The 26 candidates for Miss Colombia arrived Saturday in Cartagena where on November 14 a jury will rule on who represents the country at Miss Universe next year.
In the little more than two weeks before the final showdown, the 26 representatives will take part in dozens of public activities and pre-elections.
The activities in Cartagena are the final leg of months of preparations of the delegates who have been taking part in public events all over the country.
Not all of Colombia’s 32 departments are represented in the beauty pageant as some of the departmental elections were disgraced by corruption and fraud allegations.