Veruska Ramírez

Miss Venezuela 1997

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Birth name               Veruska Tatiana Ramírez
Birth date                 July 30, 1979
Birth place                Táriba, Táchira, Venezuela
Height                      1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Measurements          90-60-90 cm
Hair color                 Brown
Eye color                 Green



Pageant
Veruska Tatiana Ramírez is Miss Venezuela 1997, winner of the Best in Swimsuit award and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1998.

As the official representative of her country to the 1998 Miss Universe pageant held in Honolulu, Hawaii, she got the highest semifinal swimsuit score ever seen in the history of individualized judges' scores (1990 to 2001), a combined score of 9.855, and still holds the record for that time period. Hers was the third consecutive placement of Venezuela in the top 2; a record shared with Colombia(although Venezuela won the crown in one of those occasions). In the end, she placed first runner-up to eventual winner Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago.

Carolina Indriago

Miss Venezuela 1998

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Birth name                  Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto
Birth date                   August 22, 1980
Birth place                 Valencia, Venezuela
Height                        1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Hair color                  Brown
Eye color                   Brown


Biography
Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto is a Venezuelan show hostess and a pageant titleholder. She is the first woman of noticeably black heritage to win the Miss Venezuela title. Indriago was the Miss Venezuela 1998, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1999 pageant held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago on May 26, 1999, when she classified in the 5 finalists.

Claudia Moreno

Miss Venezuela 1999 

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Birth name                  Claudia Cristina Moreno González
Birth date                    November 8, 1977
Birth place                  Caracas, Venezuela
Height                        1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color                   Brown
Eye color                    Hazel


Pageant
Claudia Cristina Moreno González is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000; she won the title of 1st Runner Up.  She represented the Distrito Capital in the Miss Venezuela 1999 pageant, on September 10, 1999, and placed as a top 10 semifinalist.

Minorka Mercado

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Birth name                   Minorka Marisela Mercado Carrero
Birth date                     January 15, 1972
Birth place                   Caracas, Venezuela
Height                         1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Measurements             90-60-90
Hair color                    Brown
Eye color                     Brown


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Minorka competed in 1993 as Miss Apure in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1994.

As the official representative of her country to the 1994 Miss Universe pageant held in Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994, she won three special awards: Best in Swimsuit, Best in Filipino Costume and Miss Photogenic. In the end, she placed second runner-up to Miss Universe 1994.

Eva Ekvall

Miss Venezuela 2000

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Birth name                  Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall Johnson
Birth date                    March 15, 1983
Birth place                  Caracas, Venezuela
Died                           December 17, 2011 (aged 28)
Died place                  Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height                         5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight                        119 lb (54 kg)
Hair color                   Brown
Eye color                    Blue-green
Title(s)                        Miss Venezuela 2000


Biography
Eva Mónica Anna Ekvall Johnson (15 March 1983 – 17 December 2011) was a Venezuelan TV news anchor, author, breast cancer advocate, fashion model, and a former Miss Venezuela.

Eva Ekvall was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She was raised in both the United States and Venezuela and was fluent in English and Spanish from childhood. Ekvall attended the Academia Washington of Caracas. Her father, Eric Ekvall, is an American of Swedish and Hungarian descent, who has lived in Venezuela since the early 1980s and worked as a political analyst. Her mother, Dawn Johnson, was born in Jamaica, and once ran a small modelling agency in Alaska, where she met Eva's father. Eva grew up with an older brother, Alec, who is a musician. (Source Wikipedia)