Vanessa Pulgarin
Vanessa Pulgarin | |
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Pulgarín during the swimsuit runway show at Miss Universe 2025 in Phuket, Thailand. | |
| Born | Vanessa Pulgarin Monsalve September 13, 1991 |
| Occupation | Model |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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Vanessa Pulgarin Monsalve (born September 13, 1991 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Colombia 2025. She represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand, in the place Top 12 semifinalist.[1]
Pulgarin won Miss International Colombia 2017 title and represented her country at Miss International 2017 in Japan.[2]
Personal life
Vanessa Pulgarín was born in the city of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia on September 13, 1991. She is the daughter of Carlos Pulgarín and Dalila Monsalve Jiménez. Currently, she studies Social Communication and Journalism at the Pontifical Bolivarian University.[3][4] Vanessa lived for several years in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia where as a model, she participated in catwalks and photoshoots.[5]
Pageantry
Señorita Antioquia 2017
Pulgarin won Miss Antioquia on July 30, 2016 and represented her department at Miss Colombia 2017[6]
Señorita Colombia 2017
Vanessa represented Antioquia at Miss Colombia 2017 and was 1st Runner-up to Laura Barjum of Cartagena.
Miss International 2017
As Miss Colombia International she represented Colombia at Miss International 2017, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan on November 14, 2017, and was Unplaced.[7]
Miss Universe Colombia 2025
In 2025 Pulgarin was selected as Miss Antioquia for Miss Universe Colombia casting on the RCN Channel. At the end of the event Vannessa was crowned Miss Universe Colombia 2025 on September 28, 2025 by Daniela Toloza from Valle del Cauca.[8][9]
Miss Universe 2025
She represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2025 in Pak Kret, Thailand, and reached the Top 12.[10][11][12][13]
References
- ^ Grisales, Daniela Correa (2025-11-20). "Primeras palabras de Miss Colombia tras perder la corona en Miss Universo 2025: VIDEO". Caracol TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ Holguín, Claudia Arango (2017-10-24). "Vanessa Pulgarín representará a Colombia en Miss Internacional". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ "Una reina muy Virgo - ELMUNDO.COM". www.elmundo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ Colombiano, El (2016-07-30). "Vanessa Pulgarín representará a Antioquia en el Concurso Nacional de la Belleza". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ "Vanessa Pulgarin is an Actor, Extra and Model based in New South Wales, Australia". StarNow. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ "Vanessa Pulgarín Monsalve es la Señorita Antioquia 2016-2017". www.cosmovision.tv. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ PUNTO, Equipo EL (2017-11-14). "Miss Indonesia elegida nueva Miss Internacional hoy en Japón". EL PUNTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ "Vanessa Pulgarín, de Antioquia, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". www.eluniversal.com.co (in Spanish). 2025-09-29. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ Rodriguez, Angela Maria Paez (2025-09-29). "¿Quién es Vanessa Pulgarín, la señorita Antioquia, que se coronó como Miss Universe Colombia 2025?". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ Munar, Daniela Gutiérrez (2025-11-21). "La reacción de Vanessa Pulgarín tras no clasificar al top cinco en el Miss Universo 2025: 'Fue un sueño que viví con el alma'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ en, Por Luciano NiñoSeguir (2025-11-21). "Así le fue a la colombiana Vanessa Pulgarín en Miss Universe 2025: no pasó al top 5 y México se llevó la corona". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ Semana (2025-11-22). ""Te aplaudo de pie": Vanessa Pulgarín recibió halagos de varias ex Miss Universe Colombia como Daniela Toloza Rocha". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ "Quién es la nueva Miss Universo Colombia 2025 que competirá en Tailandia". La Nación (in Spanish). 2025-09-29. Retrieved 2025-09-30.