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Miss Colombia 2012
Miss Colombia 2012 was the 60th edition of the Miss Colombia pageant. It was held on November 12, 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia. At the end of the event, Daniella Álvarez of Atlántico crowned Lucia Aldana of Valle as Miss Colombia 2012-2013. She represented Colombia in Miss Universe 2013 Miss Universe 2013 was the 62nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013. At the end of the event, Olivia Culpo of the United States crowned Gabriela Isler of Venezuela as Miss Uni ... but failed to place in the semifinals. Results ; Color keys * The contestant was a Finalist/Runner-up in an International pageant. * The contestant did not place. Special Awards Scores Delegates 25 delegates have been selected to compete. References External linksOfficial site Miss Colombia 2012 in Colombia 2012 beauty pageants {{Pageant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Aldana
Carmen Lucía Aldana Roldán (born March 9, 1992, in Cali) is a Colombian model and holds the title of Miss Colombia 2012. Aldana represented Colombia in Miss Universe 2013. She was the last Colombian delegate of the Miss Universe 1st Colombian drought, as her successor as Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, won the title as Miss Universe 2014. Early life Aldana grew up in Samanes de Guadalupe a low middle-class neighborhood in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, and is the daughter of Maria Consuelo Roldan de Aldana (A Housewife) and Hector Aldana (A lawyer) she is the youngest of five children. Aldana graduated from public school Instituto Tecnico Industrial. She was raised Catholic but since 2003 when she was 11 years she and her family became members of a Protestant church called Avivando La Fe in Cali, Colombia. Aldana identifies herself as Protestant. Education She attended Universidad Autonoma de Occidente up until she won; she was studying her last year of Journalism. One of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlántico Department
Atlántico (, en, Atlantic) is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River. It is the third-smallest of the country's departments but its population of 2,535,517 makes it one of the most densely populated. Its capital is Barranquilla. Other important cities include Sabanalarga, Soledad and Malambo. Governors Politics Administrative divisions Municipalities # Baranoa # Barranquilla # Campo de la Cruz # Candelaria # Galapa # Juan de Acosta # Luruaco # Malambo # Manatí # Palmar de Varela # Piojó # Polonuevo # Ponedera # Puerto Colombia # Repelón # Sabanagrande # Sabanalarga # Santa Lucía # Santo Tomás # Soledad # Suán # Tubará Tubará is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. References External links Tubara official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorena Hermida
Cindy Lorena Hermida Aguilar (born December 9, 1988 in Pitalito, Colombia) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Colombia 2012 and representative of Colombia Miss International 2013 Early life Lorena studied business administration at the National Unified Corporation of Neiva. Lorena is studying English, play tennis, football and basketball. Hermida is the daughter of Oliver and Geovanna Aguilar Trujillo. Her height is 5 feet part with inches, their body measurements are 34.3 - 25.4 - 39, having a swarthy skin and dark brown eyes. Life Beauty Queen Miss Colombia 2012 On the night of the November 12 in Cartagena she received one of the highest scores (9.70) at the evening gown gala where she was named first runner-up. For the first time in the 78 years of the contest, a representative of Huila reaches as prominent position thus achieving higher the position in the tournament's history. The response proved to be safe and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huila Department
Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila is a department that has a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants, of which 679,667 (60.54%) people live in municipal capitals and 442,955 (39.46%) in the rest of the Huilense territory. This corresponds to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of the population is settled in the Magdalena valley, with epicenters in Neiva and Garzón due to the possibilities offered by the commercial-type agricultural economy, oil exploitation, the best provision of services and the road axes connected to the central axis that borders the Magdalena. The rest of the populations are located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata, the North Subregion presents a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to the alterations of agricultural and oil activities on the landscape. The average population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Huila
A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ... employed, and flags have evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is challenging (such as the maritime environment, where Flag semaphore, semaphore is used). Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known as "vexillology" from the Latin , meaning "flag" or "banner". National flags are patriotic symbols with widely varied interpretations that often include strong mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Universal (Colombia)
''El Universal'' ( en, The Universal) is a regional newspaper based in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ... founded in 1948 by Domingo López Escauriaza and Eduardo Ferrer Ferrer. ''El Universal'' is member of the Latin American Newspaper Association, an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America. References Publications established in 1948 Newspapers published in Colombia Spanish-language newspapers Mass media in Cartagena, Colombia {{Colombia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emirates 24/7
Emirates 24/7, stylised as Emirates 24, 7, is a Dubai Media Incorporated news website and television news programme, respectively. The televised news programme, Emirates 24/7, is a 30-minute segment broadcast weekly on Dubai Media Inc.'s television channel Dubai One, presenting news and business stories of the week and UAE viewers' reactions. Website The Emirates 24/7 web site evolved from the newspapers ''Emirates Today'' and ''Emirates Business24/7'' and is led by Riyad Mickdady, Editor-in-Chief. TV programme The programme Emirates 24/7 was launched in early 2010, originally hosted by Rebecca McLaughlin. Katie Jensen became the programme's Presenter in November 2010. In its first season, Emirates 24/7 interviewed guests including Emirates Airlines’ Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Al Jaber Group’s Fatima Al Jaber, the IMF’s John Lipsky, the British Consul-General to the UAE Guy Warrington and Hollywood actor Colin Firth. Emirates 24/7 was relaunched for its secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniella Álvarez
Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez (born May 24, 1988 in Barranquilla) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who holds the title of Miss Colombia 2011 and represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2012. In June 2020, complications in her left leg meant that it had to be amputated below the knee. She's of Spanish and Italian descent. Pageant participation Miss Colombia 2011 In 2011 Daniella, representing the Caribbean coastal department of Atlantico, was the winner of the Miss Colombia pageant, which was held in the historical city of Cartagena De Indias. She was crowned on November 14 by outgoing titleholder, Catalina Robayo Vargas, Miss Colombia 2010. Daniella got the highest score of 9.6 in the evening gown competition. (The swimsuit scores have not been published to the public.) She became the 10th woman to be crowned Miss Colombia from her department, Atlantico, thus making it the most successful department, followed closely by Valle with 9 crowns and Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena De Indias
Cartagena ( , also ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, bordering the Caribbean sea. Cartagena's past role as a link in the route to West Indies provides it with important historical value for world exploration and preservation of heritage from the great commercial maritime routes. As a former Spanish colony, it was a key port for the export of Bolivian silver to Spain and for the import of enslaved Africans under the asiento system. It was defensible against pirate attacks in the Caribbean. The city's strategic location between the Magdalena and Sinú Rivers also gave it easy access to the interior of New Granada and made it a main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire, establishing its importance by the early 1540s. Modern Cartagena is the capital of the Bolívar Department, and had a population of 1,028,736, according to the 2018 cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia (Formally ''Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia'', English: ''"National Beauty Contest of Colombia"'') is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia. The current Miss Colombia is Sofía Osío Luna of Atlántico, who was crowned on 14 November 2022. Pageant rules Colombia has rigid and strict rules regarding participation of any Miss Universe preliminary aspirant: once a contestant registers for the pageant, she is confined to her own Department and cannot move or relocate to other states/provinces. However, she can participate more than once for the same department. As example, the winner of 2003 had already come in fourth place at the Miss Valle pageant the year before she won and eventually went on to win the national title and crown. Initially, the pageant's winners held the title for six months period; Yolanda Emiliani Roman, Miss Colombia 1934, held her title for the longest reign in the pageant's history. The winner of Senorita Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Colombia 2013
Miss Colombia 2013 was the 61st edition of the Miss Colombia pageant. It was held on November 11, 2013 in Cartagena, Colombia. At the end of the event, Lucia Aldana of Valle crowned Paulina Vega of Atlántico as Miss Colombia 2013-2014. She represented Colombia in Miss Universe 2014 and was crowned the winner. Results ; Color keys * The contestant won in an International pageant. * The contestant was a Finalist/Runner-up in an International pageant. * The contestant did not place. Scores : Miss Colombia 2013-2014 : 1st Runner-up : 2nd Runner-up : 3rd Runner-up : 4th Runner-up : Top 10 Special Awards Delegates 21 delegates have been selected to compete. Contestants Notes * Maria Alejandra Lopez was crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2013 which was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on December 12, 2013. In 2014, she also won ''Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus 2014,'' which was held in Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to: People * Saint Martin of Tours (c. 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
