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Type | Beauty Pageant |
Location | Colombia |
Website | www.srtacolombia.org |
Señorita Colombia (Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia) is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International. The winner, Miss Colombia, is sent to Miss Universe and the first runner-up, Miss Colombia International or Virreina, to Miss International.
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The Miss Colombia pageant is held annually in the city of Cartagena de Indias. 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, 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, Natalia Navarro Galvis, crowned Catalina Robayo of Valle del Cauca as the new Miss Colombia.
Colombia has strict rules regarding participation of any Miss Universe preliminary: once a contestant registers for the pageant, she is confined to her own Department 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 (9), Valle (9), Santander (7), Antioquia (6), Bolívar (6).
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.
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), the most punctual (who receives a Edox watch), most beautiful costume, and even the mothers of the delegates must compete in a talent show to select the "Queen Mother."
Department | Titles | Years |
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Atlántico | 10 | 1949, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2011 |
Valle del Cauca | 9 | 1951, 1953, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 2003, 2010 |
Santander | 7 | 1955, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1997, 2002 |
Antioquia | 6 | 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1996 |
Bolívar | 1934, 1947, 1961, 1983, 1984, 2009 | |
Bogotá | 5 | 1975, 1977, 1982, 1991, 1993 |
Cauca | 2 | 1966, 2008 |
Caldas | 1958, 1970 | |
Cesar | 1994, 2006 | |
Guajira | 1985, 1988 | |
Amazonas | 1 | 1992 |
Chocó | 2001 | |
Cartagena | 2000 | |
Cundinamarca | 1999 | |
Magdalena | 2007 | |
Meta | 1995 | |
Nariño | 1960 | |
Norte de Santander | 1963 | |
Tolima | 1965 |
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.
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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 remains the country's only Miss Universe, winning in 1958; she was awarded a mansion and tax exemption 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 title has continued to elude the country. In 2004, for example, Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez became the first black woman to win the Miss International crown.
Year | Titleholder | Department title | Placement in Miss Universe |
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1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga | Caldas | Miss Universe |
1959 A | Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor | Top 15 | |
1960 | Stella Márquez Zawadsky | Nariño | Top 15 |
1961 A | Patricia Whitman Owen | ||
1962 A | Olga Lucia Botero Orozco | Top 15 | |
1963 A | Maria Cristina Alvarez González | Top 15 | |
1964 A | Alba Virginia Ramírez Plaza | ||
1965 B | Maria Victoria Ocampo Gómez | Bolívar | Top 15 |
1966 | Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena | Tolima | Top 15 |
1967 | Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao | Cauca | |
1968 | Luz Elena Restrepo González | Atlántico | |
1969 | Margarita Maria Reyes Zawadsky | Atlántico | Top 15 |
1970 | Maria Luisa Riascos Velásquez | Antioquia | |
1971 | Piedad Mejía Trujillo | Caldas | |
1972 | Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio | Atlántico | |
1973 | Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa | Valle del Cauca | Top 12 |
1974 | Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios | Santander | 3rd runner-up |
1975 | Marta Lucía Echeverri Trujillo | Valle del Cauca | Top 12 |
1976 | Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra | Bogotá | Top 12 |
1977 | Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo | Valle del Cauca | 3rd runner-up |
1978 | Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes | Bogotá | 3rd runner-up |
1979 | Ana Milena Parra Turbay | Santander | |
1980 | Maria Patricia Arbeláez Peláez | Antioquia | Top 12 (10) |
1981 A | Ana Edilma (Eddy) Cano Puerta | ||
1982 A | Nadya Santacruz Quintero | ||
1983 | Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes | Bogotá | |
1984 | Susana Caldas Lemaitre | Bolívar | 4th runner-up |
1985 | Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas | Bolívar | |
1986 | Maria Mónica Urbina Pugliesse | Guajira | 2nd runner-up |
1987 | Maria Patricia López Ruiz | Antioquia | |
1988 | Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra | Santander | Top 10 (9) |
1989 | Maria Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa | Guajira | |
1990 | Lizeth Yamile Mahecha Arévalo | Atlántico | 2nd runner-up |
1991 | Maribel Gutiérrez Tinoco | Atlántico | 24th place C |
1992 | Paola Turbay Gómez | Bogotá | 1st runner-up |
1993 | Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave | Amazonas | 1st runner-up |
1994 | Carolina Gómez Correa | Bogotá | 1st runner-up |
1995 | Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe | Cesar | Top 10 (10) |
1996 | Lina Maria Gaviria Forero | Meta | 29th place C |
1997 | Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángels | Antioquia | 20th place C |
1998 | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra | Santander | 4th runner-up |
1999 | Marianella Maal Pacini | Atlántico | |
2000 | Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín | Cundinamarca | Top 10 (6) |
2001 | Andrea Maria Nocetti Gómez | Cartagena | |
2002 | Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos | Chocó | |
2003 | Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada | Santander | |
2004 | Catherine Daza Manchola | Valle del Cauca | Top 10 |
2005 | Adriana Cecilia Tarud Durán | Atlántico | |
2006 | Valerie Domínguez Tarud | Atlántico | Top 10 |
2007 | Eileen Roca Torralvo | Cesar | |
2008 | Taliana María Vargas Carrillo | Magdalena | 1st runner-up |
2009 | Michelle Rouillard Estrada | Cauca | |
2010 | Natalia Navarro Galvis | Bolívar | Top 15 (12) |
2011 | María Catalina Robayo Vargas | Valle del Cauca | Top 16 |
2012 | Daniella Margarita Alvarez Vasquez | Atlantico |
(^A ) 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. (^B ) 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. (^C ) Preliminary average.
Year | Titleholder | Department title | Miss International placing |
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1960 | Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky | Nariño | Miss International |
1961 | Wilma Kohlgruber Duque | Cundinamarca | |
1962 | Sonia Heidman Gómez | Bolívar | |
1963 | Martha Ligia Restrepo González | Atlántico | Top 15 |
1964 | Leonor Duplat Sanjuán | Norte de Santander | |
1965 | Regina Salcedo Herrera | Atlántico | |
1967 | Marta Lucia Guzmán Perdomo | Cundinamarca | |
1968 | Rosario Barraza Villa | Top 15 | |
1969 | Laura Fabiola Pimiento Barrera | Cesar | |
1971 | Patricia Escobar Rodríguez | Bogotá | Top 15 |
1972 | Lamia El Kouri Chaia | Valle | Top 15 |
1973 | Tulia Inés Gómez Porras | Santander | Top 15 |
1974 | Beatriz del Carmen Cajiao Velasco | Valle | Top 15 |
1975 | Alina Maria Botero López | Antioquia | Top 15 |
1976 | Alicia Sáenz Madrid | Antioquia | Top 15 |
1977 | Silvia Alicia Pombo Carrillo | Bogotá | |
1978 | Olga Lucia Prada Rodríguez | Santander | |
1979 | Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella | Sucre | |
1980 | Ana Maria Uribe Giraldo | Bogotá | Top 15 |
1981 | Victoria Eugenia Cárdenas Gerlein | Atlántico | Top 15 |
1982 | Adriana Rumié Gomes-Cásseres | Bolívar | Top 15 |
1983 | Marta Liliana Ruiz Orduz | Santander | Top 15 |
1984 | Silvia Maritza Yunda Charry | Huila | |
1985 | Maria Pia Duque Rengifo | Huila | Top 15 |
1986 | Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia | Antioquia | Top 15 |
1987 | Michelle Betancourt Vergara | Atlántico | |
1988 | Adriana Maria Escobar Mejía | Caldas | Top 15 |
1989 | Clelia Alexandra Ablanque Moreno | Valle | |
1990 | Elsa Victoria Rivera Botero | Caldas | |
1991 | Mónica Maria Escobar Freydell | Caldas | Top 15 |
1992 | Lina Maria Marin Díaz | Risaralda | Top 15 |
1993 | Kathy Sáenz Herrera | Bogotá | Top 15 |
1994 | Alexandra Betancur Marín | Antioquia | Top 15 |
1995 | Iovana Soraya Grisales Castañeda | Santander | Top 15 |
1996 | Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus | Norte de Santander | 2nd runner-up |
1997 | Ingrid Catherine Náder Haupt | Atlántico | Top 15 |
1998 | Adriana Hurtado Novella | Valle del Cauca | Top 15 |
1999 | Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda | Nariño | Miss International |
2000 | Carolina Cruz Osorio | Valle del Cauca | Top 15 |
2001 | Maria Rocio Stevenson Covo | Bolivar | Top 15 |
2002 | Consuelo Guzman Parra | Valle del Cauca | |
2003 | Isabel Sofia Cabrales Baquero | Cartagena | |
2004 | Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez | Cartagena | Miss International |
2005 | Diana Arbeláez González | Valle del Cauca | Top 15 |
2006 | Karina Guerra Rodríguez | Chocó | Top 12 |
2007 | Ana Milena Lamus Rodríguez | Guajira | |
2008 | Maria Cristina Diaz-Granados | Bogotá | 1st runner up |
2009 | Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa | Chocó | |
2010 | Leydi Viviana Gómez Cortés | Meta | |
2011 | Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva | Huila | |
2012 | Melina Ramirez Serna | Valle Del Cauca |
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]
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