Miss Colombia 2002, the 68th

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, was held in

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, on November 12, 2002, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Diana Lucia Mantilla, Miss

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. The pageant was broadcast live on

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from the Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay in

. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder

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crowned Diana Lucia Mantilla of

as the new

Results

Placements

Delegates

The Miss Colombia 2002 delegates are: * Flag_of_Antioquia_Department

Antioquia - Carolina Giraldo García * Flag_of_Atlántico

Atlántico - Diana María Moreno Hernández * Flag_of_Barranquilla

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- Liliana de Cambil Ávila * Flag_of_Bogotá

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- María Molina Salazar * Flag_of_Bolívar_Department

Bolívar - Brenda María Juan Guardela * Flag_of_Caldas

Caldas - Karla Zuluaga Suárez * Flag_of_Cartagena

Cartagena DT y C - Isabel Sofia Cabrales Baquero * Flag_of_Cauca

Cauca - Liliana María Simmonds Villada * Flag_of_Cesar

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- Berta de los Ángeles Velásquez B. * Flag_of_Chocó

Chocó - Carolina Quintero Schuller * Flag_of_Córdoba_Department

Córdoba - Sandra Juliana Tous de la Ossa * Flag_of_Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca - Liliana Isabel Jiménez Moreno * Flag_of_La_Guajira

Guajira - Sara Elisa Parodi Brito * Flag_of_Magdalena

Magdalena - Esther María Bornacelli García * Flag_of_Meta

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- Andrea Viviana Svenson Gonfrier * Flag_of_Nariño

Nariño - Lina Zulema Casanova Del Castillo * Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander

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- Naidu Patricia Illera Arango * Flag_of_Quindío

Quindío - Lina María Maya Giraldo * Flag_of_Risaralda

Risaralda - Marcela Delgado Rincón * Flag_of_San_Andrés_y_Providencia

San Andrés and Providencia - Jessica Samantha Pereira Hooker * Flag_of_Santa Marta

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- Clara Inés Martínez Aarón * Flag_of_Santander_(Colombia)

- Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada * Flag_of_Sucre_(Colombia)

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- Liliana Patricia Romero Iriarte * Flag_of_Tolima

Tolima - Adriana Katherine Coca Gaitán * Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca

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- Gina Paola Arango Lemos

References and footnotes

External links

Official site
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