María Beatriz Daza was crowned Miss World Colombia 2017 in a simple pageant held last June 17.
Representing Guajira, María Beatriz Daza bested other candidates for the crown of Miss World Colombia 2017 and will now go on to compete at the Miss World 2017 finals. This year’s Miss World finals will be held in China and is expecting around 120 candidates, the biggest annual gathering of beauties.
María Beatriz Daza is an entrepreneur and a finance professional at the age of 21 years old.
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Miss Bolivar Yhully Bell Gómez and Miss Santander Karen Ortiz placed first and second runners-up, respectively. Completing the Top 5 are Miss Medellin Lorena Osorio and Miss Atlantico Raquel Guerrero.
While Colombia is a force to reckon in Miss Universe, it has yet to win bring home the Miss World crown. But elusive as it may, Colombia has nearly clinched the Miss World crown many times.
Colombia placed 1st runner-up in 1981 (Nini Johanna Soto González), 1983 (Rocío Isabel Luna Flórez), 1996 (Carolina Arango Corrales), and 2002 (Natalia Peralta Castro). The South American nation has also placed 2nd runner-up in 1989 (Mónica María Isaza Mejía), 3rd runner-up in 1968 (Beatriz Eutiquia Sierra Gonzalez), and 4th runner-up in 1987 (Claudia Mercedes Escobar Zapata).
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The Colombian representative to the Miss World pageant is selected at the Miss Mundo Colombia pageant which started in 1990. Prior to this, the Colombian representative has been selected at the Senorita Colombia pageant, which currently holds the Miss Universe and Miss International franchises.
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