Wednesday, November 13, marks 30 years since Scotland was elected and crowned Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe as Miss Colombia 1994-1995candidate from the Cesar category in the 60th edition of the National Beauty Contest.
In Valledupar they remember with emotion what they experienced in the city on Tuesday, November 15, 1994, when people took to the streets to receive the landlord on a journey that started at the airport. Alfonso Lopez new and completed the Plaza Alfonso López, dwhere they paid him respect and the Vallenato group was founded by the king of kings Nicolás Elías ‘Clacho’ Mendoza.
“For the first time and within the framework of 60 years of the National Beauty Contest, Cesar receives the crown. All prophecies were fulfilled and Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe, with her amazing, elegant image in leading the catwalk and her spontaneity won the most valuable prize of Colombian beauty.”published EL PILÓN in the edition that was circulating at the time.
With the announcement of the Mayor of Valledupar that day was civil in the city until everyone came out to welcome Miss Colombia, who asked to be received with the song ‘The wounded condor’, which could be heard on every station. Caravans, drums, vallenato groups and people gathered in the streets with flags, celebrating that Cesar won a crown in the beauty pageant for the first time.
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In an interview with EL PILÓN, Journalist Sergio López recalled that at that time he was a journalist for NotiCaribe, a television newscast presented by former queen Sandra Bordas Caldas of Cartagena, closely covering the reign and arrival of Castro Abuchaibe to the capital of Cesar.
“They called us from Cartagena to tell us to be ready because she was one of their favorites and as she started getting high scores in each parade, people paid more attention to her participation. When the night finally arrived everyone was talking about Tatiana and they were even more happy with the dog’s reaction. When she arrived in Valledupar, caravans were formed, people celebrated the reign of Tatiana Castro well into the early hours of the morning. Only with Diomedes Díaz I saw these big caravans in Valledupar and the same thing happened with Tatiana Castro” Lopez said.
Tatiana Castro’s amazing answer
Since the tournament began in CartagenaTatiana Castro Abuchaibe appeared as one of the favorites. On the evening of the election and coronation he received best score in swimsuit (9.79) and ball gown (9.91). The red dress she wore at the Cartagena Convention Center was the designer Alfredo Barrazaattracting the juries and the spectators.
The question presented by the presenter Fernando González Pacheco was the final blow when he asked the candidate Cesar if she would rather save a famous work of art or a dog in a museum fire, the answer that she will save the animal, showing her spontaneity and human sense.
“For God’s sake, for the dog… Pictures are art and they are given as gifts: animals, plants and people are their life and should be saved.”Tatiana Castro answered 30 years ago, receiving the public wake and the crown moments later by the universal vice president Carolina Gómez.
“Tatiana’s crown is a source of pride for the family”
Tatiana Castro is currently a mother of two daughters, speaker and creator of quantum constellations. The former queen is the author of seven books, two of which have been designated as Best Sellers due to their commercial success. In addition, she stands out as a financial coach and has published more than 50 articles in magazines.
In an interview for EL PILÓN, her father Iván Castro Maya remembered that when his daughter told him that she wanted to participate in the National Beauty Contest, he did not pay much attention. However, he paid her to take a modeling course to enhance her catwalk.
“I returned to Bogotá and she showed me what she had learned in the course and she was waiting for me to say yes, but I told her that we were going to say yes when the department transferred the money for in the kingdom and that we could pay for the dresses. . I returned to Valledupar and two days later they called me from Governor Cesar to tell me that they were covering everything and that was it.“, he said.
Castro did not hesitate to support his daughter when she was chosen as Miss Cesar and support her in Cartagena with her family, feeling proud of her.
“When they said Cesar (in the final) I jumped for joy. For my family, Tatiana’s crown is a source of great pride because the Castros had a reputation for being hard-working, but not for being beautiful, and from then on the whole family started asking which women were ugly. When we arrived at the airport I was overwhelmed by the number of people and decided to go ahead and open a place for them in Plaza Alfonso López. I spoke to the man from the fire brigade and arranged for them to arrive in the square” he recalled.
Iván Castro Maya said that so that Tatiana could leave Plaza Alfonso López to her cousin’s house, they had to clear the area with the help of several friends because the crowd in that place was impressive.
“That was crazy in Valledupar and Cesar, which was a real feeling, people went crazy with that. They took her in the fire truck to the stage and to get her from the stage to my mother’s house Castro Monsalvo, which was in front, I had to stand guard with about 60 Vallenato men, cousins and friends from Cañaguate who helped me and held each other’s arms to stop it. The best thing she said was to lend her the box, when she didn’t know that, and when she opened it people went crazy.”, he noted.
Tatiana Castro Abuchaibe was 20 years old when she was crowned as Miss Colombia, the first for the region, remembered with joy by her family and the vallenatos. In 1995 she was a semi-finalist in Miss Universe.
BY: LUCÍA MENDOZA CUELLO/ EL PILÓN.
