Miss Colombia 2008

Miss Colombia 2008
Date	November 17, 2008
Venue	Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Broadcaster	RCN TV
Entrants	25

Miss Colombia 2008, the 74th Miss Colombia pageant, will be held in the Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, located in Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar Department, Colombia. on November 17, 2008, the final night of the contest could be broadcast live on RCN TV from the venue of the event.

Results

• Miss Colombia 2008 - the contestant who will get placed in this position shall be the Colombian delegate to the Miss Universe 2009 Pageant.

The runners-up:

• 1st runner-up - the contestant who will get placed in this position shall be the Colombian delegate to the Miss International 2009 Pageant.

• 2nd runner-up -
• 3rd runner-up -
• 4th runner-up -

The ten semi-finalists :

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) -
• Best Body Figura Bodytech - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (Valle)
• Miss Elegance - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
• Best Face - Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas (Norte de Santander)
• Reina de la policia - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
• Señorita Puntualidad - Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva (Bogotá D.C.)
• Best Regional Costume - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (Sucre)' - "Pola de Té", Design by Erick Pérez
• Miss Congeniality -
• Zapatilla Real - Giselle Marín Ramos (Cartagena D.T. y C.)

Delegates

According to the press release from September 11of 2008 on the website of the National Beauty Contest of Colombia, The official candidates are:

Contestant	Name	Age	Height	Hometown
Amazonas	Paula Alejandra González Gutiérrez	22	1.78 mts	Neiva
Antioquia	Verónica Velásquez Gómez	20	1.75 mts	Medellín
Atlántico	Valeria Margarita Sierra Caballero	22	1.68 mts	Barranquilla
Bogotá D.C.	Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva	24	1.74 mts	Bogotá
File:Flag of Bolívar.svg Bolívar	Karen Margarita Bray Vergara	22	1.68 mts	El Carmen de Bolívar
Boyacá	Cindy Yulieth Calle Páramo	19	1.66 mts	Bogotá
Caldas	Marcela Muñoz Vargas	22	1.69 mts	Manizales
Cartagena D.T. y C.	Giselle Marín Ramos	19	1.77 mts	Cartagena de Indias
Cauca	Michelle Rouillard Estrada	21	1.74 mts	Popayán
Cesar	Linda Cristina Mendoza Vargas	23	1.65 mts	San Juan del Cesar
Chocó	Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa	19	1.80 mts	Quibdó
Córdoba	Sara Elena Piedrahita Lyons	19	1.72 mts	Montería
Cundinamarca	María Jimena Escobar Fuenmayor	21	1.73 mts	Bogotá
Guajira	Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz	21	1.67 mts	Maicao
Huila	Ángela María Rojas Morera	22	1.77 mts	Neiva
Magdalena	María Pinedo Manrique	23	1.66 mts	Santa Marta
Meta	Laura Naranjo Gómez	23	1.74 mts	Villavicencio
Nariño	Briggite Geraldine Bolaños Chala	18	1.72 mts	Cali
Norte de Santander	Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas	22	1.75 mts	Cúcuta
Quindío	Leidy Marcela Mejía Urrego	20	1.76 mts	Cali
Risaralda	Jeny Maritza Guzmán Tamayo	21	1.66 mts	Pereira
San Andrés, P. y S.C.	Hannia Yihan Gallardo Harb	22	1.62 mts	San Andrés
Santander	María Alejandra Sampayo Guerrero	20	1.65 mts	Bucaramanga
Sucre	Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina	23	1.71 mts	Bogotá
Valle	Stephanie Garcés Aljure	23	1.79 mts	Cali

Withdrawals

• Marianna Rodriguez was replaced by Stephanie Garcés Aljure as Señorita Valle after pictures of Marianna posing in underwear surface.

External links

• Official site
• http://www.canalrcn.com/concursoNacionalDeBelleza/index.php?op=secciones&idS=1493