Mister Venezuela

Mister Venezuela is an annual male pageant held in Venezuela. The winner and finalists from the contest go on to represent Venezuela in many international pageants. The Mister Venezuela pageant was started under the guardianship of Osmel Sousa and María Kallay with the intent of creating a male contest with the same discipline, quality and success as its female counterpart (Miss Venezuela). The first contest was held on July 17, 1996 and the winner was contestant number 20, José Gregorio Faría.

Not to be confused with Miss Venezuela, Miss Earth Venezuela, or Miss Grand Venezuela.
Mister Venezuela
FormationJuly 17, 1996 (1996-07-17)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersCaracas
Location
  • Venezuela
Membership
Official language
Spanish
Executive Committee
Jonathan Blum
Gabriela Isler
Jacqueline Aguilera
Nina Sicilia
Key people
Gustavo Cisneros (Owner)
Adriana Cisneros (CEO)
Osmel Sousa
María Kallay
Parent organization
Cisneros Group
Websitemissvenezuela.com

In the fifth edition, aired November 22, 2000, 26 men represented every state and region in Venezuela; they wore scarfs rather than the sashes used in female pageants. Due to political issues in 2002, the seventh pageant was postponed and held in 2003.

In 2012, during a private ceremony hosted by Osmel Sousa, the President of Mister and Miss Venezuela Organization; Jesús Zambrano was elected as the new Mister Venezuela 2012.[1]

The current Mister Venezuela is Jorge Eduardo Núñez of Zulia who was selected on April 13, 2019, at Venevisión Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.

Titleholders
Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Mister Venezuela traditionally competes at the Mister World pageant.

Year Mister Venezuela Placement
1996 José Gregorio Faría Ojeda Unplaced in Mister World 1996
1997 Sandro Finoglio Speranza Mister World 1998
1998 Juan Ernesto Calzadilla Regalado Manhunt International 1999
1999 Alejandro Otero Lárez Top 10 in Mister World 2000
2000 Luis Antonio Nery Gómez 2nd Runner-up in Manhunt International 2001
2001 Daniel Leonard Navarette Muktans 4th Runner-up in Manhunt International 2002
2003 Andrés Eduardo Mistage Parilli Top 10 in Mister World 2003
2004 Francisco José León Bastidas
2005 José Ignacio Rodríguez Valbuena
2006 Vito Ernesto Gasparrini Domínguez Unplaced in Mister World 2007
2009 José Manuel Flores Sánchez Top 10 in Mister World 2010
2012 Jesús Alberto Zambrano Contreras[2][3] Unplaced in Mister World 2012
2014 Jesús Antonio Casanova Sarmiento Unplaced in Mister World 2014
2015 Gabriel José Correa Guzmán[4] Mister Supranational 2017
2016 Renato Barabino Gandica
2017 Christian Arnaldo Nunes Angulo Top 16 in Mister Global 2018
2019 Jorge Eduardo Núñez Martínez Top 29 in Mister World 2019
2022 TBA TBA in Mister World 2022

Venezuelan representatives

For full list and details, see Venezuela at the Big Four international beauty pageants.

The following men have represented Venezuela in the Big Seven men's international beauty pageants.

Mister World Venezuela
Color Key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Year Mister Venezuela Placement Special Awards
1996 José Gregorio Faría Ojeda Unplaced
1998 Sandro Finoglio Speranza Mister World 1998
  • Mr. Photogenic
2000 Alejandro Otero Lárez Top 10
2003 Andrés Eduardo Mistage Parilli Top 10
2007 Vito Ernesto Gasparrini Domínguez Unplaced
2010 José Manuel Flores Sánchez Top 10
2012 Jesús Alberto Zambrano Contreras Unplaced
2014 Jesús Antonio Casanova Sarmiento Unplaced
2019 Jorge Eduardo Núñez Martínez Top 29
2023 TBA TBA TBA

Mister International Venezuela
Color Key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Year Mister Venezuela Placement Special Awards
2006 Erbert Javier Delgado 1st Runner-Up
2007 Alberto Agusto García Gómez 3rd Runner-Up
  • Mr. Photogenic
2008 Marco Antonio Chinea Franco Top 10
2009 Luis Nuzzo Top 10
  • Mr. Congeniality
2010 Francisco Emilio Sanchez Weky Top 10
2011 Jeefry Rommel Rojas Torres Top 10
2012 Gary Pinha Top 16
2013 José Anmer Paredes Mister International 2013
  • Best Body
2015 Rafael Angelucci Pereira Top 10
  • Mr. Cosmetics
2016 Walfred José Crespo Urribarri Top 16
2017 Ignacio Eduardo Milles Dommar Top 10
2018 Francesco Giuseppe Piscitelli Onofaro 1st Runner-Up

Mister Supranational Venezuela
Color Key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Year Mister Venezuela Placement Special Awards
2016 Gustavo Alejandro Acevedo Nicolazzo Top 10
2017 Gabriel José Correa Guzmán Mister Supranational 2017
2018 Jeudiel Condado Griman Unplaced
2019 Leonardo Carrero Contreras 4th Runner-Up
2021 William Manuel Badell López 2nd Runner-Up
  • Mister Supra-Chat - Top 5
  • Top Model - Top 11
2022 Anthony Gallardo Top 20
2023 Jorge Eduardo Núñez TBA TBA

Mister Global Venezuela
Color Key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Year Mister Venezuela Placement Special Awards
2015 Yuber Jiménez 1st-Runner-Up
2018 Christian Arnaldo Nunes Angulo Top 16
2021 Juan Calos Da Silva 3rd Runner-Up
  • Best Charming Smile

Big Seven men's pageants representatives

This is a list of Venezuela's representatives and their placements at the Big Seven men's 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, winning multiple male competitions, with a total of 48 placements and 5 victories, counting:

Hundreds of men's beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Seven are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. Various news agencies collectively refer to the seven major pageants as "Big Seven" namely: Manhunt International, Mister World, Mister International, Mister Universe, Mister Global, Mister Supranational and Man of the World.

The criteria for the Big Seven 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.[5]

National pageants

The following are national pageants which serve as qualifiers for the Big Seven men's pageants.

  • Mister Venezuela (since 1996)
  • Mister Turismo Venezuela (since 2002)
  • Mister Handsome Venezuela (since 2004)
  • Mister Global Venezuela (formerly Mr. Deporte Venezuela) (since 2010)
  • Mister Universo Venezuela (since 2014)
  • Mister Supranational Venezuela (since 2016)
  • Caballero Venezuela (since 2019)

Venezuelan Summary
Main articles: Lists of Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth titleholders

As of the Mister Global 2022 edition that took place on February 11, 2023, there have been 75 Big Seven men's international titleholders.

As of the election of Gabriel Correa as Mister Supranational 2017 on December 2, 2017, there have been 5 winners of the Big Seven men's international beauty pageants from Venezuela.

The following table details the placing of the Venezuela's representatives in the Big Seven men's pageants.

Color key
  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Last edition 21st Manhunt International 10th Mister World 14th Mister International 12th Mister Universe 8th Mister Global 6th Mister Supranational 4th Man of the World
Year Manhunt International Mister World Mister International Mister Universe Mister Global Mister Supranational Man of the World
2023 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Omar Riera
TBA
2022 José Luis Trujillo
Top 16		 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Orangel Dirinot
2nd Runner-Up		 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] × Anthony Gallardo
Top 20		 César Leonardo Urbaneja
×
2021 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Juan Carlos Da Silva
3rd Runner-Up		 William Badell
2nd Runner-Up		 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
2020 × Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
2019 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Jorge Eduardo Núñez
Top 29		 Luis Rodríguez López
Top 15		 × Leonardo Carrero
4th Runner-Up		 ↑ No Delegate Sent
(established in 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Venezuela will send their first delegate in 2023.)
2018 × Cancelled Francisco Piscitelli
1st Runner-Up		 Jaime Betancourt
2nd Runner-Up		 Christian Nunes
Top 10		 Jeudiel Condado
2017 Anderson Tovar
×		 Ignacio Milles
Top 10		 Jesús Zambrano × Gabriel Correa
WINNER
2016 Francisco Gil
Top 16		 Renato Barabino
×		 Walfred Crespo
Top 16		 Luis Domingo Báez
1st Runner-Up		 × Gustavo Acevedo
Top 10
2015 Cancelled Cancelled Rafael Angelucci
Top 10		 Christian Nunes
Top 13		 Yuber Jiménez
1st Runner-Up		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2016 in Warsaw, Poland.)
2014 Jesús Casanova × José Luis Fernández
1st Runner-Up		 ↑ No Delegate Sent
(established in 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Venezuela sent their first delegate in 2015.)
2013 Cancelled José Anmer Paredes
WINNER 		Christian Rodríguez
Top 12
2012 Jeyco Estaba
Top 15		 Jessus Zambrano Gary Pinha
Top 16		 Julio César Torres
4th Runner-Up
2011 José Antonio Ampueda Cancelled Jeefry Rojas
Top 10		 Juan Pablo Gómez
WINNER
2010 Henry Bolívar
Top 16		 José Manuel Flores
Top 15		 Francisco Emilio Sánchez
Top 15		 Edgar Moreno
3rd Runner-Up
2009 Cancelled Cancelled Luis Nuzzo
Top 10		 ×
2008 Orlando Delgado
Top 15		 Marco Antonio Chinea
Top 10		 Julio Sánchez-Vega
Top 10
2007 Germán González Vito Gasparrini Alberto Augusto García
3rd Runner-Up		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2008 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.)
2006 Miguel Ángel Brito
Top 15		 Cancelled Erbert Delgado
1st Runner-Up
2005 Claudio de la Torre
Top 15		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2006 in Jakarta, Indonesia and then it was transferred in 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.)
2004 Cancelled
2003 Andrés Mistage
Top 10
2002 Daniel Navarrete
4th Runner-Up		 Cancelled
2001 Luis Nery
2nd Runner-Up
2000 José Gabriel Madonia
3rd Runner-Up		 Alejandro Otero
Top 10
1999 Ernesto Calzadilla
WINNER 		Cancelled
1998 Jossman Peñalver Sandro Finoglio
WINNER
1997 Sandro Finoglio
1st Runner-Up		 Cancelled
1996 Cancelled José Gregorio Faría
1995 ↑ No Delegate Sent
(established in 1993 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Venezuela sent their first delegate in 1997.)		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1996 in England, United Kingdom.)
1994
1993

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Placements
Pageant Entrants Unplacements Placements Best result
Manhunt International 15 3 (1998 • 2007 • 2011) 12 (1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2016 • 2022) 1 Winner (1999)
Mister World 9 4 (1996 • 2007 • 2012 • 2014) 5 (1998 • 2000 • 2003 • 2010 • 2019) 1 Winner (1998)
Mister International 13 × 13 (2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2022) 1 Winner (2013)
Mister Universe 11 1 (2017) 10 (2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019) 1 Winner (2011)
Mister Global 3 × 3 (2015 • 2018 • 2021) 1st Runner-Up (2015)
Mister Supranational 6 1 (2018) 5 (2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022) 1 Winner (2017)
Man of the World × × × ×
Total 57 9 48 5 titles

Historic placement positions
Main articles: Lists of Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth runners-up and finalists
Pageant Total Winner
(1st Place)		 1st Runner-Up
(2nd Place)		 2nd Runner-Up
(3rd Place)		 3rd Runner-Up
(4th Place)		 4th Runner-Up
(5th Place)		 Finalists
(Top 5/8)		 Semifs./ Quarterfs.
(Top 9/29)
Manhunt International 12 1 (1999) 1 (1997) 1 (2001) 1 (2000) 1 (2002) × 7 (2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2016 • 2022)
Mister World 5 1 (1998) × × × × × 4 (2000 • 2003 • 2010 • 2019)
Mister International 13 1 (2013) 2 (2006 • 2018) 1 (2022) 1 (2007) × × 8 (2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017)
Mister Universe 10 1 (2011) 2 (2014 • 2016) 1 (2018) 1 (2010) 1 (2012) × 4 (2008 • 2013 • 2015 • 2019)
Mister Global 3 × 1 (2015) × 1 (2021) × × 1 (2018)
Mister Supranational 5 1 (2017) × 1 (2021) 0 () 1 (2019) × 2 (2016 • 2022)
Man of the World × × × × × × × ×
Total 48 5 6 4 4 3 26
Absences
Pageant Absences
Manhunt International 6 (1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 2017 • 2018 • 2020)
Mister World 1 (2016)
Mister International 1 (2014)
Mister Universe 1 (2009)
Mister Global 5 (2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2022)
Mister Supranational ×
Man of the World 4 (2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022)
Total 18

Margarita Island Summary
Color key
  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Last ed. 12th Mister Universe
Year Mister Universe
2022 Cancelled
2021
2020
2019 Carlos Alberto Guédez Díaz
2018 Jesús Abraham Urdaneta Aguilar
Top 12
2017 Douglas José Castro Mendoza
5th Runner-Up
2016 Florentino Rodríguez
2015 Mariano Javier Palacios Álvarez
2014 Edward Gregorio Rojas Pérez
2013 Octavio José Centeno Guerra
2012 ×
2011 Carlos Alberto Martínez
2010 ×
2009 ×
2008 Francisco Ismael Diaz

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Placements
Pageant Entrants Unplacements Placements Best result
Mister Universe 9 7 (2008 • 2011 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2019) 2 (2017 • 2018) 5th Runner-Up (2017)
Total 9 7 2 0 titles

Historic placement positions
Pageant Total 5th Runner-Up
(6th Place)		 Semifs./ Quarterfs.
(Top 9/29)
Mister Universe 2 1 (2017) 1 (2018)
Total 2 1 1
Absences
Pageant Absences
Mister Universe 3 (2009 • 2010 • 2012)
Total 3

Hosting

Venezuela had never host a major international pageant.

List of crossovers

Crossover winners of a major national pageant or crossover representatives in the line of international beauty pageants.

  • Sandro Finoglio – was the first crossover candidate to accomplish this feat. Finoglio won Mister Venezuela 1997. He placed as 1st Runner-Up in Manhunt International 1997 and then won the Mister World 1998 title.
  • Christian Nunes – Nunes won Mister Universo Venezuela 2014. He went to compete in Mister Universe 2015 placing in the Top 13 and then was designated to participate in Mister Global 2018 where he finished as Top 10.

See also

Notes
  1. Competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References
  1. "Mister Venezuela 2012". El Universal. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. "Jessus Zambrano es Mister Venezuela 2012". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. "Inicia búsqueda del mister Venezuela 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  4. "Guterres dice que países pobres se están quedando". 3 May 2023.
  5. Banerjee, Sukanya (2015-06-13). "These 20 Countries Have The Highest Number Of Beauty Queens". www.scoopwhoop.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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