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Venezuelan placements in Miss Universe | ||
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| 1st runner-up | ||
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| 3rd runner-up | ||
| 4th runner-up | ||
| Top 5-6 | ||
| Top 10-13 |
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| Top 15-16 | ||
| Top 20-21 | ||
| Unplaced |
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| Did not compete |
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Minorka Mercado | |
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| Born | Minorka Marisela Mercado Carrero January 15, 1972 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Venezuela 1993 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Venezuela 1993 (Winner) Miss Universe 1994 (2nd Runner-Up) (Miss Photogenic) (Best in Swimsuit) (Best in Filipino Costume) |
Minorka Marisela Mercado Carrero (born January 15, 1972) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 1993. She won the Miss Photogenic, Best in Swimsuit, Best in Maria Clara gown awards and placed second runner-up to Miss Universe 1994.
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, where she finished as 2nd runner up.
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. [1]
Venezuelan placements in Miss Universe | ||
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| Miss Universe | | |
| 1st runner-up | ||
| 2nd runner-up | ||
| 3rd runner-up | ||
| 4th runner-up | ||
| Top 5-6 | ||
| Top 10-13 |
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| Top 15-16 | ||
| Top 20-21 | ||
| Unplaced |
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| Did not compete |
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| National | |
