Miss Colombia 2003
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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.
The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV
from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Diana Lucia Mantilla crowned Catherine Daza Manchola of Valle as the new Miss Colombia
.
The runners-up were:
The ten semi-finalists include, but are not limited to:
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, 2003, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was 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...
, Miss Valle.
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 Diana Lucia Mantilla crowned Catherine Daza Manchola of Valle 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 2003 – Catherine Daza MancholaCatherine DazaCatherine Daza Manchola , Miss Colombia 2003, gained the right to compete in Miss Universe 2004 where she was one of the 15 semi-finalists...
(ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle 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...
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The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up – Virreina Nacional, then Miss International 2004Miss International 2004Miss 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 GomezJeymmy Paola Vargas GómezJeymmy 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 DT y C) - 2nd runner-up – Monica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo (AntioquiaAntioquia DepartmentAntioquia 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...
) - 3rd runner-up – Angélica María Sierra Barreto (BogotáBogotáBogotá, 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...
) - 4th runner-up – Deisy Catalina Valencia De Ossa,(MedellínMedellínMedellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
) Won Miss Intercontinental 2004
The ten semi-finalists include, but are not limited to:
- Caroline Bradford Sprouse (AtlánticoAtlántico DepartmentAtlántico 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...
) - Carolina Trelles Torres (ChocóChocó DepartmentChocó 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...
) - Leydi Johana Polanco Lozano (HuilaHuila DepartmentHuila 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...
) - Giovanna Gallo Patiño (RisaraldaRisaralda DepartmentRisaralda 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...
) - Ethel Carolina Davis Corpus (San Andrés and ProvidenciaSan Andrés and Providencia DepartmentArchipelago 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...
)
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Maria Virginia Balcázar Bolaños (CaucaCauca DepartmentCauca 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...
) - Best Body Figura Bodytech - Catherine Daza Manchola (ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle 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...
) - Miss Congeniality - Liliana del Carmen Morales Barrios (BolívarBolívar DepartmentBolívar 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...
) - Best Costume - Catherine Daza Manchola (ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle 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...
) - Reina de la Policia - Alba Lucía Galindo Urzola (CórdobaCórdoba DepartmentCórdoba 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...
) - Señorita Puntualidad - María del Pilar Jaramillo Ruiz (MetaMeta DepartmentMeta 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...
) - Miss Elegance - Catherine Daza Manchola (ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle 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...
)
Delegates
The Miss Colombia 2003 delegates are:- AntioquiaAntioquia DepartmentAntioquia 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...
- Monica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo - AtlánticoAtlántico DepartmentAtlántico 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...
- Caroline Bradford Sprouse - Bogotá D.C.BogotáBogotá, 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...
- Angélica María Sierra Barreto - BolívarBolívar DepartmentBolívar 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...
- Carolina Esther Garcia Grau - BoyacáBoyacá DepartmentBoyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...
- Adriana Lizeth Alfonso Piñeros - CaldasCaldas DepartmentCaldas 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...
- Valentina Gonzáles Giraldo - Cartagena DT y C - Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gomez
- CaucaCauca DepartmentCauca 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...
- Maria Virginia Balcázar Bolaños - CórdobaCórdoba DepartmentCórdoba 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...
- Alba Lucia Galindo Urzola - ChocóChocó DepartmentChocó 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...
- Carolina Trelles Torres - CundinamarcaCundinamarca 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....
- Diana Angelica Cendales Cuevas
- Guajira - Melitza Mercedes Bolaño Duarte
- HuilaHuila DepartmentHuila 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...
- Leydi Johana Polanco Lozano - MagdalenaMagdalena DepartmentMagdalena 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...
- Maria Consuelo Zuñiga Aguilera - Medellín A.M.MedellínMedellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
- Deisy Catalina Valencia Deossa - MetaMeta DepartmentMeta 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...
- Maria del Pilar Jaramillo Ruiz - Norte de Santander - Carla Lorena Pinto Jaimes
- RisaraldaRisaralda DepartmentRisaralda 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...
- Giovanna Gallo Patiño - San Andrés and ProvidenciaSan Andrés and Providencia DepartmentArchipelago 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...
- Ethel Carolina Davis Corpus - SantanderSantander DepartmentSantander 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...
- Adriana Orrego Lombana - Tolima - Nathalia González Bernal
- ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle 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...
- Catherine Daza Manchola