Miss Colombia
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Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 that selects representatives to Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 and Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

. The winner, Miss Colombia, is sent to Miss Universe and the first runner-up, Miss Colombia International or Virreina, to Miss International.

History

The Miss Colombia pageant is held annually in the city of Cartagena de Indias
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

. Coverage is given by the media to the contest, including by Cromos magazine which devotes entire issues to the individual contestants favored to win, and four covers of the magazine are devoted to the pageant in a 4-week period.

Every major network sends news crews, and have sets built by the beach in Cartagena to report live for at least fifteen minutes every day towards the end of the news broadcast on the goings-on of the contestants. Aspirants must compete in their respective Departments to earn a title for the pageant.

Miss Colombia 2010

Main article: Miss Colombia 2010
Miss Colombia 2010
The National Beauty Contest in Colombia will hold its 76th edition on Monday, November 15, 2010 in Cartagena de Indias. During the evening of choice, Miss Colombia 2009, Natalia Navarro Galvis will crown her successor at the end of the event...



Miss Colombia 2010, the 76th Miss Colombia pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Monday, November 15, 2010. Miss Colombia 2009
Miss Colombia 2009
Miss Colombia 2009, the 75th Miss Colombia pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Monday, November 16, 2009. Miss Colombia 2008, Michelle Rouillard, crowned Natalia Navarro from the department of Bolívar as the new Miss Colombia...

, Natalia Navarro Galvis, crowned Catalina Robayo
Catalina Robayo
María Catalina Robayo Vargas is a Colombian beauty queen who was crowned Miss Colombia 2010, the official representative to Miss Universe 2011.-Early life:...

 of Valle del Cauca as the new Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia 2010
The National Beauty Contest in Colombia will hold its 76th edition on Monday, November 15, 2010 in Cartagena de Indias. During the evening of choice, Miss Colombia 2009, Natalia Navarro Galvis will crown her successor at the end of the event...

.

Rules

Colombia has strict rules regarding participation of any Miss Universe preliminary
Preliminary
Preliminary may refer to:*Preliminary internships*Preliminary English Test*Preliminary examination*Preliminary finals*Preliminary hearing*Preliminary Multistate Bar Review*Preliminary Notice...

: once a contestant registers for the pageant, she is confined to her own Department
Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...

 and cannot jump states/provinces as happens frequently elsewhere. However, she can participate more than once for the same department; the winner of the pageant in 2003 had already come in fourth place at the Miss Valle pageant the year before she won and eventually went on to win the national crown.

Perhaps this rule is the reason for the intense rivalries that have developed between departments (states) to win the most crowns, a couple of them have garnered a significant number, starting with Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

 (9), Valle
Valle
is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative center is the village of Valle.-General information:...

 (9), Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

 (7), Antioquia (6), Bolívar (6).

Prelude to the pageant

The pageant itself always around November 11, and many of the activities, such as the entire production of the Cromos magazines devoted to the pageant take place in the weeks preceding the pageant.

There are a number of preliminary events involving the sponsors, such as the election of the Figura Bodytech (the Bodytech Figure) which confers free gym membership at the Bodytech franchise for five years to the contestant with the most toned, harmonious and healthy body of the pageant.

List of winners of Figura Bodytech prize

  • 2002 - Diana Lucia Mantilla (Santander)
  • 2003 - Catherine Daza Manchola
    Catherine Daza
    Catherine Daza Manchola , Miss Colombia 2003, gained the right to compete in Miss Universe 2004 where she was one of the 15 semi-finalists...

     (Valle del Cauca)
  • 2004 - Adriana Tarud (Atlántico)
  • 2005 - Valerie Dominguez (Atlántico)
  • 2006 - Laura Montoya Escobar(Antioquia)
  • 2007 - Maria Cristina Diaz-Granados
    María Cristina Díaz-Granados
    María Cristina Díaz-Granados Dangond is a model and the winner of the title Miss Colombia International 2007-2008...

      (Bogotá)
  • 2008 - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (Valle del Cauca)
  • 2009 - Natalia Navarro Galvis (Bolívar)
  • 2010 - Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva (Huila)


Since the prize was first awarded, the winner of the Bodytech Figure prize has gone on to win Miss Colombia each year except for in 2006 and 2007 when they became Runner Ups. There are also prizes for the contestant with the best hair (Silueta Schwarzkopff brand), the most photogenic candidate (Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

), the most punctual (who receives a Edox watch), most beautiful costume, and even the mothers of the delegates must compete in a talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...

 to select the "Queen Mother."

Regional rankings

Department Titles Years
Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

10 1949, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2004
Miss Colombia 2004
Miss Colombia 2004, the 70th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2004, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Adriana Tarud, Miss Atlántico....

, 2005
Miss Colombia 2005
Miss Colombia 2005, the 71st Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 14, 2005, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Valerie Dominguez Tarud, Señorita Atlántico....

, 2011
Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

9 1951, 1953, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 2003
Miss Colombia 2003
Miss Colombia 2003, the 69th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2003, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Catherine Daza Manchola, Miss Valle....

, 2010
Miss Colombia 2010
The National Beauty Contest in Colombia will hold its 76th edition on Monday, November 15, 2010 in Cartagena de Indias. During the evening of choice, Miss Colombia 2009, Natalia Navarro Galvis will crown her successor at the end of the event...

Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

7 1955, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1997, 2002
Miss Colombia 2002
Miss Colombia 2002, the 68th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2002, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada, Miss Santander....

Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

6 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1996
Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

1934, 1947, 1961, 1983, 1984, 2009
Miss Colombia 2009
Miss Colombia 2009, the 75th Miss Colombia pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Monday, November 16, 2009. Miss Colombia 2008, Michelle Rouillard, crowned Natalia Navarro from the department of Bolívar as the new Miss Colombia...

Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

5 1975, 1977, 1982, 1991, 1993
Miss Colombia 1993
Miss Colombia 1993, the 59th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in the Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, located in Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar Department, Colombia.-Results:*Miss Colombia 1993 - Carolina Gómez Correa...

Cauca
Cauca Department
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...

2 1966, 2008
Miss Colombia 2008
Miss Colombia 2008, the 74th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 17, 2008, after two weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Michelle Rouillard Estrada, Miss Cauca....

Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

1958, 1970
Cesar
Cesar Department
Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...

1994, 2006
Miss Colombia 2006
Miss Colombia 2006, the 72nd Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2006, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Eileen Roca Torralvo, Miss Cesar....

Guajira 1985, 1988
Amazonas
Amazonas Department
Amazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department....

1 1992
Chocó
Chocó Department
Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...

2001
Miss Colombia 2001
Miss Colombia 2001, the 67th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2001, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, Miss Chocó....

Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

2000
Miss Colombia 2000
Miss Colombia 2000, the 66th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2000, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Andrea María Noceti Gómez, Miss Cartagena de Indias....

Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

1999
Magdalena
Magdalena Department
Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...

2007
Miss Colombia 2007
Miss Colombia 2007, the 73rd Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2007. The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV from the Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia...

Meta
Meta Department
Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...

1995
Nariño
Nariño Department
Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...

1960
Norte de Santander 1963
Tolima 1965

Miss Colombia titleholders 1934 - 1957

Initially, the pageant's winners held the title for a biennial period; Yolanda Emiliani Roman, Miss Colombia 1934, held her title for the longest reign in the pageant's history.
  • 1934 - Yolanda Emiliani Román (Bolívar)
  • 1947 - Piedad Gómez Román (Bolívar)
  • 1949 - Myriam Sojo Zambrano (Atlántico)
  • 1951 - Leonor Navia Orjuela (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1953 - Luz Marina Cruz Lozada (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1955 - Esperanza Gallón Domínguez (Santander)
  • 1957 - Doris Gil Santamaría (Antioquia)

Miss Colombia titleholders 1958 - present

  • 1958 - Luz Marina Zuluaga (Caldas)
  • 1959 - Stella Márquez Zawadsky (Nariño)
  • 1961 - Sonia Heidman Gómez (Bolívar)
  • 1962 - Martha Ligia Restrepo González (Atlántico)
  • 1963 - Leonor Duplat San Juan (Cúcuta/Norte de Santander)
  • 1964 - Martha Cecilia Calero Córdoba (Cali/Valle del Cauca)
  • 1965 - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena (Ibagué/Tolima)
  • 1966 - Elsa Garrido Cajiao (Cauca)
  • 1967 - Luz Elena Restrepo González (Atlántico)
  • 1968 - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1969 - María Luisa Riasco Velásquez (Antioquia)
  • 1970 - Piedad Mejía Trujillo (Caldas)
  • 1971 - María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez (Atlántico)
  • 1972 - Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1973 - Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios (Santander)
  • 1974 - Martha Lucía Echeverry Trujillo (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1975 - María Helena Reyes Abisambra (Bogotá)
  • 1976 - Aura María Mojica Salcedo (Valle del Cauca)
  • 1977 - Shirley Sáenz Starnes (Bogotá)
  • 1978 - Ana Milena Parra Turbay (Santander)
  • 1979 - María Patricia Arbeláez (Antioquia)
  • 1980 - Nini Johanna Soto González (Santander)
  • 1981 - María Teresa Gómez Fajardo (Antioquia)
  • 1982 - Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes (Bogotá)
  • 1983 - Susana Caldas Lemaitre (Bolívar)
  • 1984 - Sandra Borda Caldas (Bolívar)

  • 1985 - María Mónica Urbina Plugiesse (Guajira)
  • 1986 - Patricia López Ruíz (Antioquia)
  • 1987 - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra (Santander)
  • 1988 - María Teresa Eugorrola Hinojosa (Guajira)
  • 1989 - Lizeth Yamile Mahecha Arévalo (Atlántico)
  • 1990 - Maribel Gutiérrez Tinoco (Atlántico)
  • 1991 - Paola Turbay Gómez (Bogotá)
  • 1992 - Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave (Amazonas)
  • 1993 - Carolina Gómez Correa (Bogotá)
  • 1994 - Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe (Cesar)
  • 1995 - Lina María Gaviria Forero (Meta)
  • 1996 - Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel (Antioquia)
  • 1997 - Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra (Santander)
  • 1998 - Marianella Maal Paccini (Atlántico)
  • 1999 - Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín (Cundinamarca)
  • 2000 - Andrea María Noceti Gómez (Cartagena)
  • 2001 - Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos (Chocó)
  • 2002 - Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada (Santander)
  • 2003 - Catherine Daza Manchola (Valle del Cauca)
  • 2004 - Adriana Cecilia Tarud Durán (Atlántico)
  • 2005 - Valerie Domínguez Tarud (Atlántico)
  • 2006 - Eileen Roca Torralvo (Cesar)
  • 2007 - Taliana Maria Vargas Carrillo (Magdalena)
  • 2008 - Michelle Rouillard Estrada (Cauca)
  • 2009 - Natalia Navarro Galvis (Bolivar)
  • 2010 - María Catalina Robayo Vargas (Valle)
  • 2011 - Daniella Margarita Alvarez Vásquez (Atlántico)


International participation

Despite the country's fascination with pageants and the incredible efforts and funds expended to prepare winners (including appointing them teams of fashion designers and coaches), it has had a mixed record at international contests. Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...

 remains the country's only Miss Universe, winning in 1958; she was awarded a mansion and tax exemption
Tax exemption
Various tax systems grant a tax exemption to certain organizations, persons, income, property or other items taxable under the system. Tax exemption may also refer to a personal allowance or specific monetary exemption which may be claimed by an individual to reduce taxable income under some...

 for life, an honor which is expected to follow any woman who can retake the world title. Colombians have come close on several occasions, making the top 15 multiple times, and from 1992 to 1994 Miss Colombia consecutively placed as first runner-up, and again in 2008 but the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 title has continued to elude the country. In 2004, for example, Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez
Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez
Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez is a beauty queen and a model who became Reina Internacional del Cafe 2004 and the third Colombian to win the title of Miss International in 2004.-References:...

 became the first black woman to win the Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

 crown.

Colombian representatives at Miss Universe

Year Titleholder Department title Placement in Miss Universe
1958
Miss Universe 1958
The 7th Miss Universe pageant, Miss Universe 1958 was held in Long Beach, California, USA for the 7th time. In this pageant, thirty six contestants competed, where finally, Miss Colombia, 19-year-old Luz Marina Zuluaga won the competition...

Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...

Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

1959
Miss Universe 1959
The 8th Miss Universe pageant, Miss Universe 1959 was held in Long Beach, California, USA for the 8th time. Thirty four contestants competed and in the end Miss Japan, 22-year-old Akiko Kojima won the competition. She was crowned by Miss Universe 1958, Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia...

 
Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor Top 15
1960
Miss Universe 1960
Miss Universe 1960, the 9th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Linda Bement of USA. It took place on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:...

Stella Márquez Zawadsky Nariño
Nariño Department
Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...

 
Top 15
1961
Miss Universe 1961
Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 24-year-old Marlene Schmidt of Germany. It took place on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

 
Patricia Whitman Owen
1962
Miss Universe 1962
Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 24-year-old Norma Nolan of Argentina. It took place on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:...

 
Olga Lucia Botero Orozco Top 15
1963
Miss Universe 1963
Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil. It took place on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

 
Maria Cristina Alvarez González Top 15
1964
Miss Universe 1964
Miss Universe 1964, the 13th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 21-year-old Corinna Tsopei of Greece. It took place on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:...

 
Alba Virginia Ramírez Plaza
1965
Miss Universe 1965
Miss Universe 1965, the 14th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand. It took place on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

 
Maria Victoria Ocampo Gómez Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

 
Top 15
1966
Miss Universe 1966
Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden. It took place on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena Tolima  Top 15
1967
Miss Universe 1967
Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock of USA. It took place on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao Cauca
Cauca Department
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...

 
1968
Miss Universe 1968
Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

Luz Elena Restrepo González Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

1969
Miss Universe 1969
Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. The winner was Gloria Diaz, an eighteen year old Miss Philippines. Ms...

Margarita Maria Reyes Zawadsky Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

Top 15
1970
Miss Universe 1970
Miss Universe 1970, the 19th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico. It took place on July 11, 1970 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States...

Maria Luisa Riascos Velásquez Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

1971
Miss Universe 1971
Miss Universe 1971, the 20th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Georgina Rizk of Lebanon. It took place on July 24, 1971 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...

Piedad Mejía Trujillo Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

1972
Miss Universe 1972
Miss Universe 1972 was held at Cerromar Beach Hotel in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, on July 29, 1972. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. The outgoing Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of...

Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

1973
Miss Universe 1973
Miss Universe 1973 was held at the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre of Odeon of Herodes Atticus, at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece on July 21, 1973...

Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

Top 12
1974
Miss Universe 1974
Miss Universe 1974, the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Manila, Philippines on the early morning of July 21, 1974 before a live audience of an estimated 10,000 at the Folk Arts Theater and broadcast live by CBS and Radio Philippines Network . The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker and Helen...

Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

3rd runner-up
1975
Miss Universe 1975
Miss Universe 1975 the 24th Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador on July 19, 1975. The live telecast was broadcast on CBS. Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia crowned the new Miss Universe, Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland.The political...

Marta Lucía Echeverri Trujillo Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

Top 12
1976
Miss Universe 1976
Miss Universe 1976, the 25th Miss Universe pageant was held at Lee Theatre in Hong Kong on July 11, 1976 morning, namely July 10 evening in United States. Rina Messinger earned Israel's first Miss Universe crown...

Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

Top 12
1977
Miss Universe 1977
Miss Universe 1977, the 26th annual Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Theater, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 16, 1977. 24-year-old Janelle Commissiong earned Trinidad & Tobago its first Miss Universe crown as well as becoming the first black woman to win the title...

Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

3rd runner-up
1978
Miss Universe 1978
Miss Universe 1978, the 27th Miss Universe pageant, was held at Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico on July 24, 1978. Seventy-five contestants competed in the event....

Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

3rd runner-up
1979
Miss Universe 1979
Miss Universe 1979 was held at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia on 20 July 1979. 18-year-old Maritza Sayalero earned Venezuela's first Miss Universe crown. First runner-up Gina Swainson would go on to win the rival Miss World 1979 later in the year...

Ana Milena Parra Turbay Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

1980
Miss Universe 1980
Miss Universe 1980 was held at Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 1980. 20-year-old Shawn Weatherly of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1980...

Maria Patricia Arbeláez Peláez Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

Top 12 (10)
1981
Miss Universe 1981
Miss Universe 1981, the 30th Miss Universe pageant, was held at Minskoff Theater, New York City, New York, USA on July 20, 1981. 19-year-old Irene Sáez of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1981. There were 77 contestants competing for the crown, but Miss Mauritius got homesick and withdrew....

 
Ana Edilma (Eddy) Cano Puerta
1982
Miss Universe 1982
Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.-Placements:...

 
Nadya Santacruz Quintero
1983
Miss Universe 1983
Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA on July 11, 1983. 19-year-old Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned Miss Universe 1983, the first woman from that country to win the title...

Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

1984
Miss Universe 1984
Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, USA on July 9, 1984. 81 contestants competed for the crown....

Susana Caldas Lemaitre Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

4th runner-up
1985
Miss Universe 1985
Miss Universe 1985, the 34th Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, USA on July 15, 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the 1985 Miss Universe Pageant...

Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

1986
Miss Universe 1986
Miss Universe 1986, the 35th Miss Universe pageant, was held at ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on July 21, 1986. 22-year-old Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1986 by the outgoing titleholder, Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico...

Maria Mónica Urbina Pugliesse Guajira 2nd runner-up
1987
Miss Universe 1987
Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss...

Maria Patricia López Ruiz Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

1988
Miss Universe 1988
Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant...

Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

Top 10 (9)
1989
Miss Universe 1989
Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....

Maria Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa Guajira
1990
Miss Universe 1990
Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant was held at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, USA on April 15, 1990. Mona Grudt of Norway was crowned as Miss Universe 1990. Seventy-one contestants competed for the crown....

Lizeth Yamile Mahecha Arévalo Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

2nd runner-up
1991
Miss Universe 1991
Miss Universe 1991 was held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip, USA on May 17, 1991.Lupita Jones of Mexico was crowned as Miss Universe 1991...

Maribel Gutiérrez Tinoco Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

24th place
1992
Miss Universe 1992
Miss Universe 1992, the 41st Miss Universe pageant, was held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand on May 8, 1992. 78 international beauties competed for the Miss Universe crown....

Paola Turbay Gómez
Paola Turbay
Paola Turbay Gómez is a Colombian-American actress of Lebanese descent, model, and television presenter.Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant, which she won in 1991...

Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

1st runner-up
1993
Miss Universe 1993
Miss Universe 1993, the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 1993. Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned as Miss Universe 1993...

Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave Amazonas
Amazonas Department
Amazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department....

1st runner-up
1994
Miss Universe 1994
Miss Universe 1994, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center, in Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994...

Carolina Gómez Correa
Carolina Gomez Correa
Carolina Gómez Correa is a Colombian actress, presenter and model, who held the title of Miss Colombia Universe 1993 - 1994 and Miss Universe First Runner-up 1994 .- Biography :...

Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

1st runner-up
1995
Miss Universe 1995
Miss Universe 1995, the 44th Miss Universe pageant was held at Windhoek Country Club Resort, in Windhoek, Namibia on May 12, 1995. Chelsi Smith of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1995 by Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen of India...

Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe Cesar
Cesar Department
Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...

Top 10 (10)
1996
Miss Universe 1996
Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants...

Lina Maria Gaviria Forero Meta
Meta Department
Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...

29th place
1997
Miss Universe 1997
Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, culminating in the final competition on May 16, 1997. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant had been held in the United States. Miss USA, Brook Lee of Hawaii was crowned Miss...

Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángels Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

20th place
1998
Miss Universe 1998
Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant was held at Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on May 12, 1998. Brook Lee, Miss Universe 1997, of the USA crowned Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago as Miss Universe 1998...

Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

4th runner-up
1999
Miss Universe 1999
Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...

Marianella Maal Pacini Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

2000
Miss Universe 2000
Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...

Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

Top 10 (6)
2001
Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...

Andrea Maria Nocetti Gómez Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

2002
Miss Universe 2002
Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...

Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos Chocó
Chocó Department
Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...

2003
Miss Universe 2003
Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...

Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

2004
Miss Universe 2004
Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....

Catherine Daza Manchola
Catherine Daza
Catherine Daza Manchola , Miss Colombia 2003, gained the right to compete in Miss Universe 2004 where she was one of the 15 semi-finalists...

Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

Top 10
2005
Miss Universe 2005
Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia...

Adriana Cecilia Tarud Durán Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

2006
Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....

Valerie Domínguez Tarud
Valerie Dominguez Tarud
Valerie Domínguez Tarud was Miss Colombia 2005-2006 and competed at Los Angeles, United States to participate in Miss Universe 2006. Domínguez made the first cut top 20 of the competition where she competed in swimsuit,and made it to the second cut top 10 where she competed in evening gown...

Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

Top 10
2007
Miss Universe 2007
Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, took place on May 28, 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 delegates competed for the title. Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned the winner of the title by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico....

Eileen Roca Torralvo
Eileen Roca Torralvo
Eileen Roca Torralvo is a former Miss Colombia. She represented her country in Miss Universe 2007 held in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007.-External links:** - globalbeauties.com*...

Cesar
Cesar Department
Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...

2008
Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...

Taliana María Vargas Carrillo
Taliana Vargas
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo is a Colombian actress, fashion model, television personality, Miss Colombia 2007 and Miss Universe 2008 first runner-up. Vargas is a Colombian student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.Vargas is of Greek descent...

Magdalena
Magdalena Department
Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...

1st runner-up
2009
Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. It was the first time back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana...

Michelle Rouillard Estrada Cauca
Cauca Department
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...

2010
Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...

Natalia Navarro Galvis Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

Top 15 (12)
2011
Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

María Catalina Robayo Vargas
Catalina Robayo
María Catalina Robayo Vargas is a Colombian beauty queen who was crowned Miss Colombia 2010, the official representative to Miss Universe 2011.-Early life:...

Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...

Top 16
2012
Miss Universe 2012
Miss Universe 2012 will be the 61st Miss Universe pageant. The schedule, venue and date will be announced by the Miss Universe Organization...

Daniella Margarita Alvarez Vasquez Atlantico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...



In these versions of Miss Universe, the CNB did not have the franchise to participate, however, another entity designated to these young ladies to represent Colombia.
María Victoria Ocampo Gómez represented Bolivar in the national pageant and then she was appointed in another contest where she earned the right to participate in Miss Universe.
Preliminary average.

Colombian representatives at Miss International

Year Titleholder Department title Miss International placing
1960
Miss International 1960
Miss International 1960, the first edition of International Beauty Congress Pageant was held on August 12, 1960 at Long Beach, California, USA. There are 52 delegates from all over the world competed the title. Miss Colombia, Stella Márquez Zawadski won the title...

Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky Nariño
Nariño Department
Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...

Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

1961
Miss International 1961
Miss International 1961, the 2nd Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, United States on July 28, 1961. 52 contestants competed for the pageant...

Wilma Kohlgruber Duque Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

1962
Miss International 1962
Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, United States on August 18, 1962. 50 contestants competed for the pageant...

Sonia Heidman Gómez Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

1963
Miss International 1963
The 4th Miss International pageant was held on 16 August 1963 at Long Beach, California.- Results :-Delegates:*' - Susana Cukar Cuhan*' - Tricia Reschke*' - Xenia Doppler*' - Monique Bourgeois*' - Maria Lozada...

Martha Ligia Restrepo González Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

Top 15
1964
Miss International 1964
The Miss International 1964, the 4th Miss International pageant, was won by Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz of Philippines. It took place on 14 August 1964 at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA.- Results :-Special Awards:-Delegates:...

Leonor Duplat Sanjuán Norte de Santander
1965
Miss International 1965
Miss International 1965, the 6th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, United States on August 13, 1965. 44 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Ingrid Finger from Germany crown as Miss International 1965....

Regina Salcedo Herrera Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

1967
Miss International 1967
Miss International 1967, the 7th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, United States on April 29, 1967. 46 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Mirta Massa from Argentina crown as Miss International 1967....

Marta Lucia Guzmán Perdomo Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

1968
Miss International 1968
Miss International 1968, the 8th Miss International pageant, was won by Maria da Gloria Carvalho of Brazil. It took place on 9 October 1968 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.-Final Results:-Special Awards:...

Rosario Barraza Villa Top 15
1969
Miss International 1969
Miss International 1969, the 9th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 13, 1969. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Valerie Holmes from Britain was crowned as Miss International 1969....

Laura Fabiola Pimiento Barrera Cesar
Cesar Department
Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...

1971
Miss International 1971
Miss International 1971, the 11th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, USA on May 26, 1971. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Jane Hansen from New Zealand crown as Miss International 1971.-Final Results:...

Patricia Escobar Rodríguez Bogotá Top 15
1972
Miss International 1972
Miss International 1972, the 12th edition of International Beauty Congress Pageant was held on October 06, 1972 at Tokyo, Japan. There are 47 delegates from all over the world competed the title. Linda Hooks from Britain won the title.-Placements:...

Lamia El Kouri Chaia Valle Top 15
1973
Miss International 1973
Miss International 1973, the 13th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Exposition Hall Fairgrounds, Osaka, Japan on October 13, 1973. 45 contestants competed for the pageant. Tuula Björkling of Finland won the crown.-Final Results:...

Tulia Inés Gómez Porras Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

Top 15
1974
Miss International 1974
Miss International 1974, the 14th edition of Miss International, was held at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on October 9, 1974. 45 contestants competed for the title. Brucene Smith of the United States, representing American Beauty, was crowned Miss International 1974.-Placements:-External links:*...

Beatriz del Carmen Cajiao Velasco Valle Top 15
1975
Miss International 1975
Miss International 1975, the 15th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Okinawa's Expo Portside Theater, Motobu, Japan on November 3, 1975. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Lidija Manić from Yugoslavia crown as Miss International 1975....

Alina Maria Botero López Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

Top 15
1976
Miss International 1976
Miss International 1976 was held at Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan on July 2, 1976. Sophie Sonia Perin earned France's first Miss International crown.-Results:-Special awards:-References:*...

Alicia Sáenz Madrid Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

Top 15
1977
Miss International 1977
Miss International 1977 was held at Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 1977. Pilar Medina earned Spain's first Miss International crown.-Placements:-Special awards:-References:*...

Silvia Alicia Pombo Carrillo Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

1978
Miss International 1978
Miss International 1978 was held at Mielparque, Tokyo, Japan on November 10, 1978. Katherine Patricia Ruth earned USA's second Miss International crown.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Rosita de Lourdes Requeña...

Olga Lucia Prada Rodríguez Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

1979
Miss International 1979
Miss International 1979 was held at Mielparque, Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 1979. The 15-year old Melanie Marquez earned Philippines's third Miss International crown.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Vivian Elaine Indalecio...

Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella Sucre
Sucre Department
Sucre is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 772,010, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia...

1980
Miss International 1980
Miss International 1980, the 20th Miss International pageant, was won by Lorna Marlene Chávez of Costa Rica. It took place on 4 November 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.- Placements:-Special awards:-References:**-External links:*...

Ana Maria Uribe Giraldo Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

Top 15
1981
Miss International 1981
Miss International 1981, the 21st Miss International pageant, was won by Jenny Annette Derek of Australia. It took place on 6 September 1981 in Kobe, Japan.-Final Results:- Special Awards :*Best National Costume: - Dominique Van Eeckhoudt...

Victoria Eugenia Cárdenas Gerlein Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

Top 15
1982
Miss International 1982
Miss International 1982, the 22nd edition of the Miss International beauty pageant, was won by Christie Claridge of the United States as Miss American Beauty.-Placements:- Special Awards :*Best National Costume: - Helena Sofia Sousa Botelho...

Adriana Rumié Gomes-Cásseres Bolívar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

Top 15
1983
Miss International 1983
Miss International 1983, the 23rd annual Miss International pageant, was held on 10 October 1983 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza and hosted by Masumi Okada. Gidget Sandoval of Costa Rica was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:-Special awards:...

Marta Liliana Ruiz Orduz Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

Top 15
1984
Miss International 1984
Miss International 1984 was held at Kanagawa Prefectural Civic Hall, Yokohama, Japan on October 30, 1984. Ilma Urrutia earned Guatemala's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Jennifer Foong Sim Yong...

Silvia Maritza Yunda Charry Huila
Huila Department
Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...

1985
Miss International 1985
The 25th Miss International pageant was held on 15 September 1985 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.- Results :-Special awards:*Miss Friendship: Susan Boje Rasmussen...

Maria Pia Duque Rengifo Huila
Huila Department
Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...

Top 15
1986
Miss International 1986
The 26th Miss International pageant was held on 31 August 1986 at Holland Village, Nagasaki. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.- Results :-Special awards:*Friendship: Rika Kobayashi *Photogenic: Susanna Marie Lundmark...

Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

Top 15
1987
Miss International 1987
The 27th Miss International pageant was held on 13 September 1987 at Nihon Seinen-Kan, Tokyo. Laurie Simpson Rivera from Puerto Rico won the Miss International title.- Results :-Special awards:*Friendship: Michelle Betancourt Vergara...

Michelle Betancourt Vergara Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

1988
Miss International 1988
Miss International 1988, the 28th Miss International pageant, was held on June 17, 1988 in Gifu, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada. Catherine Alexandra Gude of Norway was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:- Special awards:-External links:*...

Adriana Maria Escobar Mejía Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

Top 15
1989
Miss International 1989
The 29th Miss International pageant was held on 17 September 1989 at Kanazawa's Kagekiza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Lilia Andanar *Photogenic: Sherri Teixeira...

Clelia Alexandra Ablanque Moreno Valle
1990
Miss International 1990
The 30th Miss International pageant was held on 16 September 1990 at Osaka's Flower Expo Site. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.-Placements:-Special awards:*Friendship: Edwina Taitano Menzies *Photogenic: Irine Vassilenko...

Elsa Victoria Rivera Botero Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

1991
Miss International 1991
Miss International 1991 was held at Tokyo, Japan on October 13, 1991. Agnieszka Kotlarska earned Poland's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Norma Jean Cepeda*Photogenic: ', Melissa Vargas...

Mónica Maria Escobar Freydell Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...

Top 15
1992
Miss International 1992
Miss International 1992 was held at Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan on October 19, 1992. Kirsten Davidson earned Australia's third Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Tomoko Nishiki...

Lina Maria Marin Díaz Risaralda
Risaralda Department
Risaralda is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira.It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966...

Top 15
1993
Miss International 1993
Miss International 1993 was held at Tokyo, Japan on October 9, 1993. Agnieszka Pachałko earned Poland's second Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Tayna Castro Belyeu...

Kathy Sáenz Herrera Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

Top 15
1994
Miss International 1994
Miss International 1994 was held at Sun Arena, Ise, Mie, Japan on September 4, 1994. Christina Lekka earned Greece's first Miss International crown.-Placements:- Special awards:-External links:*...

Alexandra Betancur Marín Antioquia
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

Top 15
1995
Miss International 1995
Miss International 1995, the 35th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sinjuyo Pension Hall, Nippon Seinenkan, Tokyo, Japan on September 10, 1995. 47 contestants competed for the coveted title. Christina Lekka of Greece crowned Anne Lena Hansen of Norway as the new titleholder...

Iovana Soraya Grisales Castañeda Santander
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

Top 15
1996
Miss International 1996
Miss International 1996 was held at Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan on October 26, 1996. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Kathleen Williams...

Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus Norte de Santander 2nd runner-up
1997
Miss International 1997
Miss International 1997, the 37th Miss International pageant, was won by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It took place on 20 September 1997 at the Kyoto Kaikan First Hall in Kyoto, Japan.- Results :*Winner: ', Consuelo Adler...

Ingrid Catherine Náder Haupt Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...

Top 15
1998
Miss International 1998
Miss International 1998, the 38th Miss International pageant, was won by Lía Victoria Borrero González of Panama. It took place on 26 September 1998 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan.- Results :- Special awards:*Friendship:...

Adriana Hurtado Novella Valle del Cauca Top 15
1999
Miss International 1999
Miss International 1999, the 39th Miss International pageant, was held on 14 December 1999 at Tokyo's U-Port Hall, hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine....

Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda
Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda
Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda of Colombia became the second representative from her country to win the Miss International pageant in 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. She was also adjudged as Miss Photogenic.-References:...

Nariño
Nariño Department
Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...

Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

2000
Miss International 2000
Miss International 2000, the 40th Miss International pageant, was won by Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela. It took place on October 4, 2000 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan.-Placements:- Special awards:- Contestants :...

Carolina Cruz Osorio Valle del Cauca Top 15
2001
Miss International 2001
Miss International 2001, the 41st Miss International pageant, was won by Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland. It took place on October 4, 2001 at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo, Japan.-Placements:- Special awards :-Contestants:...

Maria Rocio Stevenson Covo Bolivar
Bolívar Department
Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

Top 15
2002
Miss International 2002
Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, was won by Christina Sawaya of Lebanon. It took place on 30 September 2002 at the Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan.-Placements:-Special awards:*Friendship: '*Photogenic: '...

Consuelo Guzman Parra Valle del Cauca
2003
Miss International 2003
Miss International 2003, The 43rd Miss International Pageant was took place in Tokyo, Japan on October 8, 2003. 45 beauties from all over the world competed to win the coveted title held by Christina Sawaya of Lebanon...

Isabel Sofia Cabrales Baquero Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

2004
Miss International 2004
Miss International 2004, the 44th Miss International pageant was held at Workers Indoor Arena, Beijing, China on October 16 2004. 58 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown...

Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez
Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez
Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez is a beauty queen and a model who became Reina Internacional del Cafe 2004 and the third Colombian to win the title of Miss International in 2004.-References:...

Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

2005
Miss International 2005
Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant was held in Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 26 2005. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her successor Precious Quigaman of the Philippines as the new Miss...

Diana Arbeláez González Valle del Cauca Top 15
2006
Miss International 2006
Miss International 2006, the 46th Miss International pageant were held both in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China. The contestants arrived in Tokyo, Japan on October 12 and the finals was held on November 11, 2006 at Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China. 53 contestants from all over the world...

Karina Guerra Rodríguez Chocó
Chocó Department
Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...

Top 12
2007
Miss International 2007
Miss International 2007, the 47th Miss International pageant was held at The Hotel Prince Park Tower, Tokyo, Japan on October 15, 2007. 61 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown marking at that time, the biggest turnout in the pageants 47 year history. That record was held until...

Ana Milena Lamus Rodríguez Guajira
2008
Miss International 2008
Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last...

Maria Cristina Diaz-Granados
María Cristina Díaz-Granados
María Cristina Díaz-Granados Dangond is a model and the winner of the title Miss Colombia International 2007-2008...

Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

1st runner up
2009
Miss International 2009
Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009. The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out. 66...

Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa
Lina Mosquera
Lina Mosquera is a Colombian Model and titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Continente Americano 2009.-Miss Colombia 2008:On November 17, 2008 Lina competed at the Miss Colombia 2008 pageant representing the department of Chocó...

Chocó
Chocó Department
Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...

2010
Miss International 2010
Miss International 2010, the 50th Miss International pageant, was held at Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China on November 7, 2010.Seventy contestants competed for the title, the highest turnout in 50 years of history...

Leydi Viviana Gómez Cortés Meta
Meta Department
Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...

2011 Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva Huila
Huila Department
Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...


David Letterman on Miss Colombia

In May 2001, David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...

 joked about the 'special talent' which the then-reigning Miss Colombia Andrea Noceti possessed - that she was able to "swallow 50 balloons full of heroin" for the (non existent) talent competition
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...

 in the Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...

 pageant. The remark not only infuriated the beauty queen, but also the people in Colombia.

Miss Colombia openly threatened to sue
Lawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...

 Letterman but later withdrawn the statement after Letterman formally apologised to her in The Late Show with David Letterman about the quip made. Letterman had invited the beauty queen to appear on his show as a gesture of appeasement
Appeasement
The term appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power. Historian Paul Kennedy defines it as "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and...

.

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