Miss Colombia 2003

Miss Colombia 2003
Date	November 12, 2003
Presenters	Paola Turbay Jorge Alfredo Vargas
Venue	Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Broadcaster	RCN TV
Entrants	21
Winner	Catherine Daza Manchola Valle

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

• Miss Colombia 2003 – Catherine Daza Manchola (Valle)

The runners-up were:

• 1st runner-up – Virreina Nacional, then Miss International 2004 - Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gomez (Cartagena DT y C)
• 2nd runner-up – Monica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo (Antioquia)
• 3rd runner-up – Angélica María Sierra Barreto (Bogotá)
• 4th runner-up – Deisy Catalina Valencia De Ossa,(Medellín) Won Miss Intercontinental 2004

The ten semi-finalists include, but are not limited to:

• Caroline Bradford Sprouse (Atlántico)
• Carolina Trelles Torres (Chocó)
• Leydi Johana Polanco Lozano (Huila)
• Giovanna Gallo Patiño (Risaralda)
• Ethel Carolina Davis Corpus (San Andrés and Providencia)

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

References and footnotes

1. ^ "¿Quién es la nueva Señorita Colombia 2003?". Colombia.com. http://www.colombia.com/entretenimiento/noticias/DetalleNoticia2217.asp.