Miss Colombia 1999

Miss Colombia 1999, the 64th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 1999, after three weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Catalina Acosta, Señorita Cundinamarca.

Miss Colombia 1999
Date	November 12, 1999
Presenters	Jorge Alfredo Vargas and Carolina Gómez
Venue	Centro de Convenciones Julio Cesar Turbay, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Broadcaster	RCN TV
Entrants	21
Winner	Catalina Acosta Albarracín Cundinamarca
Congeniality	Talia Vejarano Bolívar
Best National Costume	Ana María Rujeles Meta
Photogenic	Olga Milena Flórez Sucre
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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 Marianella Maal crowned Catalina Acosta of Cundinamarca as the new Miss Colombia.

Carolina Cruz, who went on to become a presenter, won first runner-up.^[1]

Results

Departments which sent delegates and results.

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Colombia 1999	Cundinamarca − Catalina Acosta
1st runner-up	Valle del Cauca − Carolina Cruz
2nd runner-up	Caldas − Raquel Cecilia Jaramillo
3rd runner-up	La Guajira − Paola Andrea Illidge Uribe
4th runner-up	Santander − Claudia Lucía Rey Cote

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Pothogenic	Sucre − Olga Milena Flórez
Miss Congeniality	Bolívar − Talia Vejarano
Best National Costume	Meta − Ana María Rujeles
Queen of the National Police	Valle del Cauca − Carolina Cruz
Best in Punctuality	Norte de Santander − Sandra Elizabeth Peréz

Contestants

Twenty-one contestants competed for the title.^[2]

Department/City	Contestant	Age[a]
Antioquia	Alejandra Vélez Londoño	22
Atlántico	Liliana María Salazar Lara	22
Barranquilla	Caroll Marcela Nobman Rocha	19
Bogotá	Catalina Molano Vega	20
Bolívar	Talia Maia Vejarano Bravo	20
Boyacá	Katherin Carolina Nieto Abaunza	21
Caldas	Raquel Cecilia Jaramillo Castrillo	21
Cartagena	Karen Cecilia Martínez Insignares	20
Cauca	María Paola Vejarano Restrepo	23
Chocó	Isneida Ortiz Salazar	21
Cundinamarca	Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín	21
Guainía	Yeris Paola Sepúlveda García	19
La Guajira	Paola Andrea Illidge Uribe	18
Magdalena	Carolina Hoyos Soto	19
Meta	Ana María Rujeles Flórez	24
Nariño	Rosa Janeth Coral Restrepo	18
Norte de Santander	Sandra Elizabeth Pérez Pernía	22
Santander	Claudia Lucía Rey Cote	22
Sucre	Olga Milena Flórez Sierra	21
Tolima	Yovana Milena Flórez Flórez	21
Valle del Cauca	Carolina Cruz Osorio	20

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant