in Miss Venezuela 2007. She went to compete in Miss World 2008, where she placed in the Top 15. Later on, she was appointed to participate in Miss Intercontinental 2009, where she won the title.
 * Laksmi Rodríguez – Rodríguez won the Miss Venezuela International 2008 title in Miss Venezuela 2008. Then she finished as Top 15 in Miss International 2009 and later on she was designated to compete in Miss Supranational 2010, where she placed in the Top 20.
 * Mariana Jiménez – Jiménez initially won Señorita Deporte Venezuela 2012 and then won the Miss Venezuela 2014 title. She placed as Top 10 in Miss Grand International 2013 and then placing again in the Top 10 in Miss Universe 2015.
 * Luiseth Materán – Materán initially got the Top 5 position in Miss Venezuela 2020 being later designated as Miss Universo Venezuela 2021. She competed in Miss Universe 2021, where she placed in the Top 16. After this, she was designated replacing Sabrina Deraneck in Miss Grand International 2022, where she placed as 3rd Runner-Up.