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, 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 of Cauca as the new Miss Colombia.
Judges The panel of judges was composed by Olga Sinclair (Panama), Pablo Jiménez Burillo (Spain), Sylvia Loria (Costa Rica), Thomas P. Murray (United States), Giovanni Scutaro (Venezuela).RCN: Miss Colombia 2008 Pageant Special Coverage Concurso Nacional de Belleza Official Page
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss Colombia 2008 – Michelle Rouillard1st Runner-Up – Lina Mosquera Ochoa2nd Runner-Up – Verónica Velásquez3rd Runner-Up – Stephanie Garcés Aljure 4th Runner-Up – Andrea Lilian Tirado ReinaTop 10 – Paula Alejandra González – Andrea Ontiveros Casas – Leydi Mejía Urrego – Giselle Marín Ramos
* Noticias: Andrea Tirado Reina, designada como Tercera Princesa
Special awards Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Michelle Rouillard Estrada (Cauca) Best Body Figura Bodytech - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (Valle) Miss Elegance - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó) Best Face - Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas (Norte de Santander)RCN: Elección del Rostro Jolie. Reina de la policia - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó) Señorita Puntualidad - Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva (Bogotá D.C.) Noticias: Señorita Bogotá, Puntualidad EDOX 2008 Best Regional Costume - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (Sucre) - "Pola Becté", Design by Erick Pérez Miss Congeniality - Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz (Guajira) Zapatilla Real - Giselle Marín Ramos (Cartagena D.T. y C.)http://www.vanguardia.com/especiales/noticias/39-noticias/124-cartagena-es-la-nueva-miss-zapatilla-real
Final competition scores
Departament Evening Gown SwimsuitCauca9.8 9.8Chocó9.8 9.4Antioquia9.1 9.3Cundinamarca9.39.4Valle8.7 8.9Bogotá D.C.9.1* 9.4Norte de Santander9.0 8.9Quindío8.7 8.9Amazonas9.1 9.0Cartagena 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
Legend Miss Colombia 2008–2009 First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Fourth runner-up Semifinalistas
Delegates
According to a press release from September 11 Concurso Nacional de Belleza: Comunicado 712 of 2008 on the website of the National Beauty Contest of Colombia, the official candidates were:
Contestant Name Age Height Hometown Amazonas Paula Alejandra González Gutiérrez 22 Neiva Antioquia Verónica Velásquez Gómez 20 Medellín Atlántico Valeria Margarita Sierra Caballero 22 Barranquilla Bogotá D.C. Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva 24 Bogotá Bolívar Karen Margarita Bray Vergara 22 El Carmen de Bolívar Boyacá Cindy Yulieth Calle Páramo 19 Bogotá Caldas Marcela Muñoz Vargas 22 Manizales Cartagena D.T. y C. Giselle Marín Ramos 19 Cartagena de Indias Cauca Michelle Rouillard 22 Popayán Cesar Linda Cristina Mendoza Vargas 23 San Juan del Cesar Chocó Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa 19 Quibdó Córdoba Sara Piedrahíta Lyons 19 Montería Cundinamarca María Jimena Escobar Fuenmayor 21 Bogotá Guajira Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz 21 Maicaohttps://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18858268990 Huila Ángela María Rojas Morera 22 Neiva Magdalena María Pinedo Manrique 23 Santa Marta Meta Laura Naranjo Gómez 23 Villavicencio Nariño Briggite Geraldine Bolaños Chala 18 Cali Norte de Santander Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas 22 Cúcuta Quindío Leidy Marcela Mejía Urrego 20 Cali Risaralda Jeny Maritza Guzmán Tamayo 21 Pereira San Andrés, P. y S.C. Hannia Yihan Gallardo Harb 22 San Andrés Santander María Alejandra Sampayo Guerrero 20 Bucaramanga Sucre Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina 23 Bogotá Valle Stephanie Garcés Aljure 23 Cali
Withdrawals Marianna Rodriguez was replaced by Stephanie Garcés Aljure as Señorita Valle after pictures of Marianna posing in underwear surfaced.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/occidente/2008-06-26/destituyen-a-mariana-rodriguez-representante-del-valle-al-concurso-nacional-de-belleza_4348382-1 Destituyen a Mariana Rodriguez, representante del Valle al Concurso Nacional de Belleza Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva resigned her title as Segunda Princesa to pursuit an acting career.
References and footnotes
External links Official site Canal RCN: Concurso Nacional de Belleza