At the end of Miss Venezuela 2017 held on November 9 , 2017 , Gutiérrez was crowned Miss Venezuela 2017 . She represented Venezuela in Miss Universe 2018 . Gutiérrez succeeded Miss Venezuela 2016 Keysi Sayago and was crowned by her at the final event . Her court included Miss Venezuela World 2018 , Veruska Ljubisavljević from Vargas and Miss Venezuela International 2018 , Mariem Velazco from Barinas . Since her crowning , Gutiérrez has attended many events with her fellow Miss Venezuela and Mister Venezuela titleholders . She has advocated for HIV awareness and on December 1 she shared her appearance at Acción Solidaria for World Anti-HIV Day
Miss Venezuela World 2018
Miss World 2018
Sthefany Gutiérrez