Colombia at major beauty pageants
This is a list of Colombia's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has a total of ninety-five placements and won five victories:
- Two — Miss Universe crowns (1958 • 2014)
- Three — Miss International crowns (1960 • 1999 • 2004)
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[1][2][3]
Colombia's Big Four titleholders
Colombia has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[4][5] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[6][7][8]
- Color Key
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists, Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | TBA | TBA | María Alejandra Salazar TBA |
TBA |
2020 | ↑ No Pageant Held | TBA | ||
2019 | Gabriela Tafur Top 5 |
Sara Arteaga | Alejandra Vengoechea 3rd Runner-Up |
Yenny Carillo Top 20 |
2018 | Valeria Morales | Laura Osorio | Anabella Castro 4th Runner-Up |
Valeria Ayos 2nd Runner-Up |
2017 | Laura González 1st Runner-Up |
María Daza Top 40 |
Vanessa Pulgarin | Juliana Franco 2nd Runner-Up |
2016 | Andrea Tovar 2nd Runner-Up |
Shirley Atheortúa | Daniela Herrera | Michelle Gómez 1st Runner-Up |
2015 | Ariadna Gutiérrez 1st Runner-Up |
María Alejandra López | Nathalia Ochoa | Estefania Muñoz Top 8 |
2014 | Paulina Vega WINNER |
Leandra García | Zuleika Suárez 1st Runner-Up |
Alejandra Villafañe Top 16 |
2013 | Lucia Aldana | Daniella Ocoró | Lorena Hermida 4th Runner-Up |
Diana Ortegón |
2012 | Daniella Álvarez | Bárbara Turbay Top 30 |
Melissa Varón Top 15 |
Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz |
2011 | Catalina Robayo Top 16 |
Mónica Restrepo | Natalia Valenzuela | Andrea DeVivo |
2010 | Natalia Navarro Top 15 |
Laura Palacio Top 25 |
Viviana Gómez | Diana Marín |
2009 | Michelle Rouillard | Daniela Ramos Top 8 |
Lina Mosquera | Alejandra Castillo Top 8 |
2008 | Taliana Vargas 1st Runner-Up |
Katherine Medina | María Cristina Díaz-Granados 1st Runner-Up |
Mariana Rodríguez Top 8 |
2007 | Eileen Roca | María José Torrenegra | Ana Milena Lamus | Mileth Agámez |
2006 | Valerie Domínguez Top 10 |
Elizabeth Loaiza | Karina Guerra Rodríguez Top 12 |
× |
2005 | Adriana Tarud | Erika Querubín | Diana Arbeláez Top 15 |
Lía Correal |
2004 | Catherine Daza Top 10 |
Paola Andrea Mariño | Jeymmy Vargas WINNER |
María Fernanda Navia |
2003 | Diana Mantilla | Claudia Molina | Sofia Cabrales | Emily de Castro |
2002 | Vanessa Mendoza | Natalia Peralta 1st Runner-Up |
Consuelo Guzman | Diana Botero Top 10 |
2001 | Andrea Nocetti | Amparo Vélez | Maria Rocío Stevenson Top 15 |
Natalia Botero |
2000 | Catalina Acosta Top 10 |
Andrea Duran Top 10 |
Carolina Cruz Top 15 |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines |
1999 | Marianella Maal | Mónica Escolar | Paulina Gálvez WINNER | |
1998 | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Top 5 |
Mónica Cuartas | Adriana Hurtado Top 15 | |
1997 | Claudia Elena Vásquez | Gladys Buitrago | Catherine Nader Top 15 | |
1996 | Lina María Gaviria | Carolina Arango 1st Runner-Up |
Claudia Mendoza 2nd Runner-Up | |
1995 | Tatiana Castro Top 10 |
Diana Maria Figueroa | Soraya Grisales Top 15 | |
1994 | Carolina Gómez 1st Runner-Up |
Eugenia González de León | Alexandra Betancur Top 15 | |
1993 | Paula Andrea Betancourt 1st Runner-Up |
Silvia Durán | Kathy Sáenz Top 15 | |
1992 | Paola Turbay 1st Runner-Up |
Alejandra Oviedo | Lina Maria Diaz Top 15 | |
1991 | Maribel Gutiérrez | Adriana Rodríguez | Mónica Freydell Top 15 | |
1990 | Lizeth Mahecha 2nd Runner-Up |
Ángela Mariño | Victoria Rivera | |
1989 | Teresa Eugorrola | Mónica Isaza 2nd Runner-Up |
Alexandra Ablanque | |
1988 | Diana Arévalo Top 10 |
Jazmín Oliveros | Adriana Escobar Top 15 | |
1987 | Patricia López | Claudia Escobar Top 6 |
Michelle Betancourt | |
1986 | Mónica Urbina 2nd Runner-Up |
Karen Sue Wightman Top 15 |
Maria Zapata Top 15 | |
1985 | Sandra Borda | Margarita Rosa de Francisco | Pia Duque Top 15 | |
1984 | Susana Caldas 4th Runner-Up |
Patricia Janiot Top 15 |
Maritza Yunda | |
1983 | Pauline Sáenz | Rocío Flórez 1st Runner-Up |
Liliana Ruiz Top 15 | |
1982 | Nadya Santacruz | Teresa Gómez | Adriana Rumié Top 15 | |
1981 | Eddy Cano | Nini Soto 1st Runner-Up |
Vicky Cárdenas Top 15 | |
1980 | Patricia Arbeláez Top 12 |
Cristina Valencia | Ana Maria Uribe Top 10 | |
1979 | Ana Milena Parra | Rosaura Rodriguez | Ivonne de la Espriella | |
1978 | Shirley Sáenz 3rd Runner-Up |
Denise Santiago | Olga Prada | |
1977 | Aura Mojica 3rd Runner-Up |
Clara O'Byrne | Alicia Pombo | |
1976 | Helena Reyes Top 12 |
Loretta Celedón | Alicia Madrid Top 15 | |
1975 | Martha Echeverri Top 12 |
Amanda Amaya | Alina Botero Top 15 | |
1974 | Ella Escandón 3rd Runner-Up |
Luz Maria Osorio | Carmen Cajiao Top 15 | |
1973 | Ana Agudelo Top 12 |
Elsa Springtube | Tulia Gómez Top 15 | |
1972 | Luisa Martínez-Aparicio | × | Lamia El Kouri Top 15 | |
1971 | Piedad Mejía | × | Patricia Escobar Top 15 | |
1970 | Maria Riascos | Carmelina Bayona | × | |
1969 | Margarita Reyes Top 15 |
Lina María Garcia | Laura Pimiento | |
1968 | Luz Elena Restrepo | Sierra González 3rd Runner-Up |
Rosario Barraza Top 15 | |
1967 | Elsa Garrido | × | Marta Guzmán | |
1966 | Edna Rudd Top 15 |
× | ↑ No Pageant Held | |
1965 | Victoria O'Campo Top 15 |
Angelina Bustillo | Regina Salcedo | |
1964 | Alba Ramírez | Paulina Vargas | Leonor Duplat | |
1963 | Cristina Álvarez Top 15 |
Eugenia Cucalón Top 14 |
Ligia Restrepo Top 15 | |
1962 | Lucia Botero Top 15 |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Colombia sent their first delegate in 1963) |
Sonia Heidman | |
1961 | Patricia Whitman | Wilma Kohlgruber | ||
1960 | Stella Márquez Top 15 |
Stella Márquez WINNER | ||
1959 | Olga Pumarejo Top 15 |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) | ||
1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga WINNER | |||
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Colonbia send their first delegate in 1958) |
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 35 | Winner ![]() |
Miss World | 15 | 1st Runner-Up (1981, 1983, 1996, 2002) |
Miss International | 36 | Winner ![]() |
Miss Earth | 9 | 1st Runner-Up (2016) |
Total | 95 | 5 TITLES |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- International Beauty Pageant Ranking
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
External links
See also
- Miss Colombia
- Miss Universe Colombia
- Miss Mundo Colombia