Miss Colombia 2004
Encyclopedia
Miss Colombia 2004, the 70th Miss Colombia
pageant
, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
, on November 12, 2004, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Adriana Tarud, Miss Atlántico
.
The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV
from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Catherine Daza Manchola crowned Adriana Tarud of Atlántico
as the new Miss Colombia
.
The runners-up were:
The ten semi-finalists include, but are not limited to:
Miss Colombia
Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...
pageant
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, on November 12, 2004, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Adriana Tarud, Miss Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
.
The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV
RCN TV
RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Catherine Daza Manchola crowned Adriana Tarud of Atlántico
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
as the new Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia
Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...
.
Results
- Miss Colombia 2004 – Adriana Tarud (AtlánticoAtlántico DepartmentAtlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
)
The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up – Virreina Nacional - Diana Arbelaez Gonzalez (ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...
) - 2nd runner-up – Tatiana Maria Bastidas Castañeda (AntioquiaAntioquia DepartmentAntioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...
) - 3rd runner-up – Paola Andrea Gallardo Zakzuk (San Andrés and ProvidenciaSan Andrés and Providencia DepartmentArchipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ; or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of Colombia and from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs...
) - 4th runner-up – Diana Milena Cepeda Castro (Norte de Santander)
The ten semi-finalists include, but are not limited to:
- Alejandra Milena Aldana Saavedra (CundinamarcaCundinamarca Department- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....
) - Aylen Adeline Borrego Areyanes (Guajira)
- Laura Maria Abisambra Zuñiga (MagdalenaMagdalena DepartmentMagdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...
) - Linda Vannesa Consuegra Leal (SantanderSantander DepartmentSantander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...
) - Maria Julia Quessep Bitar (Tolima)
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Silvana Patricia Altahona López (MetaMeta DepartmentMeta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...
) - Best Body Figura Bodytech - Valerie Dominguez Tarud (AtlánticoAtlántico DepartmentAtlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
) - Miss Congeniality - Liliana del Carmen Morales Barrios (BolívarBolívar DepartmentBolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...
) - Best Costume - Ana María Castañeda (SucreSucre DepartmentSucre is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 772,010, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia...
) - Reina de la Policia - Claudia Margarita González Dangond (CesarCesar DepartmentCesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...
) - Señorita Puntualidad - Claudia Margarita González Dangond (CesarCesar DepartmentCesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...
) - Miss Elegance - Karina Guerra Rodriguez (ChocóChocó DepartmentChocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...
)
Delegates
The Miss Colombia 2004 delegates were:- AntioquiaAntioquia DepartmentAntioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...
- Tatiana Maria Bastidas Castañeda - AtlánticoAtlántico DepartmentAtlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
- Adriana Cecilia Tarud Duran - BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
- Nawal Michelle Ayoub Valderrama - BolívarBolívar DepartmentBolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...
- Lia Patricia Correal Lopera - BoyacáBoyacá DepartmentBoyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...
- Yuri Alix Cruz Suarez - CaldasCaldas DepartmentCaldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...
- Juliana Villegas Jimenez - Cartagena DT y C - Katya Victoria Lopez Velez
- CesarCesar DepartmentCesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...
- Maria Martha Lacouture Maya - ChocóChocó DepartmentChocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...
- Carmen Lizeth Rivas Abadia - CórdobaCórdoba DepartmentCórdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...
- Ana María Burgos Mendoza - CundinamarcaCundinamarca Department- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....
- Alejandra Milena Aldana Saavedra
- Guajira - Aylen Adeline Borrego Areyanes
- HuilaHuila DepartmentHuila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...
- Natalia Tamayo Palacio - MagdalenaMagdalena DepartmentMagdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...
- Laura Maria Abisambra Zuñiga - MetaMeta DepartmentMeta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...
- Deyanira Aguirre Barrero - Norte de Santander - Diana Milena Cepeda Castro
- QuindíoQuindío DepartmentQuindío is a department of Colombia. It is in the western central region of the country, crossed by the Andes mountains. Its capital is Armenia. It is famous for the quality of the coffee plantations, colorful architecture, benign weather, variety of hotel accommodations and touristic landmarks...
- Laura Marcela Fernández Zuluaga - RisaraldaRisaralda DepartmentRisaralda is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira.It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966...
- Juliana Upegui Saldarriaga - San Andrés and ProvidenciaSan Andrés and Providencia DepartmentArchipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ; or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of Colombia and from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs...
- Paola Andrea Gallardo Zakzuk - SantanderSantander DepartmentSantander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...
- Linda Vannesa Consuegra Leal - Tolima - Maria Julia Quessep Bitar
- ValleValle del Cauca DepartmentValle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...
- Diana Arbelaez Gonzalez