Miss Colombia 2001, the 67th Miss Colombia

Miss Colombia

Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...

 pageant

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

, was held in Cartagena de Indias, 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...

, on November 12, 2001, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, Miss 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...

.

The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV

RCN TV

RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...

 from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, 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...

. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Andrea Maria Noceti crowned Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos of 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...

 as the new Miss Colombia

Miss Colombia

Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...

.

Results

• Miss Colombia 2001 – 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...
  
  )

The runners-up were:

• 1st runner-up – Virreina Nacional - Consuelo Guzmán Parra (Valle
  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...
  
  )
• 2nd runner-up – Johanna Cure Lemus (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...
  
  )
• 3rd runner-up – María Claudia Peñuela Cornejo (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 – Juanita Martínez Bahamón (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...
  
  )

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Juanita Martínez Bahamón (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...
  
  )
• Miss Congeniality - Isabel Cristina Estrada Cano (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...
  
  )
• Best Costume - Juanita Martínez Bahamón (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...
  
  )
• Reina de la Policia - Juanita Martínez Bahamón (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...
  
  )
• Señorita Puntualidad - Jackeline Suzette Howard Pardo (San Andrés and Providencia
  San Andrés and Providencia Department
  Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ; or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of Colombia and from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs...
  
  )
• Miss Elegance - Johanna Cure Lemus (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...
  
  )

Delegates

The Miss Colombia 2001 delegates are:

• 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...
  
  - Isabel Cristina Estrada Cano
• 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...
  
  - Johanna Cure Lemus
• Bogotá D.C.
  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...
  
  - Diana Maria Quimbay Valencia
• 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...
  
  - Andrea Margarita Álvarez Vásquez
• 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...
  
  - Cristina Arango Londoño
• Cartagena DT y C - Paola Carolina Turbay Haddad
• 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...
  
  - Lina Margarita Trujillo Baute
• 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...
  
  - Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos
• Córdoba
  Córdoba Department
  Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...
  
  - Rossana Zuleta Bechara
• 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....
  
  - Andrea Paola Garzón Gutiérrez

• Guajira - María Alejandra Ariza Cuello
• 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...
  
  - Juanita Martínez Bahamón
• 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...
  
  - Diana Marcela Quintero Morales
• Norte de Santander - Myriam Cecilia Wilches Durán
• Quindío
  Quindío Department
  Quindío is a department of Colombia. It is in the western central region of the country, crossed by the Andes mountains. Its capital is Armenia. It is famous for the quality of the coffee plantations, colorful architecture, benign weather, variety of hotel accommodations and touristic landmarks...
  
  - Johanna Andrea Acosta Martínez
• San Andrés and Providencia
  San Andrés and Providencia Department
  Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ; or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of Colombia and from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs...
  
  - Jackeline Suzette Howard Pardo
• 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...
  
  - Maria Claudia Peñuela Cortejo
• 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...
  
  - María Carolina Amador Vergara
• Tolima - Diana Carolina Restrepo Chinchilla
• Valle
  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...
  
  - Consuelo Guzmán Parra
• Vichada
  Vichada Department
  Vichada is a department of the Republic of Colombia in South America. Vichada is located in the eastern plains of Colombia, in the Orinoquia region within the Orinoco river basin bordering the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the north and east...
  
  - Linda Carolina Osorio Bustos