Another Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2009

Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez, won the Miss Universe 2009 beauty pageant held in Nassau, Bahamas.


She`was crowned by tge outgoing Miss Universe who also hailed from Venezuela.

Dressed in a red gown, she stood out of the semi-finalists and out of the five finalists who were judged by 12 people coming from cross sector of business, movie and fashion industries.

Miss China was voted as Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand as Miss Photogenic.

The runner-ups were the following:

First Runner Up:Dominican Republic
Second Runner Up:Kosovo
Third Runner Up: Australia
Fourth runner up: Puerto Rico

The judges were:

* Keisha Whitaker – Fashion Maven and Founder of the Kissable Couture Lip Gloss line
* Tamara Tunie – Actress, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
* George Maloof Jr. – Professional Sports Mogul and Hotelier
* Farouk – Founder and Chairman of CHI Hair Care
* Richard LeFrak – Chairman, President and CEO LeFrak Organization
* Heather Kerzner – Philanthropist and Ambassador for Kerzner International and Resorts
* Matthew Rolston – Leading Photographer and Director
* Dean Cain – Actor and Producer.
* Colin Cowie – Author, Television Personality and Designer to the Stars.
* Valeria Mazza – International Supermodel
* Andre Leon Talley – Award-winning Writer and Editor
* Gerry DeVeaux – Award-winning Producer, Songwriter and Style Guru