Miss Universe Colombia

{{short description|Colombian beauty pageant competition}} {{distinguish|Miss Colombia}} {{for multi|the most recent competition|Miss Universe Colombia 2024}} {{Infobox pageant | name = Miss Universe Colombia Organization | logo = MUC-Logo.png | membership=  | type = Women's beauty pageant | franchise_holder = RCN Televisión S.A. | headquarters = [[Bogotá]] | pageant_region = Country | region_represented = Colombia | qualification = [[Miss Universe]] | first = [[Miss Universe Colombia 2020|2020]]{{efn|Held in 2021}} | recent = [[Miss Universe Colombia 2025|2025]] | last =  | current_titleholder = '''[[Vanessa Pulgarin]]''' | titleholder_represents = '''{{flag|Antioquia}}''' | language = Spanish | leader_title = National Director/President | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | predecessor = [[Miss Colombia]] | successor =  | website = {{URL|https://missuniversecolombia.org/}} }} '''Miss Universe Colombia''' is a national [[beauty pageant]] that selects Colombia's official representative to [[Miss Universe]]—one of the [[Big Four beauty pageants|Big Four International beauty pageants]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Torres Cepeda|first=María Camila|date=28 October 2020|title=Se conoce uno de los premios que entregarán a Miss Colombia 2020|url=https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/se-conoce-uno-de-los-premios-que-entregaran-miss-colombia-2020|language=Spanish|access-date=26 December 2022|archive-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226032523/https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/se-conoce-uno-de-los-premios-que-entregaran-miss-colombia-2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

The current Miss Universe Colombia is [[Vanessa Pulgarin]] of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]] who was crowned on September 28, 2025, in [[Bogotá]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Londoño |first=María José Chitiva |date=2025-07-11 |title=¿Quiere ser la próxima Miss Universe? El certamen colombiano tiene inscripciones abiertas |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/entretenimiento/miss-universe-colombia-reality-inscripciones-canal-rcn-PC28082094 |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=El Colombiano |language=es-ES}}</ref> She will represent Colombia at [[Miss Universe 2025]] in [[Thailand]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Carolina |date=2025-09-28 |title=¿Quién es Vanessa Pulgarín, ganadora de Miss Universe Colombia 2025? |url=https://colombia.as.com/tikitakas/quien-es-vanessa-pulgarin-ganadora-de-miss-universe-colombia-2025-n/ |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=Diario AS |language=es-co}}</ref>

== History == {{main|Miss Colombia}}

== 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.

{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Miss Universe Colombia ! Department ! Ref. |- |[[Miss Universe Colombia 2025|2025]] |[[Vanessa Pulgarin]] |[[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]] |<ref name=":3" /> |- | [[Miss Universe Colombia 2024|2024]] | [[Daniela Toloza]] | [[Valle del Cauca Department|Valle]] |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=RCN |first=Noticias |date=2024-06-02 |title=Miss Valle, Daniela Toloza, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia |url=https://www.noticiasrcn.com/colombia/miss-valle-daniela-toloza-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-702654 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603205208/https://www.noticiasrcn.com/colombia/miss-valle-daniela-toloza-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-702654 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Noticias RCN |language=es}}</ref> |- | [[Miss Universe Colombia 2023|2023]] | [[Camila Avella]] | [[Casanare Department|Casanare]] |<ref name=camila>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 September 2023 |title=Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, de Casanare, se quedó con la corona; la primera en estar casada y tener una hija |trans-title=Miss Universe Colombia 2023: María Camila Avella Montañez, from Casanare, kept the crown; She was the first to be married and have a daughter. |url=https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/en-vivo-miss-universe-colombia-2023-donde-ver-el-concurso-de-belleza-0236.html |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=[[El País (Cali)|El País]] |language=es |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903043535/https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/en-vivo-miss-universe-colombia-2023-donde-ver-el-concurso-de-belleza-0236.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2022 | [[María Fernanda Aristizábal]] | [[Quindío Department|Quindío]] |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tiempo |first=Casa Editorial El |date=2022-04-06 |title=María Fernanda Aristizábal es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/entretenimiento/maria-fernanda-aristizabal-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-663500 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish |archive-date=2022-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407073504/https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/entretenimiento/maria-fernanda-aristizabal-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-663500 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | [[Miss Universe Colombia 2021|2021]] | [[Valeria Ayos]] | [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] | <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-10-18|title=Valeria María Ayos, de Cartagena, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia|url=https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/valeria-maria-ayos-de-cartagena-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia.html|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Redacción de El País|language=spanish|archive-date=2021-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019082926/https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/valeria-maria-ayos-de-cartagena-es-la-nueva-miss-universe-colombia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Miss Universe Colombia 2020|2020]] | [[Laura Olascuaga]] | [[Bolívar Department|Bolívar]] | <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Laura Olascuaga, de Bolívar, nueva Miss Universe Colombia|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.co/farandula/laura-olascuaga-de-bolivar-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-FL3805340|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.eluniversal.com.co|language=ES-es|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131003938/https://www.eluniversal.com.co/farandula/laura-olascuaga-de-bolivar-nueva-miss-universe-colombia-FL3805340|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |}

==Titleholders under Miss Universe Colombia org.== ===Miss Universe Colombia 2020—Present=== {{For|full list and details|Miss Colombia}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }}

===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 has taken over the franchise of Miss Universe in Colombia.''

{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Señorita Colombia ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss Universe ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Award(s) |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 2019|2019]] | [[Gabriela Tafur|Gabriela Tafur Náder]] | Top 5 | |- | [[Miss Universe 2018|2018]] | [[Valeria Morales|Valeria Morales Delgado]] | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 2017|2017]] | [[Laura González (Miss Colombia)|Laura González Ospina]] | 1st Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 2016|2016]] | [[Andrea Tovar|Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez]] | 2nd Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 2015|2015]] | [[Ariadna Gutiérrez|Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo]] | 1st Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:gold; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Universe 2014|2014]] | [[Paulina Vega|Paulina Vega Dieppa]] | [[Miss Universe 2014]] | |- | [[Miss Universe 2013|2013]] | [[Lucia Aldana|Carmen Lucía Aldana Roldán]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Universe 2012|2012]] | [[Daniella Álvarez|Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez]] | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 2011|2011]] | [[Catalina Robayo|Catalina Robayo Vargas]] | Top 16 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 2010|2010]] | [[Natalia Navarro|Natalia Navarro Galvis]] | Top 15 | |- | [[Miss Universe 2009|2009]] | [[Michelle Rouillard|Michelle Emilie Rouillard Estrada]] | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 2008|2008]] | [[Taliana Vargas|Taliana María Vargas Carrillo]] | 1st Runner-Up |align="left"| * Best National Costume (Top 10) |- | [[Miss Universe 2007|2007]] | Eileen Roca Torralvo | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 2006|2006]] | [[Valerie Domínguez|Valerie Domínguez Tarud]] | Top 10 | |- | [[Miss Universe 2005|2005]] | Adriana Cecilia Tarud Durán | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 2004|2004]] | Catherine Daza Manchola | Top 10 | |- | [[Miss Universe 2003|2003]] | Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 2002|2002]] | [[Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos]] | Unplaced | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- | [[Miss Universe 2001|2001]] | Andrea María Nocetti Gómez | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 2000|2000]] | Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín | Top 10 | |- | [[Miss Universe 1999|1999]] | Marianella Maal Pacini | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]] | Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra | Top 5 | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 1997|1997]] | Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel | Unplaced | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- | [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]] | Lina María Gaviria Forero | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1995|1995]] | Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe | Top 10 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1994|1994]] | [[Carolina Gómez|Carolina Gomez Correa]] | 1st Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1993|1993]] | Paula Andrea Betancur Arroyave | 1st Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1992|1992]] | [[Paola Turbay|Paola Turbay Gómez]] | 1st Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]] | Maribel Judith Gutiérrez Tinoco | Unplaced | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1990|1990]] | Lizeth Yamile Mahecha Arévalo | 2nd Runner-Up | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- | [[Miss Universe 1989|1989]] | María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1988|1988]] | Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra | Top 10 | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 1987|1987]] | María Patricia López Ruiz | Unplaced | align="left"| * Miss Photogenic |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1986|1986]] | Maria Mónica Urbina Pugliesse | 2nd Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 1985|1985]] | Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas | Unplaced | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1984|1984]] | Susana Caldas Lemaitre | 4th Runner-Up | |- | [[Miss Universe 1983|1983]] | Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Universe 1982|1982]] | Nadya Santacruz Quintero | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Universe 1981|1981]] | Ana Edilma "Eddy" Cano Puerta | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1980|1980]] | María Patricia Arbeláez Peláez | Top 12 | |- | [[Miss Universe 1979|1979]] | Ana Milena Parra Turbay | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1978|1978]] | Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes | 3rd Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1977|1977]] | Aura María Mojica Salcedo | 3rd Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1976|1976]] | María Helena Reyes Abisambra | Top 12 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1975|1975]] | Marta Lucía Echeverri Trujillo | Top 12 | align="left"| * Miss Photogenic |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" | [[Miss Universe 1974|1974]] | Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios | 3rd Runner-Up | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1973|1973]] | Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa | Top 12 | |- | [[Miss Universe 1972|1972]] | María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]] | Piedad Mejía Trujillo | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Universe 1970|1970]] | María Luisa Riascos Velásquez | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1969|1969]] | Margarita Maria Reyes Zawadsky | Top 15 | align="left"| * Best in Swimsuit |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss Universe 1968|1968]] | Luz Elena Restrepo González | Unplaced | align="left"| * Best National Costume |- | [[Miss Universe 1967|1967]] | Elsa María Garrido Cajiao | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]] | Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena | Top 15 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1965|1965]] | María Victoria Ocampo Gómez | Top 15 | |- | [[Miss Universe 1964|1964]] | Alba Virginia Ramírez Plaza | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1963|1963]] | Maria Cristina Alvarez González | Top 15 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1962|1962]] | Olga Lucía Botero Orozco | Top 15 | |- | [[Miss Universe 1961|1961]] | Patricia Whitman Owen | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1960|1960]] | [[Stella Araneta|María Stella Márquez de Araneta]] | Top 15 | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99" | [[Miss Universe 1959|1959]] | Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor | Top 15 | |- |-style="background-color:gold; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Universe 1958|1958]] | [[Luz Marina Zuluaga]] † | [[Miss Universe 1958]] | |- |}

== See also == * [[Miss Colombia]] * [[Miss Mundo Colombia]] * [[Miss Earth Colombia]] * [[Miss Grand Colombia]]

== Notes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links == * [https://missuniversecolombia.org/ Official website]

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