Age: 23
Height: 176 cm
Occupation: Student and model

Hannely Quintero Beachwear contest photo

Hannely Zulami Quintero Ledezma is Miss Venezuela World 2008, who will represent Venezuela at the Miss World 2008 contest that will be held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on December 13, 2008.

Hannely was born in the city of Caracas. She says that she was born in a taxi cab under a full moon.

Hannely Quintero bikini photo

Hannely has seven brothers and three sisters. She is a student of psychology, and aims to study merchandising and advertising.

She says that her interests include tropical rhythm dance and listening to romantic music. She also likes to read Paulho Coellho books.

Her favorite food are corn pancakes also called cachapas.

Her motto is “If you believe you can, you can, if you don’t, you are right.”

Hannely Zulami Quintero was the winner of the Miss Venezuela World 2007. She also won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Beauty title at the Miss Veneuela 2007. Hannely came 5th in the Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 contest held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on October 26, 2007.

Hannely Quintero

The winner of the Miss Venezuela 2007 pageant was Dayana Mendoza who went on to win the Miss Universe 2008 title. The winner of the Miss Venezuela International 2007 title was Dayana Colemenares.

During the Miss Venezuela 2007 pageant, a fan of Hannela Zulami snatched her crown, put it on his head, and pranced around on the stage.

Last month, Hannely Quintero celebrated her 23rd birthday at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort on the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in Limpopo Province. Hannely said about her visit to Limpopo, on her birthday, “This is a very special birthday and a highlight of my visit to South Africa. The friendliness and hospitality of the people here has been overwhelming and Entabeni is definitely one of the greatest experiences of my life.”

Dayana was tipped to win by the bookies this year, with odds of 600+.

Dayana Mendoza is a professional model who was a finalist at the Elite Model Look International 2001.

She had already won the Miss Universe Best Ao Dai 2008 title, at the start of the contest.

Dayana has traveled extensively to Italy, France, United States, England, Greece, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Peru for Versace, and Roberto Cavalli.

Dayana loves photography, interior design and advertising, and says that the most interesting thing that has happened to her was when she was kidnapped.

The 80 contestants in the Miss Universe 2008 contest, were whittled down to 15. The top 10 comprised Miss USA, Miss Kosovo, Miss Australia, Miss Spain, Miss Mexico, Miss Colombia, Miss USA, Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Russia, Miss Italy and Miss Venezuela.

The top five were: first runner-up, Miss Columbia Taliana Vargas, second runner-up Miss Dominica Marianne Cruz, third runner-up Miss Russian Vera Krasova, and the fourth Miss Mexico Elisa Najera.

The top five were all latino contestants. The Miss Universe 2008 show was hosted by Jerry Springer and Spice Girl Melanie Brown.

Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, ripped on the tail of her gown just as she was about to enter. In the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, Miss USA Rachel Smith also took a fall.

Dayana Mendoza, 22, Miss Universe Venezuela 2008, is the winner of the Miss Venezuela 2007.

Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Height: 5′10″

Dayana Mendoza, 22, Miss Universe Venezuela 2008, is the winner of the Miss Venezuela 2007 contest held on September 13, 2007. Dayana Mendoza is the second woman from the Amazonas state to win the Miss Venezuela contest. The Miss World Venezuela title winner was Hannelys Quintero, Miss Cojedes, who is studying

Psychology, and will take part in the Miss World 2008 contest. Dayana belongs to Caracas.

In the Miss Venezuela 2008 contest, Dayan Colmenares was the winner of the Miss Venezuela International contest, and will represent Venezuela in the Miss International 2008 contest in China.

Dayana Mendoza is a professional model who was a finalist at the Elite Model Look International 2001. Dayana has traveled to Italy, France, United States, England, Greece, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Peru for Versace, and Roberto Cavalli.

Dayana enjoys photography, interior design and advertising, and wants to be an interior designer.

Dayana has already won the Miss Universe Best Ao Dai title, in the preliminary contest. All the 80 Miss Universe contestants had to to wear the Ao Dai, a traditional Vietnamese costume.

The other four contestants in the top five were Miss Viet Nam, Miss India, Miss Thailand, and Miss Kazakhstan.