Miss Colombia 2008
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Miss Colombia 2008, the 74th Miss Colombia
pageant
, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
, on November 17, 2008, after two weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Michelle Rouillard Estrada, Miss Cauca
.
The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV
from the Centro de Convenciones Julio César Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Miss Colombia 2007
Taliana Vargas
crowned Michelle Rouillard Estrada of Cauca
as the new Miss Colombia
.
(Panama
), Pablo Jiménez Burillo (Spain
), Sylvia Loria (Costa Rica
), Thomas P. Murray (United States), Giovanni Scutaro (Venezuela
).
The runners-up:
The ten semi-finalists :
* Sonia Janneth Cubides (Bogotá D.C.) and María Jimena Escobar (Cundinamarca
) resing the title as Segunda Princesa (3rd Runner-up)
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 17, 2008, after two weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Michelle Rouillard Estrada, Miss Cauca
Cauca Department
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...
.
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 César Turbay 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...
. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Miss Colombia 2007
Miss Colombia 2007
Miss Colombia 2007, the 73rd Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2007. The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV from the Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia...
Taliana Vargas
Taliana Vargas
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo is a Colombian actress, fashion model, television personality, Miss Colombia 2007 and Miss Universe 2008 first runner-up. Vargas is a Colombian student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.Vargas is of Greek descent...
crowned Michelle Rouillard Estrada of Cauca
Cauca Department
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...
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...
.
Judges
The former panel of judges was composed by Olga SinclairOlga Sinclair
Olga Sinclair is an artist and figurative painter.She participated for the first time in a collective exhibition amongst professional painters at the age of just 14....
(Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
), Pablo Jiménez Burillo (Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
), Sylvia Loria (Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
), Thomas P. Murray (United States), Giovanni Scutaro (Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
).
Results
- Miss Colombia 2008 - Michelle Rouillard Estrada (CaucaCauca DepartmentCauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...
)
The runners-up:
- 1st Runner-up - Lina Marcela Mosquera OchoaLina MosqueraLina Mosquera is a Colombian Model and titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Continente Americano 2009.-Miss Colombia 2008:On November 17, 2008 Lina competed at the Miss Colombia 2008 pageant representing the department of Chocó...
(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...
) - 2nd Runner-up - Verónica Velásquez Gómez (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 - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (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...
)* - 4th Runner-up - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (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...
)*
The ten semi-finalists :
- Paula Alejandra González Gutiérrez (AmazonasAmazonas DepartmentAmazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department....
) - Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas (Norte de Santander)
- Leidy Marcela Mejía Urrego (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...
) - Giselle Marín Ramos (Cartagena D.T. y C.)
* Sonia Janneth Cubides (Bogotá D.C.) and María Jimena Escobar (Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca 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....
) resing the title as Segunda Princesa (3rd Runner-up)
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Michelle Rouillard Estrada (CaucaCauca DepartmentCauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...
) - Best Body Figura Bodytech - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (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...
) - Miss Elegance - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
- Best Face - Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas (Norte de Santander)
- Reina de la policia - Lina Marcela Mosquera OchoaLina MosqueraLina Mosquera is a Colombian Model and titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Continente Americano 2009.-Miss Colombia 2008:On November 17, 2008 Lina competed at the Miss Colombia 2008 pageant representing the department of Chocó...
(Chocó) - Señorita Puntualidad - Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva (Bogotá D.C.)
- Best Regional Costume - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (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...
) - "Pola Becté", Design by Erick Pérez - Miss Congeniality - Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz (Guajira)
- Zapatilla Real - Giselle Marín Ramos (Cartagena D.T. y C.)
Final Competition Scores
| Departament | Evening Gown | Swimsuit |
|---|---|---|
| Cauca | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| Chocó | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| Antioquia | 9.1 | 9.3 |
| Cundinamarca | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| Valle | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Bogotá D.C. | 9.1* | 9.4 |
| Norte de Santander | 9.0 | 8.9 |
| Quindío | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Amazonas | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Cartagena D.T. y C. | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Sucre | 8.5 | |
| Atlántico | 8.4 | |
| Boyacá | 8.4 | |
| Caldas | 8.2 | |
| Guajira | 8.2 | |
| Bolívar | 8.1 | |
| Huila | 8.1 | |
| Cesar | 8.0 | |
| Córdoba | 8.0 | |
| Meta | 8.0 | |
| Risaralda | 8.0 | |
| Santander | 8.0 | |
| Nariño | 7.9 | |
| Magdalena | 7.8 | |
| San Andrés, P. y S.C. | 7.7 |
- Miss Colombia 2008–2009
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
- Semifinalistas
Delegates
According to the press release from September 11 of 2008 on the website of the National Beauty Contest of Colombia, The official candidates are:| Contestant | Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonas Amazonas Department Amazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department.... |
Paula Alejandra González Gutiérrez | 22 | 1.78 mts | Neiva |
| Antioquia | Verónica Velásquez Gómez | 20 | 1.75 mts | Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... |
| 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... |
Valeria Margarita Sierra Caballero | 22 | 1.68 mts | Barranquilla Barranquilla Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's... |
| Bogotá D.C. | Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva | 24 | 1.74 mts | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, 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... |
| Bolívar Bolívar Department Bolívar 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... |
Karen Margarita Bray Vergara | 22 | 1.68 mts | El Carmen de Bolívar El Carmen de Bolívar El Carmen de Bolívar is a municipality and town of the northern Colombian Department of Bolivar. Founded on February 16, 1779 by the Spanish infantry Lieutenant Antonio de La Torre y Miranda,El Carmen de Bolivar lies in the central region of the Bolivar Department.-History:This area was initially... |
| Boyacá Boyacá Department Boyacá 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... |
Cindy Yulieth Calle Páramo | 19 | 1.66 mts | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, 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... |
| Caldas Caldas Department Caldas 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... |
Marcela Muñoz Vargas | 22 | 1.69 mts | Manizales Manizales Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.... |
| Cartagena D.T. y C. | Giselle Marín Ramos | 19 | 1.77 mts | Cartagena de Indias |
| Cauca Cauca Department Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of... |
Michelle Rouillard Estrada | 21 | 1.74 mts | Popayán Popayán Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between Colombia's Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range... |
| Cesar Cesar Department Cesar 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... |
Linda Cristina Mendoza Vargas | 23 | 1.65 mts | San Juan del Cesar San Juan del Cesar San Juan del Cesar is a municipality and town located in the La Guajira Department, Colombia.-Etymology:San Juan Bautista del Cesar name in and Chet-tzar or Sasare indigenous language for calm water, the name of the Cesar River.-History:... |
| Chocó | Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa Lina Mosquera Lina Mosquera is a Colombian Model and titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Continente Americano 2009.-Miss Colombia 2008:On November 17, 2008 Lina competed at the Miss Colombia 2008 pageant representing the department of Chocó... |
19 | 1.80 mts | Quibdó Quibdó Quibdó is the capital city of Chocó Department, in western Colombia. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of 3,337.5 km² and a population of 100,000 mainly consisting of Afro Colombians and Zambo Colombians. Quibdo serves a a receptor for those persons affected by the Colombian armed... |
| Córdoba | Sara Elena Piedrahita Lyons | 19 | 1.72 mts | Montería Montería Montería is a municipality and city located in Northern Colombia and is the capital of the Department of Córdoba. The city is located away from the Caribbean, by the Sinú River. The city and region are famous for their distinct cultural heritages, which include a blend of indigenous Zenú Indians,... |
| Cundinamarca Cundinamarca 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.... |
María Jimena Escobar Fuenmayor | 21 | 1.73 mts | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, 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... |
| Guajira | Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz | 21 | 1.67 mts | Maicao |
| Huila Huila Department Huila 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... |
Ángela María Rojas Morera | 22 | 1.77 mts | Neiva |
| Magdalena Magdalena Department Magdalena 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... |
María Pinedo Manrique | 23 | 1.66 mts | Santa Marta Santa Marta Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia... |
| Meta Meta Department Meta 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... |
Laura Naranjo Gómez | 23 | 1.74 mts | Villavicencio Villavicencio Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river... |
| Nariño | Briggite Geraldine Bolaños Chala | 18 | 1.72 mts | Cali Calì Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:... |
| Norte de Santander | Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas | 22 | 1.75 mts | Cúcuta Cúcuta Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active... |
| Quindío | Leidy Marcela Mejía Urrego | 20 | 1.76 mts | Cali Calì Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:... |
| Risaralda Risaralda Department Risaralda 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... |
Jeny Maritza Guzmán Tamayo | 21 | 1.66 mts | Pereira Pereira, Colombia Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban... |
| San Andrés, P. y S.C. | Hannia Yihan Gallardo Harb | 22 | 1.62 mts | San Andrés |
| Santander Santander Department Santander 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... |
María Alejandra Sampayo Guerrero | 20 | 1.65 mts | Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area... |
| Sucre Sucre Department Sucre 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... |
Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina | 23 | 1.71 mts | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, 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... |
| Valle Valle del Cauca Department Valle 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... |
Stephanie Garcés Aljure | 23 | 1.79 mts | Cali Calì Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:... |
Withdrawals
- Marianna Rodriguez was replaced by Stephanie Garcés Aljure as Señorita Valle after pictures of Marianna posing in underwear surface.
- Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva resing her title as Segunda Princesa to pursuit an acting career