Miss Universe Colombia

Miss Universe Colombia Organization
Type	Women's beauty pageant
Headquarters	Barranquilla
Country represented	Colombia
Qualifies for	Miss Universe
First edition	2020
Most recent edition	2024
Current titleholder	Daniela Toloza; Valle
National Director/President	Natalie Ackermann
Language	Spanish
Predecessor	Miss Colombia
Website	missuniversecolombia.org

Miss Universe Colombia is a national beauty pageant that selects the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.^[1]

The current Miss Universe Colombia is Daniela Toloza of Valle who was crowned on June 2, 2024 in Barranquilla.^[2] She will represent Colombia in Mexico in November 2024, at Miss Universe.

History

Titleholders

The winner of Miss Universe Colombia represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.

Year	Miss Universe Colombia	Department or District	Ref
2024	Daniela Toloza	Valle
2023	Camila Avella	Casanare	^[2]
2022	María Fernanda Aristizábal	Quindío	^[3]
2021	Valeria Ayos	Cartagena	^[4]
2020	Laura Olascuaga	Bolívar	^[5]

Titleholders under Miss Universe Colombia org.

Miss Universe Colombia 2020—Present

: 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

Year	Miss Universe Colombia	Placement
2024	Daniela Toloza Rocha	TBA
2023	María Camila Avella Montañez	Top 5
2022	María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea	Top 16
2021	Valeria María Ayos Bossa	Top 5
2020	Laura Victoria Olascuaga Pinto	Top 21

Señorita Colombia 1958—2019

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 Ospina	1st Runner-up
2016	Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez	2nd Runner-up
2015	Ariadna Gutiérrez Arévalo	1st Runner-up
2014	Paulina Vega Dieppa	Miss Universe 2014
2013	Carmen Lucía Aldana Roldán	Unplaced
2012	Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez	Unplaced
2011	Catalina Robayo Vargas	Top 16
2010	Natalia Navarro Galvis	Top 15
2009	Michelle Emilie Rouillard Estrada	Unplaced
2008	Taliana María Vargas Carrillo	1st Runner-up	Best National Costume (Top 10)
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 María 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 Gomez 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 "Eddy" Cano Puerta	Unplaced
1980	Maria Patricia Arbeláez Peláez	Top 10
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 de Araneta	Top 15
1959	Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor	Top 15
1958	Luz Marina Zuluaga †	Miss Universe 1958

Notes

^ Held in 2021

References

^ Torres Cepeda, María Camila (28 October 2020). "Se conoce uno de los premios que entregarán a Miss Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, de Casanare, se quedó con la corona; la primera en estar casada y tener una hija" [Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, from Casanare, kept the crown; She was the first to be married and have a daughter.]. El País (in Spanish). 3 September 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2022-04-06). "María Fernanda Aristizábal es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
^ "Valeria María Ayos, de Cartagena, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". Redacción de El País (in Spanish). 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "Laura Olascuaga, de Bolívar, nueva Miss Universe Colombia". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

External links

Official website

[1] Held in 2021

[2] Torres Cepeda, María Camila (28 October 2020). "Se conoce uno de los premios que entregarán a Miss Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[camila-3] "Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, de Casanare, se quedó con la corona; la primera en estar casada y tener una hija" [Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, from Casanare, kept the crown; She was the first to be married and have a daughter.]. El País (in Spanish). 3 September 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[4] Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2022-04-06). "María Fernanda Aristizábal es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-06.

[:1-5] "Valeria María Ayos, de Cartagena, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". Redacción de El País (in Spanish). 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[:0-6] "Laura Olascuaga, de Bolívar, nueva Miss Universe Colombia". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

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