Established | 11 February 2018 |
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Founder | Neyder Duarte |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Bogotá |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Spanish |
Directors |
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Parent organization | Belleza Colombia International S.A.S. |
Miss Grand Colombia is an annual female beauty pageant in Colombia, founded in 2018 by Top 3 Latam chaired by Neyder Duarte. [1] [2] Previously, the country representatives were selected by the International Portfolio Agency headed by Elías Tobón and Mara Borrego, either by handpicking or through their national pageant, Miss Earth Colombia. Currently, the franchise belongs to the Bogota-based modeling agency, Casa De Reinas SAS which owns and runs the Miss Grand Colombia beauty contest since 2022. [3]
Colombia holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the fourth runner-up obtained by Mónica Castaño in 2014. [4] The reigning Miss Grand Colombia is María Alejandra López who was crowned on 18 June 2023 at the Hotel Grand Park in Bogotá, She represented Colombia at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam and placed 2nd Runner Up. [5] [6]
Colombia has been taking part in the Miss Grand International since 2013. However, most of its representatives were assigned to participate without organizing the national preliminary contest specifically. In 2018, the first edition of Miss Grand Colombia was conducted in Villeta of Cundinamarca Department at the BH Tempo Hotel on 11 February after Miss Earth Colombia, who served as the national licensee during 2013 – 2017, had lost the franchise to Top 3 Latam – the Cundinamarca-based pageant organizer, headed by Neyder Duarte. [1] The contest featured 5 national finalists representing 5 national regions, including Altiplano, Andean, Llanos, Orinoquía, and Sinú, [1] of which Génesis Andrea Quintero Pérez from Orinoquía was announced the winner and expected to compete in Myanmar for the international title, [7] [8] [9] but unfortunately forced to resign by the organizer due to health problems after having breast augmentation as well as the financial conflict between them. [8] [10] The organizer then relinquished the franchise to the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia (CNB Colombia; Miss Colombia), who appointed Sheyla Quizena Nieto to compete at the said platform instead. [11] [12] Nevertheless, Quintero was later assigned to participate in the following international edition in Venezuela by the 2019 national licensee – Luis Humberto Garcés, as the replacement of the former representative, Sthefany Rodríguez, the Colombian-Venezuelan model who resigned the title two months after the appointment; [13] and was placed among the top 20 finalists. [14] Since then, the license had been being transferred to the different organizers every year, including Juan José Mendoza in 2020, [15] back to Miss Colombia in 2021, [16] and under the control of César Prado in 2022. [3]
The representatives of Colombia got placements at Miss Grand International five times in 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, and 2023. [17] [18] [4] [14] [19] The highest one was the second runner-up, won by María Alejandra López in 2023. [20]
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Colombia contest, since its inception in 2018.
Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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2018 | 1th | 11 Feb | BH Tempo Hotel, Villeta, Cundinamarca | 5 | Génesis Quintero | [1] [7] |
2022 | 2nd | 25 Jun | Hotel Grand Park, Bogotá | 21 | Priscilla Londoño | [3] [21] |
2023 | 3rd | 18 Jun | Mayor Auditorium CUN, Bogotá | 23 | María Alejandra López | [22] [23] |
2024 | 4th | 4 Aug | Cartagena | [24] |
Year | Delegate | National Title | Competition Performance | National director(s) | Ref. | |
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Placements | Other Award | |||||
2013 | Carolina Betancourth | Appointed | Top 20 | — | Elías Tobón | [18] |
2014 | Mónica Castaño | Appointed | 4th Runner Up | [4] | ||
2015 | Gisella Correa | Miss Earth Colombia 2015 — Runner Up | Unplaced | — | [25] [26] | |
2016 | Juliana Margarita | Appointed | Unplaced | — | [27] | |
2017 | Francy Castaño | Appointed | Unplaced | — | [28] | |
2018 | Génesis Quintero | Miss Grand Colombia 2018 | Did not compete | Neyder Duarte | [8] [10] | |
Sheyla Quizena | Appointed | Unplaced | — | Raimundo Pizarro | [11] [12] | |
2019 | Sthefani Rodríguez | — | Did not compete | Luis Humberto Garcés | [29] | |
Génesis Quintero | Miss Grand Colombia 2018 | Top 20 | — | [14] | ||
2020 | Natalia Manrique | Señorita Colombia 2019 — Top 10 | Unplaced | — | Juan José Mendoza | [30] |
2021 | Mariana Jaramillo | Señorita Colombia 2019 — 3rd Runner Up | Top 20 | — | Raimundo Pizarro | [19] |
2022 | Priscilla Londoño | Miss Grand Colombia 2022 | 5th Runner Up | — | César Prado | [31] |
2023 | María Alejandra López | Miss Grand Colombia 2023 | 2nd Runner Up | — | [20] [23] | |
2024 |
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The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Colombia pageant, as well as the competition results.
Year Represented
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2023 |
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Region National Finalists | |
Zona Andina | Valentina Cárdenas |
Eje Cafetero | María Alejandra López Pérez |
Department National Finalists | |
Antioquia | Valeria Chavarriaga Gutierrez |
Medellín | Camila Medellín |
Amazonas | Catalina Cabrera Jimenez |
Arauca | — |
Atlántico | — |
• Barranquilla | Sophia Ortiz |
Bogotá | Valentina Bermudez |
Bolívar | Jania Lucia Viano Polo |
Boyacá | — |
Caldas | — |
Caquetá | — |
Casanare | — |
Cauca | Maira Alejandra Millan Balanta |
Cesar | — |
Chocó | — |
Córdoba | — |
Cundinamarca | Daniela Valentina Mejía Forero |
Guainía | — |
Guaviare | — |
Huila | — |
La Guajira | — |
Magdalena | — |
Meta | Yuri Rey |
Nariño | — |
Norte de Santander | — |
Putumayo | — |
Quindío | Zulay Vanessa Fandiño Sotelo |
• Armenia | Angela Gonzales |
Risaralda | Maria Jose Villegas Ramirez |
San Andrés y Providencia | — |
Santander | Lizeth Montanez |
• Bucaramanga | Andrea Motta |
Sucre | — |
Tolima | — |
Valle del Cauca | Emily Pulido |
• Cali | Yamileth Delgado Preciado |
Vaupés | — |
Vichada | — |
Candidates With No Affiliated Department | |
Colombia En Chile | Katherin Aguilar Castillo |
Colombia En Europa | Valeria Restrepo Salazar |
Colombia En Miami | Maria Camila Medina Arias |
Colombia En Panama | Diana Sandoval |
Colombia En Washington, D.C. | Sasha Perea |
Total | TBA |
Year No.
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2022 |
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1 | María Antonia Ruíz |
2 | Alejandra Angarita |
3 | Brenda Giraldo |
4 | Carolina Osorno |
5 | Evelin López |
6 | Jenny López Bolaños |
7 | Laura Morales |
8 | Lizeth Montañez |
9 | Loren Moreno |
10 | Luisa Acevedo |
11 | Luisa González |
12 | Manuela Loaiza Guzmán |
13 | Mathilde Lina López |
14 | Patricia Díaz Escalante |
15 | Priscilla Londoño |
16 | Valentina Gómez |
17 | Valentina Pedreros |
18 | Valentina Vega |
19 | Valeria Castillo |
20 | Vanessa Ortiz |
21 | Yaved Henao Acosta |
Total | 21 |
Year Region
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2018 |
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Altiplano | María del Mar Meza |
Andean | Sara Victoria |
Llanos | Paola Cazarán |
Orinoquía | Génesis Quintero |
Sinú | Nashaira Balentien |
Total | 5 |