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CARACAS, VENEZUELA - September 13th

Miss Amazonas Dayana Mendoza, a 21-year old professional model and student from Caracas, won on September 13th the title of Miss Venezuela 2007, after beating 27 other aspirants for the coveted title.

Mendoza, who stands 1.76 m tall, will represent Venezuela at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant to be held possibly in Vietnam.

Crowned as Miss World Venezuela was 21-year old Hannelys Quintero, Miss Cojedes. Quintero is 1.76 m tall and is currently pursuing a degree in Psycholgy. She will represent Venezuela at the Miss World 2008 contest.

Miss Venezuela International is 20-year old Dayana Colmenares, from Valencia.  The 1.75 m student of Marketing will travel to China to compete for the Miss International 2008 title.

Misses Aragua and Tachira were the 1st and 2nd runners-up, respectively.

Completing the Top 10, where the delegates from Trujillo, Sucre, Barinas, Vargas and Miranda.

Miss Cojedes also won the Miss Photogenic title, while Miss Aragua was chosen Miss Internet.

Notable former beauty queens were among the judges, including reigning Miss International Daniela Di Giacomo; E! Latin America main anchor Daniela Kosan; Carmen Maria Montiel, Miss Venezuela 1984; Anarella Bono, Miss Anzoategui 1997; and Nacarit Molina, noted for being one of the winners in the Miss Tachira 2006 pageant, who lost her arm in a tragic accident while she was in route to one of the main castings in Caracas.

The event, which took place for about 4 hours, was telecast live to the country. The transmission ended abruptly when a deranged pageant fan (right) climbed up on stage and took the crown away from Quintero (Miss World Venezuela).  The psycho fan put the crown over his head and started waving to the crowd. He was then taken away by security.

Photos courtesy of Miss Venezuela

Video: Miss Venezuela winners attacked by a crazy person at the end of the show

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