Miss Colombia
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 Logo of Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia | |
| Formation | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Cartagena |
| Location | |
| Membership | |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director | Raimundo Angulo Pizarro |
| Website | srtacolombia |
Miss Colombia (Formally Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, English: "National Beauty Contest of Colombia") is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia.
The current Miss Colombia is María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea of Quindío Department, who was crowned on 11 November 2019 in Cartagena.
The national director for Colombia is Raimundo Angulo Pizarro.
Pageant rules
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Colombia has rigid and strict rules regarding participation of any Miss Universe preliminary aspirant: once a contestant registers for the pageant, she is confined to her own Department and cannot move or relocate to other states/provinces. However, she can participate more than once for the same department. As example, the winner of 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 title and crown.
Initially, the pageant's winners held the title for six months period; Yolanda Emiliani Roman, Miss Colombia 1934, held her title for the longest reign in the pageant's history. The winner of Senorita Colombia represents her country at Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (such as due to age) for either contest, a runner-up finalist is selected by the national director and sent.
Titleholders
| Year | Señorita Colombia | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | María Yolanda Emiliani Román† | Bolívar |
| 1947 | María de la Piedad Gómez Román † | Bolívar |
| 1949 | Myriam Carolina Sojo Zambrano† | Atlántico |
| 1951 | María Leonor Navia Orejuela† | Valle del Cauca |
| 1953 | Luz Marina Cruz Lozada | Valle del Cauca |
| 1955 | Ligia Esperanza Gallón Domínguez | Santander |
| 1957 | Doris Inés Gil Santamaría† (resign to Miss Colombia 1957) | Antioquia |
| 1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga (replace Miss Colombia 1957) | Caldas |
| 1959 | María Stella Márquez Zawadzky | Nariño |
| 1961 | Sonia de la Candelaria Heidman Gómez | Bolívar |
| 1962 | Martha Ligia Restrepo González | Atlántico |
| 1963 | Leonor Duplat Sanjuán† | Norte de Santander |
| 1964 | Martha Cecilia Calero Córdoba | Valle del Cauca |
| 1965 | Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena | Tolima |
| 1966 | Elsa María Garrido Cajiao | Cauca |
| 1967 | Luz Elena Restrepo González | Atlántico |
| 1968 | Margarita María Reyes Zawadzky | Valle del Cauca |
| 1969 | María Luisa Riasco Velásquez | Antioquia |
| 1970 | Piedad Mejía Trujillo | Caldas |
| 1971 | María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio | 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 | Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes | Bogotá |
| 1978 | Ana Milena Parra Turbay | Santander |
| 1979 | María Patricia Arbeláez Peláez | 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 Eugenia Borda Caldas | Bolívar |
| 1985 | María Mónica Urbina Plugiesse | La Guajira |
| 1986 | María Patricia López Ruiz | Antioquia |
| 1987 | Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra | Santander |
| 1988 | María Teresa Eugorrola Hinojosa | La Guajira |
| 1989 | Lizeth Yamil Mahecha Arévalo | Atlántico |
| 1990 | Maribel Judith Gutiérrez Tinoco | Atlántico |
| 1991 | Paola Turbay Gómez | Bogotá |
| 1992 | Paula Andrea Betancourt Arroyave | Amazonas |
| 1993 | Carolina Gómez Correa | Bogotá |
| 1994 | Tatiana Leonor 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 Lucía 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 María Vargas Carrillo | Magdalena |
| 2008 | Michelle Rouillard Estrada | Cauca |
| 2009 | Natalia Navarro Galvis | Bolívar |
| 2010 | María Catalina Robayo Vargas | Valle del Cauca |
| 2011 | Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez | Atlántico |
| 2012 | Carmen Lucía Aldana Roldán | Valle del Cauca |
| 2013 | Paulina Vega Dieppa | Atlántico |
| 2014 | Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo | Sucre |
| 2015 | Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez | Chocó |
| 2016 | Laura González Ospina | Cartagena |
| 2017 | Valeria Morales Delgado | Valle del Cauca |
| 2018 | Gabriela Tafur Náder | Valle del Cauca |
| 2019 | María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea | Quindío |
| 2020 | TBA | TBA |
Big Four pageants representatives
The following women have represented Colombia in the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Señorita Colombia - Universo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- The winner of Señorita Colombia represents her country at Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
| Year | Señorita Colombia | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gabriela Tafur Náder | Top 5 | |
| 2018 | Valeria Morales Delgado | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Laura González Ospina | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2016 | Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 2015 | Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2014 | Paulina Vega Dieppa | Miss Universe 2014 | |
| 2013 | Carmen Lucia Aldana Roldán | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | María Catalina Robayo Vargas | Top 16 | |
| 2010 | Natalia Navarro Galvis | Top 15 | |
| 2009 | Michelle Rouillard Estrada | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Taliana María Vargas Carrillo | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2007 | Eileen Roca Torralvo | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Valerie Domínguez Tarud | Top 10 | |
| 2005 | Adriana Cecilia Tarud Durán | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Catherine Daza Manchola | Top 10 | |
| 2003 | Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada | Unplaced | |
| 2002 | Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 2001 | Andrea Maria Nocetti Gómez | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín | Top 10 | |
| 1999 | Marianella Maal Pacini | Unplaced | |
| 1998 | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra | Top 5 | |
| 1997 | Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 1996 | Lina Maria Gaviria Forero | Unplaced | |
| 1995 | Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe | Top 10 | |
| 1994 | Carolina Gómez Correa | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1993 | Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1992 | Paola Turbay Gómez | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1991 | Maribel Judith Gutiérrez Tinoco | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 1990 | Lizeth Yamile Mahecha Arévalo | 2nd Runner-up | Best National Costume |
| 1989 | Maria Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa | Unplaced | |
| 1988 | Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra | Top 10 | |
| 1987 | Maria Patricia López Ruiz | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic |
| 1986 | Maria Mónica Urbina Pugliesse | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 1985 | Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 1984 | Susana Caldas Lemaitre | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1983 | Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes | Unplaced | |
| 1982 | Nadya Santacruz Quintero | Unplaced | |
| 1981 | Ana Edilma Cano Puerta | Unplaced | |
| 1980 | Maria Patricia Arbeláez Peláez | Top 15 | |
| 1979 | Ana Milena Parra Turbay | Unplaced | |
| 1978 | Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1977 | Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1976 | Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra | Top 12 | |
| 1975 | Marta Lucía Echeverri Trujillo | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic |
| 1974 | Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1973 | Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa | Top 12 | |
| 1972 | Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio | Unplaced | |
| 1971 | Piedad Mejía Trujillo | Unplaced | |
| 1970 | Maria Luisa Riascos Velásquez | Unplaced | |
| 1969 | Margarita Maria Reyes Zawadsky | Top 15 | Best in Swimsuit |
| 1968 | Luz Elena Restrepo González | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 1967 | Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao | Unplaced | |
| 1966 | Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena | Top 15 | |
| 1965 | Maria Victoria Ocampo Gómez | Top 15 | |
| 1964 | Alba Virginia Ramírez Plaza | Unplaced | |
| 1963 | Maria Cristina Alvarez González | Top 15 | |
| 1962 | Olga Lucia Botero Orozco | Top 15 | |
| 1961 | Patricia Whitman Owen | Unplaced | |
| 1960 | María Stella Márquez Zawadsky | Top 15 | |
| 1959 | Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor | Top 15 | |
| 1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga Zuluaga † | Miss Universe 1958 |
Señorita Colombia - Internacional
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- Began 1990s the 1st Runner-up of Señorita Colombia represents her country at Miss International.
| Year | Miss International Colombia | Placement at Miss International | Special Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea | TBD | TBD | ||
| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||||
| 2019 | Maria Alejandra Vengoechea | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 2018 | Anabella Castro Sierra | 4th Runner-up | |||
| 2017 | Vanessa Pulgarin Monsalve | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | Yudy Daniela Herrera Avendaño | Unplaced | |||
| 2015 | Natalia Ochoa Calle | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Zuleika Kiara Suárez Torrenegra | 1st Runner-up | Miss Friendship, Miss Best Dresser | ||
| 2013 | Cindy Lorena Hermída Aguilar | Top 5 | |||
| 2012 | Melissa Carolina Varón Ballesteros | Top 15 | |||
| 2011 | Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva | Unplaced | |||
| 2010 | Leydi Viviana Gómez Cortés | Unplaced | |||
| 2009 | Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa | Unplaced | |||
| 2008 | Maria Cristina Diaz-Granados | 1st Runner-up | |||
| 2007 | Ana Milena Lamus Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 2006 | Karina Guerra Rodríguez | Top 12 | |||
| 2005 | Diana Arbeláez González | Top 15 | |||
| 2004 | Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez | Miss International 2004 | |||
| 2003 | Isabel Sofia Cabrales Baquero | Unplaced | |||
| 2002 | Consuelo Guzman Parra | Unplaced | |||
| 2001 | Maria Rocio Stevenson Covo | Top 15 | |||
| 2000 | Carolina Cruz Osorio | Top 15 | |||
| 1999 | Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda | Miss International 1999 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1998 | Adriana Hurtado Novella | Top 15 | Best National Costume | ||
| 1997 | Ingrid Catherine Náder Haupt | Top 15 | |||
| 1996 | Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus | 2nd Runner-up | Best National Costume | ||
| 1995 | Iovana Soraya Grisales Castañeda | Top 15 | |||
| 1994 | Alexandra Betancur Marín | Top 15 | |||
| 1993 | Kathy Sáenz Herrera | Top 15 | Best National Costume | ||
| 1992 | Lina Maria Marin Díaz | Top 15 | Best National Costume | ||
| 1991 | Mónica Maria Escobar Freydell | Top 15 | |||
| 1990 | Elsa Victoria Rivera Botero | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | Clelia Alexandra Ablanque Moreno | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Adriana Maria Escobar Mejía | Top 15 | |||
| 1987 | Michelle Betancourt Vergara | Unplaced | Miss Friendship | ||
| 1986 | Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia | Top 15 | |||
| 1985 | Maria Pia Duque Rengifo | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic, Best National Costume | ||
| 1984 | Silvia Maritza Yunda Charry | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | Marta Liliana Ruiz Orduz | Top 15 | |||
| 1982 | Adriana Rumié Gomes-Cásseres | Top 15 | |||
| 1981 | Victoria Eugenia Cárdenas Gerlein | Top 15 | |||
| 1980 | Ana Maria Uribe Giraldo | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Olga Lucia Prada Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | Silvia Alicia Pombo Carrillo | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Alicia Sáenz Madrid | Top 15 | |||
| 1975 | Alina Maria Botero López | Top 15 | |||
| 1974 | Beatriz del Carmen Cajiao Velasco | Top 15 | |||
| 1973 | Tulia Inés Gómez Porras | Top 15 | |||
| 1972 | Lamia El Kouri Chaia | Top 15 | |||
| 1971 | Patricia Escobar Rodríguez | Top 15 | |||
| 1970 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1969 | Laura Fabiola Pimiento Barrera | Unplaced | |||
| 1968 | Rosario Barraza Villa | Top 15 | Best National Costume | ||
| 1967 | Marta Lucia Guzmán Perdomo | Unplaced | |||
| 1966 | No contest | ||||
| 1965 | Regina Salcedo Herrera | Unplaced | |||
| 1964 | Leonor Duplat Sanjuán | Unplaced | |||
| 1963 | Martha Ligia Restrepo González | Top 15 | |||
| 1962 | Sonia Heidman Gómez | Unplaced | |||
| 1961 | Vilma Kohlgruber Duque | Unplaced | |||
| 1960 | María Stella Márquez Zawadsky | Miss International 1960 | |||
Señorita Colombia - Mundo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- From 1968 to 1990, the National Beauty Contest of Colombia organisation were the license holders, and the Colombian representative to Miss World ended up being the 1st runner-up of the Señorita Colombia pageant. Began 1991 the election of Miss Colombia Mundo Org. took over the franchise of Miss World in Colombia.
| Year | Miss World Colombia | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Adriana Rodriguez Anzola | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | Ángela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | Mónica María Isaza Mejía | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1988 | Jazmín Oliveros Segura | Unplaced | |||
| 1987 | Claudia Mercedes Escobar Zapata | 4th Runner-up | |||
| 1986 | Karen Sue Wightman Corredor | Top 15 | |||
| 1985 | Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero | Unplaced | |||
| 1984 | Ángela Patricia Janiot Martirena | Top 15 | |||
| 1983 | Rocío Isabel Luna Flórez | 1st Runner-up | Miss World Americas | ||
| 1982 | María Teresa Gómez Fajardo | Disqualified | |||
| 1981 | Nini Johanna Soto González | 1st Runner-up | |||
| 1980 | María Cristina Valencia Cardona | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | Rosaura Mercedes Rodríguez Covo | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Denise de Castro Santiago | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | María Clara O'Byrne Aycardi | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | María Loretta Celedón Holguín | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | Amanda Amaya Correa | Unplaced | |||
| 1974 | Luz Maria Osorio Fernández | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | Elsa María Springtube Ramírez | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete between 1971—1972 | |||||
| 1970 | Carmelina Bayona Vera | Unplaced | |||
| 1969 | Lina Maria Garcia Ogliastri | Unplaced | |||
| 1968 | Beatriz Eutiquia Sierra Gonzalez | 3rd Runner-up | |||
| 1967 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1966 | María Estelia Sáenz Calero | Withdrew | |||
| 1965 | Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo | Unplaced | |||
| 1964 | Paulina Vargas Gilede | Unplaced | |||
| 1963 | Maria Eugenia Cucalón Venegas | Unplaced | |||
Controversies
David Letterman on Miss Colombia
In May 2001, David Letterman 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 in the Miss Universe 2001 pageant. The remark not only infuriated the beauty queen, but also the people in Colombia.[1]
Miss Colombia openly threatened to sue 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.[2]
Sponsors
Some of the Miss Colombia Beauty Contest include jewelries like Joyeria Casareo and André Laurent Joyeria, media companies like RCN TV and Cromos Magazine and beauty companies like Jolie de Vogue and Leonisa.[3]
See also
References and footnotes
- ^ Miss Colombia to sue Letterman
- ^ Letterman appeases Miss Colombia
- ^ "Concurso Nacional de Belleza ® - Quiénes somos". srtacolombia.org. Retrieved 15 November 2016.