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Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its main facilities in Bogotá and a second campus in Cali. "La Javeriana", as it is known by its students, has traditionally educated the Colombian upper class. It is one of the 33 universities entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America and one of 167 around the world.
Immigration to Colombia during the early 19th and late 20th Century, is what makes it one of the most diverse countries in the world, above other countries in the Latin region. Colombia inherited from the Spanish Empire harsh rules against immigration, first in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and later in the Colombian Republic. The Constituent Assembly of Colombia and the subsequent reforms to the national constitution were much more open to the immigrants and the economic aperture. However naturalization of foreigners, with the exception of those children of Colombians born abroad, it is still difficult to acquire due 'Jus soli' law is not allowed by the government, and only 'Jus sanguinis' law is accepted. Immigration in Colombia is managed by the "Migración Colombia" agency.
Colombia–Venezuela relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the South American neighboring countries of Colombia and Venezuela. The relationship has developed since the early 16th century, when Spanish colonizers created the Province of Santa Marta and the Province of New Andalucia. The countries share a history of achieving their independence under Simón Bolívar and becoming one nation—the Gran Colombia—which dissolved in the 19th century. Since then, the overall relationship between the two countries has oscillated between cooperation and bilateral struggle.
Stefanía Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan journalist, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She entered the Guinness World Records by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot, her predecessor as Miss Universe who had similarly represented Venezuela during the prior year's competition.
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2007 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2008. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.
Colombia has a high crime rate due to being a center for the cultivation and trafficking of cocaine. The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity conflict between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates, and left-wing guerrillas such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the National Liberation Army (ELN), fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory. Two of the most important international actors that have contributed to the Colombian conflict are multinational companies and the United States.
Carmen Lucía Aldana Roldán is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won 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.
Miss Colombia 2013 was the 61st edition of the Miss Colombia pageant. It was held on November 11, 2013 in Cartagena, Colombia.
Paulina Vega Dieppa is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2014, she previously won Miss Colombia 2013. Vega was the second Miss Universe from Colombia.
The Venezuelan refugee crisis, the largest recorded refugee crisis in the Americas, refers to the emigration of millions of Venezuelans from their native country during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro since the Bolivarian Revolution. The revolution was an attempt by Chávez and later Maduro to establish a cultural and political hegemony, which culminated in the crisis in Venezuela. The resulting refugee crisis has been compared to those faced by Cuban exiles, Syrian refugees and those affected by the European migrant crisis. The Bolivarian government has denied any migratory crisis, stating that the United Nations and others are attempting to justify foreign intervention within Venezuela.
The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Colombia.
Ariadna Gutiérrez Arévalo is a Colombian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2014. She represented Colombia at the Miss Universe 2015 competition on December 20, 2015 and placed 1st runner-up after host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced her as the winner. After pageantry, she appeared in the film XXX: Return of Xander Cage and tied for third place on Celebrity Big Brother 1.
The 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis refers to a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis that occurred in mid-2015 following the shooting of three Venezuelan soldiers on the Venezuela–Colombia border that left them injured and President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro's response of deporting thousands of Colombians. Maduro's response of declaring a state of emergency, closing the border to Colombia indefinitely and deporting thousands of Colombians that lived near the border, struck fear in tens of thousands of other Colombians living in Venezuela resulting in their emigration from the country and a crisis involving separated families and Colombians seeking food and shelter. The actions of President Maduro were questioned by human rights groups, the United Nations, the European Union and the United States.
Miss Universe 2015 was the 64th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 20, 2015. This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump on September 14, 2015. Consequently, it was also the first Miss Universe event to be aired by Fox and Azteca as the pageant's respective English and Spanish broadcasters instead of NBC.
The 2019–2020 Colombian protests were a collection of protests that began on 21 November 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Colombians demonstrated for various reasons. Some protested against income inequality, corruption, police brutality and various proposed economic and political reforms proposed by the government of Iván Duque Márquez, others against the few violent protestors and in favor of the Colombian peace process.
Events in the year 1993 in Colombia.
María Alejandra López Pérez is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss World Colombia 2015 and Miss Grand Colombia 2023. She represented her country at Miss Grand International 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and placed 2nd Runner Up. She also represented the department of Risaralda in the Miss Colombia 2013 pageant, where she obtained the title of Primera Princesa Nacional.
Events of 1990 in Colombia.