| Winner: | Stefanía Fernández |
| Represented: | Trujillo |
| Date: | September 10, 2008 |
| Venue: | Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas |
| Broadcaster: | Venevisión |
| Presenters: | Daniel Sarcos Maite Delgado |
| Acts: | David Bisbal, Oscar D'León, Wisin & Yandel[1] |
| Entrants: | 28[2] |
| Congeniality: | Adahisa Peña (Apure |
| Photogenic: | Natasha Domínguez (Sucre) |
| Before: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2009 |
| Placements: | 10 |
| Miss Internet: | Dayana Borges (Dependencias Federales) |
Miss Venezuela 2008 was the 55th Miss Venezuela pageant, held at the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 10, 2008.
Dayana Mendoza of Amazonas crowned Stefania Fernández of Trujillo as her successor at the end of the event.[3]
The contest, whose winner will attempt to become the first woman to win a Miss Universe title for her country in consecutive years, was marked by the elimination of the titles of Costa Oriental and Peninsula Goajira (now represented solely by Zulia state) and the consequent reduction to 28 delegates.[4] On July 29, Osmel Sousa assumed further control of the selection process by directly appointing the 28 final contestants from a pool of 73 candidates. Although winners of regional and state contests have never been guaranteed participation in the final Miss Venezuela pageant, this direct selection resulted in the unprecedented elimination of the representatives of Falcón, Lara, Sucre, Vargas and Nueva Esparta. In addition to the two aforementioned titleholders from Zulia, a total of seven state winners were consequently stripped of their titles, which will be carried in the final pageant by other candidates.[5]
| Placement | Contestant | |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Venezuela 2008 | ||
| Miss Venezuela World 2008 | ||
| Miss Venezuela International 2008 | ||
| 1st Runner-Up | ||
| 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| Top 10 |
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| State | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonas | 22 | Valera | |||
| Anzoátegui | 22 | Guacara | |||
| Apure | 25 | Valencia | |||
| Aragua | 23 | Maracay | |||
| Barinas | Yoselis María (Yosy) Meléndez Medina | 22 | Guatire | ||
| Bolívar | Kenia Barreto González | 19 | Ciudad Guayana | ||
| Canaima | Estefanía de los Angeles Guzmán Cuenca | 18 | Cabimas | ||
| Carabobo | 18 | Puerto Cabello | |||
| Cojedes | Jorelys Gabriela Quintana Pozo | 20 | San Cristóbal | ||
| Delta Amacuro | 21 | Caracas | |||
| Dependencias Federales | 18 | Cagua | |||
| Distrito Capital | 25 | Caracas | |||
| Falcón | Fanny Domingues Da Assuncao | 19 | Caracas | ||
| Guárico | 21 | Caracas | |||
| Lara | Nusat del Valle Durán Pérez | 20 | Tovar | ||
| Mérida | Alejandra Suan Sánchez Guerrero | 19 | Mérida | ||
| Miranda | 18 | Guanare | |||
| Monagas | 22 | San Cristóbal | |||
| Nueva Esparta | 19 | Caracas | |||
| Península de Araya | 23 | Maracay | |||
| Península de Paraguaná | María Alessandra Villegas Azpúrua | 21 | Caracas | ||
| Portuguesa | Verónica Susana Arcay Andrade | 20 | Valencia | ||
| Sucre | 18 | Caracas | |||
| Táchira | 17 | San Cristóbal | |||
| Trujillo | 18 | Mérida | |||
| Vargas | Marielis del Valle Ontiveros González | 20 | Caracas | ||
| Yaracuy | 19 | Caracas | |||
| Zulia | 22 | Maracaibo |