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Luz Marina Zuluaga Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Luz Marina Zuluaga
Birthdate:	October 3, 1938 (1938-10-03) (age 68)
Birth location:	Pereira, Colombia
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Brown
Title(s):	Miss Caldas 1957 Miss Colombia 1957 Miss Universe 1958
Major Competition(s):	Miss Colombia 1957 (1st runner-up) Miss Universe 1958

Luz Marina Zuluaga (born October 31, 1938) is a former Miss Universe from Pereira, Colombia. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title. Image File history File links Information. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Mrs. ... A childs first birthday party. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Latitude: 4°4955 North; Longitude: 75°4316West Nickname: La Querendona, Trasnochadora y Morena Motto: Pereira con Vida Map of Pereira excepting Dosquebradas Country Colombia Department Risaralda Foundation August 30, 1863 Mayor Juan Manuel Arango Area    - City km²  - Metro 628 km² Elevation 1,411 m Population    - City (2005 est. ... Human height, or how tall people become, generally varies little between people compared to other anthropometric measures. ... Eye color is a polygenic trait and is determined primarily by the amount and type of pigments present in the eyes iris. ... Hair color is the result of pigmentation due to the presence of the chemicals of melanin and phaeomelanin. ... Miss Colombia 2006 - 2007 Eileen Roca Torralvo, who competed as Miss Cesar Miss Colombia is officially known as the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, (National Beauty Contest. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Miss Colombia 2006 - 2007 Eileen Roca Torralvo, who competed as Miss Cesar Miss Colombia is officially known as the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, (National Beauty Contest. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Latitude: 4°4955 North; Longitude: 75°4316West Nickname: La Querendona, Trasnochadora y Morena Motto: Pereira con Vida Map of Pereira excepting Dosquebradas Country Colombia Department Risaralda Foundation August 30, 1863 Mayor Juan Manuel Arango Area    - City km²  - Metro 628 km² Elevation 1,411 m Population    - City (2005 est. ...

Biography

Luz Marina Zuluaga was born to an impoverished family. She moved to Manizales (Department of Caldas) as a small child and grew up there. She applied for the Miss Caldas contest, and she won 1957. After her election, controversy arose as many residents of the state thought she shouldn't represent Caldas because she had been born in Pereira, which in the department of Risaralda. However, Zuluaga went on with her training towards the Miss Colombia contest and arrived in Cartagena, hoping to win the Miss Colombia title. Motto: The city of open doors - World Capital of Coffee Location of the city and municipality of Manizales in the Department of Caldas. ... A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. ... Caldas is a department of Colombia. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Perera (meaning a pear tree) is a common surname in the Portuguese language. ... Risaralda is a department of Colombia. ... Miss Colombia 2006 - 2007 Eileen Roca Torralvo, who competed as Miss Cesar Miss Colombia is officially known as the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, (National Beauty Contest. ... Nickname: The Heroic City The Walled City The Diplomatic City The Key of the West Indies The Walled Kingdom Best Fortified City of the Americas Historical Heritage of Mankind The Stone Coral Region Caribbean Region (Colombia) Department Bolívar Department* Foundation 1533 Mayor Nicolás Francisco Curi Vergara Area    - City...

Zuluaga did not win the contest, landing in the first finalist spot instead. However, before the Miss Universe pageant, Miss Colombia 1957, Doris Gil Santamaria, got married. As one of the rules of the Miss Universe worldwide franchises is that no candidate can be married before the final contest itself, Gil Santamaria had to abdicate the crown, making Zuluaga Miss Colombia by default. “Spouse” redirects here. ... Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etcetera. ...

Zuluaga had little time to prepare for the Miss Universe pageant. But she was making history simply by representing her country in the contest - it was the first time that Colombia had a delegate in the prestigious beauty pageant. A delegate is an individual (or a member of a group called a delegation) who represents the interests of a larger organization (e. ...

The contest took place in Long Beach, California, on July 25 1958. After Zuluaga was announced as winner and new Miss Universe, most television and radio stations in Colombia (as much as seventy-three) stopped their regular programming to report the breaking news. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Breaking News is also the name of a Hong Kong movie. ...

Zuluaga was not immediately able to return to her country, as Miss Universe personnel feared for her security because at the time Colombia was going through a period of extreme political volatility. When she eventually returned home, she was welcomed by large crowds both at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and at Manizales airport. Volatility most frequently refers to the standard deviation of the change in value of a financial instrument with a specific time horizon. ... Satellite image Runway 13R/31L AeroSucre aircrafts parked at the Domestic Cargo Terminals. ... Motto: Bogotá, 2600 metros más cerca de las estrellas Bogotá, 2600 meters closer to the stars Localities (localidades) of Bogotá Country Department Foundation August 6, 1538 Government  - Mayor Luis Eduardo Garzón, PDA Area  - City 1,587 km²  (612. ...

By now, the citizens of Manizales had accepted her as if she had been a native of the area. Learning that her family was not well off economically, many citizens collected money, which was used to build a better house for Zuluaga and her family.

After years outside the spotlight, Zuluaga made headlines again when she married a medical doctor and moved to the United States. In 1966, she returned to Manizales and became involved with the city council as well as with the state's institute of tourism, of which she eventually became director. Spotlight can refer to: SpotLight - a diagnostic application developed by CaseBank Technologies Spotlight - a search technology integrated into the Mac OS X operating system The Spotlight a weekly US newspaper, now out of print In theatre, a spotlight is a particular type of stage lighting which can be used to... Medicine is the science and art of maintaining andor restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Tourists on Oahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. ...

Zuluaga has three sons and a daughter (who was also Miss Caldas, and she blamed the very fact of being treated by the public as merely the daughter of a former Miss Universe for not having won the 1991 Miss Colombia title). Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

List of Runners-up and Semi-finalists

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See also

• List of Colombians

Gladys Zender (b. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Akiko Kojima (born October 29. ...

External links

• (Spanish) Colombia.com