Miss Colombia 2008
{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Michelle Rouillard
| photo =
| represented = File:Flag_of_Cauca.svg Cauca
| date = November 17, 2008
| presenters = Carlos Calero
Carolina Cruz
Andrea Serna
Claudia Bahamón
| acts = Rosario Flores, Fanny Lú, Antonio Carmona
| venue = Auditorio Barahona, Centro de Convenciones Julio César Turbay, Cartagena de Indias
| broadcaster = RCN TV
| entrants = 25
| placements = 10
| congeniality = Cindy Kohn
File:Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg Guajira
| photogenic = Michelle Rouillard
File:Flag_of_Cauca.svg Cauca
| best national costume = Andrea Tirado
File:Flag_of_Sucre_(Colombia).svg Sucre
| before = 2007
| next = 2009
}}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.{{cite web |url=http://www.vive.in/reinas/articulosreinas2008/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_VIVEIN-4671811.html |title=Especial vive.in Reinado de Cartagena 2008. Todas las candidatas a Señorita Colombia, al Reinado Popular. Vota por tu favorita |website=www.vive.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206002127/http://www.vive.in/reinas/articulosreinas2008/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_VIVEIN-4671811.html |archive-date=2008-12-06}}
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).[http://www.canalrcn.com/concursoNacionalDeBelleza/index.php RCN: Miss Colombia 2008 Pageant Special Coverage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122111046/http://canalrcn.com/concursoNacionalDeBelleza/index.php |date=2009-01-22 }}[http://www.srtacolombia.org Concurso Nacional de Belleza Official Page]
Results
=Placements=
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| Miss Colombia 2008
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| 1st Runner-Up
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| 2nd Runner-Up
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| 3rd Runner-Up
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| 4th Runner-Up
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| Top 10
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* {{small|Sonia Janneth Cubides (Bogotá D.C.) and María Jimena Escobar (Cundinamarca) resign the title as Segunda Princesa (3rd Runner-up)}}[http://www.srtacolombia.org/vernoticia.php?id=85 Noticias: Andrea Tirado Reina, designada como Tercera Princesa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518073018/http://www.srtacolombia.org/vernoticia.php?id=85 |date=2009-05-18 }}
=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)[http://www.canalrcn.com/videos/index.php?op=video&idP=119&idV=30393 RCN: Elección del Rostro Jolie.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606004858/http://www.canalrcn.com/videos/index.php?op=video&idP=119&idV=30393 |date=2011-06-06 }}
- Reina de la policia - Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa (Chocó)
- Señorita Puntualidad - Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva (Bogotá D.C.)[http://www.srtacolombia.com Noticias: Señorita Bogotá, Puntualidad EDOX 2008]
- Best Regional Costume - Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina (Sucre) - "Pola Becté", Design by Erick Pérez{{cite web |url=http://www.canalrcn.com/fotos/index.php?op=foto&id=3589 |title=CANAL RCN : Nuestra Tele |accessdate=2008-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606004835/http://www.canalrcn.com/fotos/index.php?op=foto&id=3589 |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}
- 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 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
=Final competition scores=
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| Departament | Evening Gown | Swimsuit |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:#FADADD;"|Cauca | style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.8 | style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.8 |
| style="background-color:#eadafd;" |Chocó | style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.8 | style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.4 |
| style="background-color:#ccff99;"|Antioquia | style="background-color:#ccff99;"|9.1 | style="background-color:#ccff99;"|9.3 |
| style="background-color:#ffff99;"|Cundinamarca | style="background-color:#ffff99;" |9.3 | style="background-color:#ffff99;"|9.4 |
| style="background-color:#d9eefb;"|Valle | style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |8.7 | style="background-color:#d9eefb;"|8.9 |
| style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|Bogotá D.C. | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;" |9.1* | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|9.4 |
| style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|Norte de Santander | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;" |9.0 | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|8.9 |
| style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|Quindío | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;" |8.7 | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|8.9 |
| style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|Amazonas | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|9.1 | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|9.0 |
| style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|Cartagena D.T. y C. | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;" |8.9 | style="background-color:#ffdf9b;"|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 |
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Delegates
According to a press release from September 11{{cite web |url=http://www.srtacolombia.org/app/pdf/comunicado712.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010042133/http://www.srtacolombia.org/app/pdf/comunicado712.pdf |archivedate=2008-10-10 }} Concurso Nacional de Belleza: Comunicado 712 of 2008 on the website of the National Beauty Contest of Colombia, the official candidates were:
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| Contestant | Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
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| Amazonas | Paula Alejandra González Gutiérrez | 22 | {{height|cm=177}} | Neiva |
| Antioquia | Verónica Velásquez Gómez | 20 | {{height|cm=174}} | Medellín |
| Atlántico | Valeria Margarita Sierra Caballero | 22 | {{height|cm=167}} | Barranquilla |
| Bogotá D.C. | Sonia Janneth Cubides Silva | 24 | {{height|cm=173}} | Bogotá |
| Bolívar | Karen Margarita Bray Vergara | 22 | {{height|cm=168}} | El Carmen de Bolívar |
| Boyacá | Cindy Yulieth Calle Páramo | 19 | {{height|cm=166}} | Bogotá |
| Caldas | Marcela Muñoz Vargas | 22 | {{height|cm=169}} | Manizales |
| Cartagena D.T. y C. | Giselle Marín Ramos | 19 | {{height|cm=176}} | Cartagena de Indias |
| Cauca | Michelle Rouillard Estrada | 21 | {{height|cm=174}} | Popayán |
| Cesar | Linda Cristina Mendoza Vargas | 23 | {{height|cm=165}} | San Juan del Cesar |
| Chocó | Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa | 19 | {{height|cm=178}} | Quibdó |
| Córdoba | Sara Piedrahíta Lyons | 19 | {{height|cm=169}} | Montería |
| Cundinamarca | María Jimena Escobar Fuenmayor | 21 | {{height|cm=170}} | Bogotá |
| Guajira | Cindy Kohn Cybulkiewicz | 21 | {{height|cm=167}} | Maicaohttps://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18858268990 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} |
| Huila | Ángela María Rojas Morera | 22 | {{height|cm=177}} | Neiva |
| Magdalena | María Pinedo Manrique | 23 | {{height|cm=166}} | Santa Marta |
| Meta | Laura Naranjo Gómez | 23 | {{height|cm=174}} | Villavicencio |
| Nariño | Briggite Geraldine Bolaños Chala | 18 | {{height|cm=171}} | Cali |
| Norte de Santander | Ina Andrea Ontiveros Casas | 22 | {{height|cm=175}} | Cúcuta |
| Quindío | Leidy Marcela Mejía Urrego | 20 | {{height|cm=176}} | Cali |
| Risaralda | Jeny Maritza Guzmán Tamayo | 21 | {{height|cm=166}} | Pereira |
| San Andrés, P. y S.C. | Hannia Yihan Gallardo Harb | 22 | {{height|cm=162}} | San Andrés |
| Santander | María Alejandra Sampayo Guerrero | 20 | {{height|cm=165}} | Bucaramanga |
| Sucre | Andrea Lilian Tirado Reina | 23 | {{height|cm=171}} | Bogotá |
| Valle | Stephanie Garcés Aljure | 23 | {{height|cm=178}} | 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/culturayocio/tvyfarandula/home/la-senorita-bogota-sonia-cubides-dejo-el-titulo-de-segunda-princesa-por-la-actuacion_4689863-1 |title=La Señorita Bogotá, Sonia Cubides, dejó el título de segunda princesa… |access-date=2008-11-29 |archive-date=2012-07-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729080921/http://www.eltiempo.com/culturayocio/tvyfarandula/home/la-senorita-bogota-sonia-cubides-dejo-el-titulo-de-segunda-princesa-por-la-actuacion_4689863-1 |url-status=dead }}
References and footnotes
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External links
- [http://www.srtacolombia.org/ Official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205033713/http://www.canalrcn.com/concursoNacionalDeBelleza/index.php?op=secciones&idS=1493 Canal RCN: Concurso Nacional de Belleza]
{{Miss Colombia}}