Miss Colombia 2008

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.

Miss Colombia 2008
DateNovember 17, 2008
PresentersCarlos Calero
Carolina Cruz
Andrea Serna
Claudia Bahamón
EntertainmentRosario Flores, Fanny Lú, Antonio Carmona
VenueAuditorio Barahona, Centro de Convenciones Julio César Turbay, Cartagena de Indias
BroadcasterRCN TV
Entrants25
WinnerMichelle Rouillard Estrada
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.[1]

Judges

The former 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).[2][3]

Results
Departments which sent delegates and results.
  • Miss Colombia 2008 - Michelle Rouillard Estrada (Cauca)

The runners-up:

  • 1st Runner-up - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
  • 2nd Runner-up - Verónica Velásquez Gómez (Antioquia)
  • 3rd Runner-up - Stephanie Garcés Aljure (Valle)*
  • 4th Runner-up - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (Sucre)*

The ten semi-finalists :

* Sonia Janneth Cubides (Bogotá D.C.) and María Jimena Escobar (Cundinamarca) resign the title as Segunda Princesa (3rd Runner-up)[4]

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)[5]
  • Reina de la policia - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
  • Señorita Puntualidad - Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva (Bogotá D.C.)[6]
  • Best Regional Costume - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (Sucre) - "Pola Becté", Design by Erick Pérez[7]
  • Miss Congeniality - Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz (Guajira)
  • Zapatilla Real - Giselle Marín Ramos (Cartagena D.T. y C.)[8]

Final Competition Scores

Delegates

According to the press release from September 11[9] of 2008 on the website of the National Beauty Contest of Colombia, The official candidates are:

ContestantNameAgeHeightHometown
AmazonasPaula Alejandra González Gutiérrez22177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Neiva
AntioquiaVerónica Velásquez Gómez20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Medellín
AtlánticoValeria Margarita Sierra Caballero22167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)Barranquilla
Bogotá D.C.Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva24173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Bogotá
BolívarKaren Margarita Bray Vergara22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)El Carmen de Bolívar
BoyacáCindy Yulieth Calle Páramo19166 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)Bogotá
CaldasMarcela Muñoz Vargas22169 cm (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Manizales
Cartagena D.T. y C.Giselle Marín Ramos19176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Cartagena de Indias
CaucaMichelle Rouillard Estrada21174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Popayán
CesarLinda Cristina Mendoza Vargas23165 cm (5 ft 5 in)San Juan del Cesar
ChocóLina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa19178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Quibdó
CórdobaSara Elena Piedrahita Lyons19169 cm (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Montería
CundinamarcaMaría Jimena Escobar Fuenmayor21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Bogotá
GuajiraCindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz21167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)Maicao[10]
HuilaÁngela María Rojas Morera22177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Neiva
MagdalenaMaría Pinedo Manrique23166 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)Santa Marta
MetaLaura Naranjo Gómez23174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Villavicencio
NariñoBriggite Geraldine Bolaños Chala18171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Cali
Norte de SantanderIna Andrea Ontiveros Casas22175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Cúcuta
QuindíoLeidy Marcela Mejía Urrego20176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Cali
RisaraldaJeny Maritza Guzmán Tamayo21166 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)Pereira
San Andrés, P. y S.C.Hannia Yihan Gallardo Harb22162 cm (5 ft 4 in)San Andrés
SantanderMaría Alejandra Sampayo Guerrero20165 cm (5 ft 5 in)Bucaramanga
SucreAndrea Lilian Tirado Reina23171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Bogotá
ValleStephanie Garcés Aljure23178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Cali

Withdrawals
  • Marianna Rodriguez was replaced by Stephanie Garcés Aljure as Señorita Valle after pictures of Marianna posing in underwear surface.[11]
  • Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva resing her title as Segunda Princesa to pursuit an acting career[12]

Notes
  • Lina Mosquera (Chocó) would go on to win the title of Miss Continente Americano 2009[13] and placed as the 6th Runner-up at the Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 pageant.

References and footnotes
  1. http://www.vive.in/reinas/articulosreinas2008/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_VIVEIN-4671811.html
  2. RCN: Miss Colombia 2008 Pageant Special Coverage Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Concurso Nacional de Belleza Official Page
  4. Noticias: Andrea Tirado Reina, designada como Tercera Princesa Archived 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. RCN: Elección del Rostro Jolie. Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Noticias: Señorita Bogotá, Puntualidad EDOX 2008
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-11-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.vanguardia.com/especiales/noticias/39-noticias/124-cartagena-es-la-nueva-miss-zapatilla-real
  9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-09-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Concurso Nacional de Belleza: Comunicado 712
  10. https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18858268990
  11. Destituyen a Mariana Rodriguez, representante del Valle al Concurso Nacional de Belleza
  12. http://www.eltiempo.com/culturayocio/tvyfarandula/home/la-senorita-bogota-sonia-cubides-dejo-el-titulo-de-segunda-princesa-por-la-actuacion_4689863-1
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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