# Miss Colombia

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 Catalina Duque Abréu of Antioquia, who was crowned on 10 November 2024.

## Pageant rules

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 Señorita Colombia previously represented her country at Miss Universe, but will attend Miss International following a loss of the franchise in 2020. 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 | Yolanda Emiliani† | Bolívar |
| 1947 | María Gómez † | Bolívar |
| 1949 | Myriam Sojo† | Atlántico |
| 1951 | Leonor Navia† | Valle del Cauca |
| 1953 | Luz Marina Cruz | Valle del Cauca |
| 1955 | Ligia Gallón | Santander |
| 1957 | Doris Gil† | Antioquia |
| 1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga Miss Universe 1958 | Caldas |
| 1959 | Stella Márquez Miss International 1960 | Nariño |
| 1961 | Sonia Heidman | Bolívar |
| 1962 | Martha Restrepo | Atlántico |
| 1963 | Leonor Duplat† | Norte de Santander |
| 1964 | Martha Calero | Valle del Cauca |
| 1965 | Edna Rudd | Tolima |
| 1966 | Elsa Garrido | Cauca |
| 1967 | Luz Elena Restrepo | Atlántico |
| 1968 | Margarita Reyes | Valle del Cauca |
| 1969 | María Luisa Riasco | Antioquia |
| 1970 | Piedad Mejía | Caldas |
| 1971 | María Luisa Lignarolo | Atlántico |
| 1972 | Ana Agudelo | Valle del Cauca |
| 1973 | Ella Escandón | Santander |
| 1974 | Martha Echeverry | Valle del Cauca |
| 1975 | María Helena Reyes | Bogotá |
| 1976 | Aura Mojica | Valle del Cauca |
| 1977 | Shirley Sáenz | Bogotá |
| 1978 | Ana Parra | Santander |
| 1979 | María Patricia Arbeláez | Antioquia |
| 1980 | Nini Soto | Santander |
| 1981 | María Teresa Gómez | Antioquia |
| 1982 | Julie Sáenz | Bogotá |
| 1983 | Susana Caldas | Bolívar |
| 1984 | Sandra Eugenia Borda | Bolívar |
| 1985 | María Mónica Urbina | La Guajira |
| 1986 | María Patricia López | Antioquia |
| 1987 | Diana Patricia Arévalo | Santander |
| 1988 | María Teresa Eugorrola | La Guajira |
| 1989 | Lizeth Yamil Mahecha | Atlántico |
| 1990 | Maribel Judith Gutiérrez | Atlántico |
| 1991 | Paola Turbay | Bogotá |
| 1992 | Paula Betancourt | Amazonas |
| 1993 | Carolina Gómez | Bogotá |
| 1994 | Tatiana Castro | Cesar |
| 1995 | Lina María Gaviria | Meta |
| 1996 | Claudia Elena Vásquez | Antioquia |
| 1997 | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz | Santander |
| 1998 | Marianella Maal | Atlántico |
| 1999 | Catalina Inés Acosta | Cundinamarca |
| 2000 | Andrea Nocetti | Cartagena |
| 2001 | Vanessa Mendoza | Chocó |
| 2002 | Diana Mantilla | Santander |
| 2003 | Catherine Daza | Valle del Cauca |
| 2004 | Adriana Tarud | Atlántico |
| 2005 | Valerie Domínguez | Atlántico |
| 2006 | Eileen Roca | Cesar |
| 2007 | Taliana Vargas | Magdalena |
| 2008 | Michelle Rouillard | Cauca |
| 2009 | Natalia Navarro | Bolívar |
| 2010 | Catalina Robayo | Valle del Cauca |
| 2011 | Daniella Álvarez | Atlántico |
| 2012 | Lucia Aldana | Valle del Cauca |
| 2013 | Paulina Vega Miss Universe 2014 | Atlántico |
| 2014 | Ariadna Gutiérrez | Sucre |
| 2015 | Andrea Tovar | Chocó |
| 2016 | Laura González | Cartagena |
| 2017 | Valeria Morales | Valle del Cauca |
| 2018 | Gabriela Tafur | Valle del Cauca |
| 2019 | María Fernanda Aristizábal | Quindío |
| 2021 | Valentina Espinosa | Bolívar |
| 2022 | Sofía Osío | Atlántico |
| 2024 | Catalina Duque | Antioquia |

### Gallery of titleholders

* Luz Marina Zuluaga, Miss Colombia 1958
* Aura Mojica, Miss Colombia 1977
* Sandra Borda, Miss Colombia 1984
* Mónia Urbina, Miss Colombia 1985
* Lizeth Mahecha, Miss Colombia 1989
* Paola Turbay, Miss Colombia 1991
* Paula Andrea Betancur, Miss Colombia 1992
* Carolina Gómez, Miss Colombia 1993
* Andrea Nocetti, Miss Colombia 2000
* Vanessa Mendoza, Miss Colombia 2001
* Valerie Domínguez, Miss Colombia 2005
* Eileen Roca, Miss Colombia 2006
* Taliana Vargas, Miss Colombia 2007
* Daniela Álvarez, Miss Colombia 2011
* Lucia Aldana, Miss Colombia 2012
* Paulina Vega, Miss Colombia 2013
* Ariadna Gutiérrez, Miss Colombia 2014
* Andrea Tovar, Miss Colombia 2015
* Laura González, Miss Colombia 2017
* Valentina Morales, Miss Universe Colombia 2018
* Gabriela Tafur, Miss Colombia 2018
* Maria Fernanda Aristizábal, Miss Colombia 2019-2020
* Sofía Osío Luna, Miss Colombia 2022-2023
* Catalina Duque Abréu, Miss Colombia 2024-2025
* ↑ resigned Miss Colombia 1957
* ↑ replaced Miss Colombia 1957

## International crowns

* Two – Miss Universe winners:
** Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958)
** Paulina Vega (2014)
* Three – Miss International winners:
** Stella Marquez (1960)
** Paulina Gálvez (1999)
** Jeymmy Vargas (2004)

## Colombia representatives at International pageants

The following women have represented Colombia in the international pageants.

### Señorita Colombia – Internacional

| Year | Miss International Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 2025 | Catalina Duque Abréu | TBA | |
| 2024 | Juanita Urrea Posada | Unplaced | |
| 2023 | Sofía Osío Luna | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2022 | Natalia López Cardona | 3rd Runner-Up | |
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 and 2021 ||||
| 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 Suárez | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Friendship Miss Best Dresser |
| 2013 | Cindy Lorena Hermída Aguilar | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2012 | Melissa Varón | 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 | Did not compete | 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 | No contest | 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 | Maria Stella Márquez Zawadsky de Araneta | Miss International 1960 | |

### Señorita Colombia – Charm International

| Year | Miss Charm Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 2024 | Vanesa Velásquez | Top 6 | |
| 2023 | Juliana Habib Lorduy | Top 6 | |

## Past franchises
### Señorita Colombia – Universo

Main article: Miss Universe Colombia
       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. Since 2020, the election of Miss Universe Colombia took over the franchise of Miss Universe in Colombia.
| Year | Señorita Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 2019 | Gabriela Tafur Náder | Top 5 | |
| 2018 | Valeria Morales Delgado | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Laura González | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2016 | Andrea Tovar | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 2015 | Ariadna Gutiérrez | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2014 | Paulina Vega | Miss Universe 2014 | |
| 2013 | Lucia Aldana | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Daniella Álvarez | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Catalina Robayo | Top 16 | |
| 2010 | Natalia Navarro | 12th | |
| 2009 | Michelle Rouillard | Unplaced | |
| 2008 | Taliana Vargas | 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 Nocetti | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín | 6th | |
| 1999 | Marianella Maal Pacini | Unplaced | |
| 1998 | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra | 5th | |
| 1997 | Claudia Elena Vásquez | Unplaced | Best National Costume |
| 1996 | Lina Maria Gaviria Forero | Unplaced | |
| 1995 | Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe | Top 10 | |
| 1994 | Carolina Gomez Correa | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1993 | Paula Andrea Betancur | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1992 | Paola Turbay | 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 | 10th | |
| 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 | Stella Araneta | Top 15 | |
| 1959 | Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor | Top 15 | |
| 1958 | Luz Marina Zuluaga † | Miss Universe 1958 | |

### Señorita Colombia – Mundo

       From 1968 to 1990, the National Beauty Contest of Colombia organization were the license holders, and the Colombian representative to Miss World. Began 1991 the election of Miss Mundo Colombia organization took over the franchise of Miss World in Colombia.
| Year | Miss World Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 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 | Patricia Janiot | Top 15 | |
| 1983 | Rocío Isabel Luna Flórez | 1st Runner-up | Miss World Americas |
| 1982 | María Teresa Gómez Fajardo | Unplaced | |
| 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 | Did not compete | 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 | Top 14 | |

### Señorita Colombia – Supranacional

       From 2010 to 2016 the Miss Earth Colombia organization were the license holders, and the Colombian representative to Miss Supranational. In 2017, Señorita Colombia was in charge of selecting the Colombian representative for Miss Supranational until 2023. In 2022, The winner of Señorita Colombia represents her country at Miss Supranational.
| Year | Miss Supranational Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 2023 | Valentina Mora Trujillo | Top 24 | Supra Model of the Americas |
| 2022 | Valentina Espinosa Guzmán | Top 12 | Miss Supranational Americas Supra Model of the Americas |
| 2021 | Valentina Aldana Dorado | Unplaced | |
| 2019 | Yaiselle Tous Tejada | Top 10 | Supra Model of the Americas |
| 2018 | Miriam Isabel Carranza de Moya | Top 25 | |
| 2017 | Martha Luz "Tica" Martínez Insignares | 1st Runner-up | |

### Señorita Colombia – Grand International

Main article: Miss Grand Colombia
| Year | Miss Grand International Colombia | Placement | Special Award(s) |
| 2021 | Mariana Jaramillo Córdoba | Top 20 | |

## 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.
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.

## 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.