Veruska Ramírez

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Veruzhka Ramírez

| photo =

| birth_name = Veruzhka Tatiana Ramírez

| nationalcompetition = {{ubl|Miss Venezuela 1997 (winner)|(Most Beautiful Eyes)|Miss Universe 1998 (1st runner-Up)|(Best in Swimsuit)}}

| title = Miss Táchira 1997 Miss Venezuela 1997

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Táriba, Táchira, Venezuela

| height = 1.82m{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

| eye_color = Green{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

| hair_color = Light Brown{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

}}

Veruzhka Tatiana Ramírez is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 1997, and was first runner-up at Miss Universe 1998.Icons of Beauty: Art, Culture, and the Image of Women {{ISBN|978-0-313-33823-6}} p. 233

Miss Venezuela 1997

Ramirez was abandoned as a child and grew up in relative poverty.{{cite news|title=Venezuelans on the Cutting Edge of Beauty |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-adfg-beauty1-story.html|access-date=August 5, 2021|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=January 1, 2006}} In 1997, reigning Miss Venezuela Marena Bencomo visited Táchira, where Ramírez approached her for an autograph. Bencomo encouraged her to go to Caracas to compete for the Miss Venezuela 1997 title, where Osmel Sousa appointed her as Miss Táchira.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

As the winner of Miss Venezuela 1997, she went on to represent her country at Miss Universe 1998.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Miss Universe 1998

Ramírez was the official representative of Venezuela to Miss Universe 1998, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. She placed first runner-up to Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago.{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100328095015/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1998.htm Miss Universe Coverage 1998]}}

Kidnapping

Ramírez was kidnapped for three hours in 2003.{{Cite news|last=Harris|first=Scott|title=Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Vitor Belfort's Sister's Murder|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1714149-brazilian-police-arrest-suspect-in-vitor-belforts-sisters-murder|access-date=2021-08-03|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}