GlobalBeauties Beauty Ranking

Pageant website globalbeauties.com has been ranking more than 150 countries based on their performance in major beauty pageants in the world: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. They give points to each winning, runner-ups and semi-final placements from each country and consolidate their totals to determine their ranking.

The ranking changes after each one of the grand slam pageants conclude.

National Costume: Miss Colombia Universe 2010

MISS COLOMBIA
INDIA CATALINA

'An indigenous woman who accompanied Pedro de Heredia and played a role in the Spanish conquest of Colombia, acting as interpreter and intermediary. In Colombia today, India Catalina remains as an icon of the extermination of the Precolumbian inhabitants'

Miss Colombia 2010 National Costume

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MISS UNIVERSE 1994 ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS

THE ESSENCE OF BEING A WOMAN

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The question was asked: "What is the Essence of Being a Woman?"

Miss Venezuela, Minorka Mercado: "The essence that god gave us, which is to love, because we have to give love to everyone in the universe, especially our children, and that is what we do as mothers."

Miss India, Sushmita Sen: "I think being a woman, by itself, the very fact that you're a woman, is a gift of god which we all must appreciate. The origin of a child is a mother, and is a woman, and a woman is one who shares love and who shares and shows a man what love, caring and sharing is all about. Thank you."

Miss Colombia, Carolina Gomez: "The essence of being a woman is not only femininity, but the fact of wanting to live a life, and not only that, but learning out of it, and wanting very much to let your children enjoy you as a woman, and as a mother."

MISS COLOMBIA IS MISS LATIN AMERICAN IN THE WORLD 2010

PUNTA CANA - Carolina Lemus Angarita, 26, Miss Colombia, was crowned Miss Latin America in the World 2010. 28 Latin beauties living in countries located in the Americas, Europe, Oceania and Asia, competed for the title.

Miss Puerto Rico finished in 2nd place, followed by Mexico (3rd), Brazil (4th) and the United States (5th).

The pageant took place at the Hotel Barceló Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic.