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Daniela Rebeca Toloza Rocha is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Colombia 2024. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2024.

Early life

Daniela Toloza was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia in 1994. During her childhood and youth, she had to face a difficult process of self-improvement after reaching a body weight of 106 kg, after having lost her father during the Colombian conflict when she was 10 years old.

She is a costume designer, specialist in senior management, advertising and public relations. In addition to Spanish, she speaks fluent English.

Pageantry

Miss Universe Valle 2024

On April 13, 2024, Toloza was crowned Miss Universe Valle 2024 to represent her department in the national Miss Universe Colombia pageant.

Miss Universe Colombia 2024

Toloza won Miss Universe Colombia 2024, at the Centro de Eventos del Caribe Puerta de Oro, on June 2, 2024. She was crowned by her predecessor Camila Avella. At the preliminary challenges in Barranquilla, Toloza won three awards: Miss Forma Tu Cuerpo, Mejor Rostro y Miss Bulova Time.

Miss Universe 2024

Toloza represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2024, in México, and was unplaced. Ending a streak of 5 years for Colombia making the top at Miss Universe.

References

1. Colombiano, El (2024-06-03). "Miss Universe Colombia: Daniela Toloza, del Valle, se llevó la corona y la señorita Medellín se hizo viral por un curioso antojo". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
2. RCN, Noticias (2024-06-02). "Miss Valle, Daniela Toloza, es la nueva Miss Universe Colombia". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
3. Vargas, Paula García (2024-06-02). "Daniela Toloza, representante del Valle, fue elegida como Miss Universe Colombia 2024". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
4. País, El (2024-06-04). "Daniela Toloza: así fue la transformación física de la Miss Universe Colombia". Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
5. Semana (2024-06-03). "Así es Daniela Toloza, vallecaucana coronada Miss Universe Colombia 2024; tuvo increíble transformación". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
6. Asaad, Daniela Viviana Larrarte (2024-06-02). "Ella es Daniela Toloza Rocha, señorita Valle, la nueva Miss Universe Colombia 2024". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-05.
7. "Daniela Toloza, Candidate Miss Universe Valle". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
8. Montoya, Martha (2024-04-15). "Daniela Toloza Rocha, nueva Miss Universe Valle 2024". Colombia News (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
9. Ortiz, Divar (2024-06-02). "Miss Universe Colombia 2024: Daniela Toloza, del Valle del Cauca, se llevó la corona". W Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
10. "Quién es Daniela Toloza, la representante de Colombia en Miss Universo". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

v t e Colombia at Miss Universe
Miss Universe	Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958) Paulina Vega (2014)
1st runner-up	Paola Turbay (1992) Paula Andrea Betancourt (1993) Carolina Gomez (1994) Taliana Vargas (2008) Ariadna Gutiérrez (2015) Laura González (2017)
2nd runner-up	María Mónica Urbina (1986) Lizeth Mahecha (1990) Andrea Tovar (2016)
3rd runner-up	Ella Cecilia Escandón (1974) Aura Maria Mojica (1977) Mary Shirley Sáenz (1978)
4th runner-up	Susana Caldas (1984)
Top 5-6	Silvia Fernanda Ortiz (1998) Gabriela Tafur (2019) Valeria Ayos (2021) Camila Avella (2023)
Top 10-12	Catherine Daza (2004) Valerie Dominguez (2006)
Top 12-16	Olga Pumarejo Korkor (1959) Stella Márquez (1960) Olga Lucía Botero (1962) María Cristina Álvarez (1965) María Victoria Ocampo (1966) Edna Margarita Rudd (1965) Margarita Reyes Zawadzky (1969) Ana Lucía Agudelo (1973) Martha Lucía Echeverri (1975) María Helena Reyes (1976) María Patricia Arbeláez (1980) Diana Patricia Arévalo (1988) Tatiana Castro (1995) Catalina Acosta (2000) Natalia Navarro (2010) Catalina Robayo (2011) María Fernanda Aristizábal (2022)
Top 20-21	Laura Olascuaga (2020)
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• Colombia

• Living people
• 1994 births
• Miss Universe 2024 contestants
• Colombian beauty pageant winners