List of Mister Venezuela runners-up and finalists

The contest has announced five finalists from 1996 to 1998, from 2014 to 2016 and from 2019 to 2024. From 1999 to 2005 the number was reduced to three, and in 2017 the group was increased to six (regardless if the pageant post-announces the placements of the other 2/3 delegates who made it to the Top 5/6). Furthermore, the pageant has awarded the winner with the first runner-up from 1996 to 1997, being increased to three with the second runner-up being also awarded from 1998 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2024. In 2006 only the winner was announced. In 2009 and 2012 the winners were appointed without any competition being held.

This table shows the top-five finalists of each competition, from its inception with Mister Venezuela 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[1][2] Zulia (No. 20)	Jhonny Essig Distrito Federal (No. 4)	Eduardo Quintana Distrito Federal (No. 2)	Christian Zia[3][4] Aragua (No. 11)	Alberto Bahamonde Distrito Federal (No. 1)
1997	Sandro Finoglio[citation needed] Distrito Federal (No. 11)	Guillermo Pérez[5] Distrito Federal (No. 16)	Alexander Castellanos Trujillo (No. 13)	Javier Faoro Distrito Federal (No. 20)	Ismael Matamoros Distrito Federal (No. 2)
1998	Ernesto Calzadilla[6] Distrito Federal (No. 15)	Numa Delgado Distrito Federal (No. 14)	Nadir Nery Zulia (No. 4)	Daniel Andrade Distrito Federal (No. 12)	Diego Ochoa Distrito Federal (No. 18)
1999	Alejandro Otero[7] Distrito Federal (No. 20)	Ezzio Cavallaro[1] Miranda (No. 26)	José Gabriel Madonia Distrito Federal (No. 11)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Luis Nery[8] Península Goajira	Cristóbal Lander Miranda	Aníbal Martignani Guárico
2001	Daniel Navarrete[9][10] Vargas	Enrique Cuevas Carabobo	César Suárez Delta Amacuro
2003	Andrés Mistage[citation needed] Carabobo	Jacinto Oropeza Delta Amacuro	Claudio de la Torre[11] Anzoátegui
2004	Francisco León[12] Amazonas	Miguel Blanco Anzoátegui	Jean Claudio Palmegiani Carabobo
2005	José Ignacio Rodríguez[citation needed] (resigned) Zulia	José Luis Porras Portuguesa	José Luis Díaz Guárico
2006	Vito Gasparrini[13] Distrito Capital (No. 4)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009	José Manuel Flores[14][15] Distrito Capital
2012	Jessus Zambrano[16][17] Táchira
2014	Jesús Casanova[18][19] Barinas (No. 12)	Francisco Guerrero Táchira (No. 7)	Jesús Alvarado[20][21] Zulia (No. 9)	Distrito Capital (No. 5) – Jonathan Negrón Distrito Capital (No. 11) – Salvador Lugo
2015	Gabriel Correa[22][23] Aragua (No. 13)	Rafael Angelucci[24][25] Lara (No. 10)	Georges Biloune[26][27] Lara (No. 6)	Bolívar (No. 2) – Gibson Domínguez Lara (No. 4) – Rafael Oropeza
2016	Renato Barabino[28][29] Aragua (No. 6)	Walfred Crespo[30] Zulia (No. 4)	Gustavo Acevedo[31][32] Distrito Capital (No. 2)	Distrito Capital (No. 1) – Luis Segovia Distrito Capital (No. 13) – Ignacio Milles
2017	Christian Nunes[33][34] Distrito Capital (No. 13)	Luis Marrero[35] Aragua (No. 12)	Adrián Menghini Zulia (No. 14)	Bolívar (No. 7) – José Ricardo Rodulfo Distrito Capital (No. 2) – David Castro Distrito Capital (No. 9) – Alejandro Zumbo
2019	Jorge Eduardo Núñez[36][37] Zulia (No. 9)	Leonardo Carrero[38][39] Mérida (No. 13)	Armando Veitia Aragua (No. 3)	Distrito Capital (No. 8) – Carlos Guédez Distrito Capital (No. 11) – Emmanuel Serrano
2024	Juan Alberto García Carabobo (No. 9)	Franco Daniel Cova Miranda (No. 3)	Leiker Márquez Táchira (No. 14)	Aragua (No. 11) – Nelson Rodríguez Distrito Capital (No. 5) – Mike Durán

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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 fifteen times (1996–2005; 2014–2024).

This table lists the number of 1st runner-up titles by state/region.

The current 1st runner-up is Franco Daniel Cova from Miranda, as for the edition that took place on July 13, 2024, in Venevisión Studios, Caracas.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Miranda	3	1999, 2000, 2024
Distrito Capital		1996, 1997, 1998
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	Special Awards/Notes
2024	Miranda (No. 3)	Franco Daniel Cova
2019	Mérida (No. 13)	Leonardo Carrero	4th runner-up in Mister Supranational 2019
2017	Aragua (No. 12)	Luis Marrero
2016	Zulia (No. 4)	Walfred Crespo	Top 16 in Mister International 2016
2015	Lara (No. 10)	Rafael Angelucci	Top 10 in Mister International 2015
2014	Táchira (No. 7)	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 (No. 26)	Ezzio Cavallaro	Top 6 (3rd runner-up) in Grasim Mr. International 2000
1998	Distrito Capital (No. 14)	Numa Delgado
1997	Distrito Capital (No. 16)	Guillermo Pérez
1996	Distrito Capital (No. 4)	Jhonny Essig

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 fifteen times (1996–2005; 2014–2024).

This table lists the number of 2nd runner-up titles by state/region.

The current 2nd runner-up is Leiker Márquez from Táchira, as for the edition that took place on July 13, 2024, in Venevisión Studios, Caracas.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Zulia	3	1998, 2014, 2017
Distrito Capital		1996, 1999, 2016
Guárico	2	2000, 2005
Táchira	1	2024
Aragua		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	Special Awards/Notes
2024	Táchira (No. 14)	Leiker Márquez
2019	Aragua (No. 3)	Armando Veitia
2017	Zulia (No. 14)	Adrián Menghini
2016	Distrito Capital (No. 2)	Gustavo Acevedo	Top 10 in Mister Supranational 2016
2015	Lara (No. 6)	Georges Biloune
2014	Zulia (No. 9)	Jesús Alvarado	3rd runner-up in Mister Grand International 2018
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	2nd runner-up in Mister Intercontinental 2001
2000	Guárico	Aníbal Martignani	1st runner-up in Grasim Mr. International 2001
1999	Distrito Capital (No. 11)	José Gabriel Madonia	Mister American Continent 2000
			3rd runner-up in Manhunt International 2000
1998	Zulia (No. 4)	Nadir Nery	Grasim Mr. International 1999
1997	Trujillo (No. 13)	Alexander Castellanos	Mister Tourism International in Mr. Handsome International 2000
			Top 6 (3rd runner-up) in Grasim Mr. International 1998
1996	Distrito Capital (No. 2)	Eduardo Quintana

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)
Distrito Capital	2	1997, 1998
Aragua	1	1996

International representation

Year	State	3rd runner-up	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
1998	Distrito Capital (No. 12)	Daniel Andrade
1997	Distrito Capital (No. 20)	Javier Faoro
1996	Aragua (No. 11)	Christian Zia

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)
Distrito Capital	3	1996, 1997, 1998

International representation

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

Year	State	4th runner-up	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
1998	Distrito Capital (No. 18)	Diego Ochoa	2nd runner-up in International Male Model 2000
1997	Distrito Capital (No. 2)	Ismael Matamoros
1996	Distrito Capital (No. 1)	Alberto Bahamonde

This list shows finalists that had participated at international competitions.

Year	State	Top 5/6	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
2019	Distrito Capital (No. 11)	Emmanuel Serrano	TBA in Mister International 2024
2019	Distrito Capital (No. 8)	Carlos Guédez	Unplaced in Mister Universe 2019	As a Margarita Island representative
2016	Distrito Capital (No. 13)	Ignacio Milles	Top 10 in Mister International 2017
2014	Distrito Capital	Jonathan Negrón	Mister Young International 2008
			Mister Gentleman 2008

This list shows semifinilists that had participated at international competitions.

Year	State	Top 10	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
2000	Carabobo	Deive Garcés	International Male Model 2001

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

Year	State	Contestant	Placement	Special Awards/Notes
2017	Distrito Capital (No. 4)	Omar Riera	Top 17 in Man of the World 2023
2016	Distrito Capital (No. 14)	José Luis Trujillo	Top 16 in Manhunt International 2022
2015	Miranda (No. 3)	Jeudiel Condado	Unplaced in Mister Supranational 2018
2004	Zulia	Juan Hilario Pérez	Mr. Handsome International 2004
2003	Vargas	Alberto Bachour	Mr. Handsome International 2002 (Resigned)	As a Margarita Island representative
2001	Amazonas	Franconero Silva	1st runner-up in Modelo Revelación Internacional 2002
2001	Cojedes	Julio Cabrera	1st runner-up in Grasim Mr. International 2002
2000	Cojedes	Johnny Álvarez Díaz	Semifinalist in Mr. American Continent 2000
2000	Portuguesa	Tony Ferreira
1999	Carabobo (No. 14)	Hugo Zafra	Unplaced in Mr. Tourism International 2001	Mr. Fitness
1999	Zulia (No. 21)	Juan Carlos Tarazona	Unplaced in International Male Model 2000
1998	(No. 9)	Emilio Navas	Mr. Handsome International 1999	As a Coche Island representative
1996	(No. 17)	Roberto Rondón	International Male Model 1999

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	23	6 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2017)	3 (1996, 1997, 1998)	3 (1996, 1999, 2016)	8 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024)	3 (1999, 2000, 2004)
Zulia	10	2 (1996, 2005, 2019)	1 (2016)	3 (1998, 2014, 2017)	×	3 (2000, 2001, 2003)
Aragua	8	2 (2015, 2016)	1 (2017)	1 (2019)	2 (1996, 2024)	2 (2000, 2004)
Carabobo	5	2 (2003, 2024)	1 (2001)	1 (2004)	×	1 (2000)
Táchira	5	1 (2012)	1 (2014)	1 (2024)	×	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	5	×	3 (1999, 2000, 2024)	×	×	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	97	18	15	15	13	36

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