# Miss Grand Colombia 2018

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1st Miss Grand Colombia competition, beauty pageant edition

Miss Grand Colombia 2018 Date 11 February 2018 Venue BH Tempo Hotel, Villeta, Cundinamarca Broadcaster YouTube Entrants 5 Placements 5 Debuts Altiplano Andean Llanos Orinoquía Sinú Winner Génesis Quintero (Orinoquía) 2022 →

**Miss Grand Colombia 2018** was the first edition of the [Miss Grand Colombia](/source/Miss_Grand_Colombia) beauty pageant, held on February 11, 2018, at the BH Tempo Hotel in [Villeta, Cundinamarca](/source/Villeta%2C_Cundinamarca).[1][2] At the end of the event, Génesis Quintero of [Orinoquía](/source/Orinoqu%C3%ADa_natural_region) was named the winner, outclassing the other four contestants, and was expected to represent [Colombia](/source/Colombia) at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant in [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar).[2][3][4][5]

The organizer, however, forced Quintero to resign due to health issues following [breast augmentation](/source/Breast_augmentation); she was not physically fit to participate, as claimed by the director, as well as a financial conflict between them.[2][4][6][7] The organizer then also relinquished the competition license to the [Miss Colombia](/source/Miss_Colombia) organization (CNB Colombia),which later nominated Sheyla Quizena, a 21-year-old international business student, as the new country representative for the aforementioned international contest,[8][9][10] but Sheyla did not get any placements in such an event.[11]

Following her victory, Génesis was [criticized for her physical appearance](/source/Bullying) by certain Colombian netizens, with some even wishing for her death, according to her, caused her to release an open letter to retaliate.[12] After her resignation in late 2018, she was instead assigned to participate in the [Miss Grand International 2019](/source/Miss_Grand_International_2019) contest in [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), as the replacement for the former representative, Sthefany Rodríguez, who resigned the title two months after the appointment, by that year's licensee, Luis Humberto Garcés,[13][14] and she was placed among the top 20 finalists.[15]

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Grand Colombia 2018 Orinoquía – Génesis Quintero Miss Top Model Colombia 2018 Llanos – Paola Cazarán Miss Top Model Colombia 2019 Sinú – Nashaira Balentien Miss Super Model Colombia 2018 Altiplano – María del Mar Meza Miss Hawaiian Tropic Colombia 2018 Andean – Sara Victoria

## Candidates

Five contestants competed for the title of Miss Grand Colombia 2018.[1]

Region Candidate Age Height Altiplano María del Mar Meza 25 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Andean Sara Victoria 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Llanos Paola Cazarán 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Orinoquía Génesis Quintero 26 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Sinú Nashaira Balentien 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

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## External links

- [Colombia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Colombia)

- Media related to [Miss Grand Colombia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Miss_Grand_Colombia) at Wikimedia Commons

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