venezuela won miss universe two times.
how many times did venezuela won miss universe?
two
ironically, the only time in the "modern" pageant that the famous "if the winner should not fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take over" statement was made for miss venezuela was in 1999. the decision was made to send whoever won to miss world first, and then to miss universe if she did not win. this policy was adopted after the consecutive eliminations of christina dieckmann and veronica schneider in 1997 and 1998, both of whom were considered amongst the strongest miss world venezuelas in history and whose eliminations were seen by the organization as a signal that it needed to send its winner to miss world. therefore, in 1999, there were no miss world venezuela or miss venezuela international titles, only an official miss venezuela, who was martina thorogood. her first runner-up, norkys batista, was told that she would become miss venezuela to miss universe only if martina won the miss world crown outright. martina came in second at miss world and she was expected continue on to miss universe 2000 the next year. however, due to a number of major controversies, she was barred from miss universe 2000 on the grounds that as the first runner-up to miss world, she was contracted to the organization and would have to succeed to that title if yukta mookhey, the winner that year, did not complete her reign. osmel also declared that miss universe demanded a winner from venezuela, thereby barring norkys batista from succeeding to the title. the only option for norkys to go was for martina to renounce the miss venezuela title, which neither she or the organization was willing to do. therefore, a new emergency (and temporary) pageant was held, called miss bolivarian republic of venezuela, which was conducted among ten former contestants (some semi-finalists and other non-finalists) from the previous five years. the winner, claudia moreno, had placed as seventh in the semi-finals behind martina and norkys in miss venezuela 1999, and she ended up performing excellently and becoming first runner-up to miss universe 2000. in years to come, 2002's first runner-up amara barroeta would join norkys batista as one of several runners-ups to be "denied" the chance to compete at a "big three" pageant.
miss venezuela
as of 2003, when the current system was put into place, the winners of the miss venezuela title (who goes to miss universe) and miss world venezuela are equal in rank. nevertheless, the representative to miss universe is still announced last, and she is still considered the holder of the one single miss venezuela title. nowadays, the final five finalists are announced during the telecast, followed by the elimination of the second and first runners-up, then miss venezuela to miss international, miss venezuela to miss world, and miss venezuela to miss universe. since 2010, yet another new system has been introduced, with the fifth-place finisher as the 1st. runner-up, fourth place being designated as a "representative" to miss earth, the third place as a "representative" to miss international and two 'equal' crowned winners—miss venezuela world and miss venezuela universe.
miss venezuela