24 Miss Universe Colombia 2023 candidates competing in Barranquilla

Valeria Ayos of Cartagena, Colombia won Miss Universe Colombia 2021 on October 18, 2021. Señorita Colombia 2019 Maria Fernanda Aristizabal of Quindio, Colombia was officially appointed Miss Universe Colombia 2022 on April 6, 2022.

Miss Universe Colombia 2023 contestants

On September 2, 2023, Aristizabal will crown her successor at Puerta de Oro Centro de Eventos del Caribe in Barranquilla, Colombia. It is the third edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Colombia’s Miss Universe candidate.

There are 24 women competing for the Miss Universe Colombia 2023 crown. Here are the candidates:

1. María Paula Torres Penagos, 25, Amazonas
2. Luisa Fernanda Urrea Henao, 21, Antioquia
3. Sophia Isabel Koepke Julio, 23, Atlantico
4. Daniela Aristizábal Salazar, 25, Bogota
5. Laura Valentina Parra Giraldo, 22, Boyaca
6. Lina María Hurtado Mosquera, 24, Buenaventura
7. Valeria Gallego Salazar, 24, Caldas
8. Wendy Michelle Murillo Murillo, 25, Cali
9. María Camila Avella Montañez, 27, Casanare
10. Lizeth Mayesti Sinisterra Ramírez, 24, Cauca
11. María Juliana Pardo Mejía, 25, Cesar
12. Sherren Londoño Perea, 21, Cundinamarca
13. Luisa María Lozano Lozano, 27, Guainia
14. Mayderlyng Stephanie Carruyo Rojas, 24, La Guajira
15. Valeria Giraldo Toro, 23, Medellin
16. Rouse Valentina Cortés Betancourt, 24, Nariño
17. Adriana Catalina Numa Vega, 24, Norte de Santander
18. Darling Maryuri Valencia Cortés, 24, Putumayo
19. Jazmín Eliana Arenas Usma, 26, Quindio
20. Valentina Valderrama Patiño, 26, Risaralda
21. Nina María Pinzón Zambrano, 26, Santander
22. Marleidys Morales Pérez, 27, Soledad
23. Dany Yohana Sierra Pastrana, 24, Tolima
24. Valentina Cardona Rincón, 23, Valle del Cauca

Colombia was represented in Miss Universe by the winner of Señorita Colombia from 1958 to 2019. Laura Olascuaga of Bolivar won the inaugural Miss Universe Colombia 2020 on November 16, 2020.

Currently, Colombia has 38 Miss Universe placements including the coronations of Luz Zuluaga in 1958 and Paulina Vega in 2014. Representing the South American country in the international beauty pageant, Olascuaga finished in the Top 21 in the 2020 edition, Ayos finished in the Top 5 in 2021 and Aristizabal finished in the Top 16 in the 2022 edition.