Miss Colombia 2003 Explained

Winner:	Catherine Daza
Represented:
Date:	November 12, 2003
Presenters:	Paola Turbay Jorge Alfredo Vargas
Venue:	Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Broadcaster:	RCN TV
Placements:	10
Entrants:	21
Congeniality:	Militza Bolaño
Photogenic:	Virginia Balcázar
Best National Costume:	Catherine Daza
Before:	2002
Next:	2004

Miss Colombia 2003, the 69th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2003, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Catherine Daza Manchola, Miss Valle.

The pageant was broadcast live on RCN TV from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Diana Lucia Mantilla crowned Catherine Daza Manchola of Valle as the new Miss Colombia.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Colombia 2003	– Catherine Daza Manchola
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up	– Mónica Jaramillo
3rd Runner-Up	– Angelica Sierra Barreto
4th Runner-Up	Medellín – Deysi Valencia De La Ossa
Top 10	– Caroline Bradford Sprouse – Carolina Trelles Torres – Leydi Polanco Lozano — Giovanna Gallo – Ethel Davis Corpus

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Maria Virginia Balcázar Bolaños (Cauca)
• Best Body Figura Bodytech - Catherine Daza Manchola (Valle)
• Miss Congeniality - Liliana del Carmen Morales Barrios (Bolívar)
• Best Costume - Catherine Daza Manchola (Valle)
• Reina de la Policia - Alba Lucía Galindo Urzola (Córdoba)
• Señorita Puntualidad - María del Pilar Jaramillo Ruiz (Meta)
• Miss Elegance - Catherine Daza Manchola (Valle)

Delegates

The Miss Colombia 2003 delegates are:

• Antioquia - Monica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo
• Atlántico - Caroline Bradford Sprouse
• Bogotá D.C. - Angélica María Sierra Barreto
• Bolívar - Carolina Esther Garcia Grau
• Boyacá - Adriana Lizeth Alfonso Piñeros
• Caldas - Valentina Gonzáles Giraldo
• Cartagena DT y C - Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gomez
• Cauca - Maria Virginia Balcázar Bolaños
• Córdoba - Alba Lucia Galindo Urzola
• Chocó - Carolina Trelles Torres
• Cundinamarca - Diana Angelica Cendales Cuevas
• Guajira - Melitza Mercedes Bolaño Duarte
• Huila - Leydi Johana Polanco Lozano
• Magdalena - Maria Consuelo Zuñiga Aguilera
• Medellín A.M. - Deisy Catalina Valencia Deossa
• Meta - Maria del Pilar Jaramillo Ruiz
• Norte de Santander - Carla Lorena Pinto Jaimes
• Risaralda - Giovanna Gallo Patiño
• San Andrés and Providencia - Ethel Carolina Davis Corpus
• Santander - Adriana Orrego Lombana
• Tolima - Nathalia González Bernal
• Valle - Catherine Daza Manchola

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colombia.com. ¿Quién es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2003?.