Carolina Gómez

Carolina Gómez
Gómez in 2012
Born	Carolina Gómez Correa (1975-02-26) 26 February 1975 (age 49) Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouses	Nicolás Hoyos ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 1999)​ Jaime Sánchez Cristo ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2008)​ Borja Aguirre ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2021)​
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Bogotá 1993 Miss Colombia 1993
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Hazel
Major competition(s)	Miss Colombia 1993 (Winner) Miss Universe 1994 (1st Runner-Up)

Carolina Gómez Correa (born 26 February 1975) is a Colombian actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who held the title of Miss Colombia 1993 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1994.

Pageantry

Señorita Colombia

She won the Miss Colombia title in 1993 representing Bogotá D. C. She was crowned at the age of 18 years old, having graduated from Colegio Nueva Granada.^[1]

Miss Universe

She entered the Miss Universe 1994 pageant where she placed 1st Runner-up; Carolina Gómez was the third Colombian to win 1st Runner-up in a row at a Miss Universe competition, after Paola Turbay in 1992 and Paula Andrea Betancur in 1993.

Career

After her reign, Gómez went into modeling, achieving success on runways in Italy and Miami. She was the host of "Stars", a television show where many artists and celebrities were interviewed; afterwards, she was the successor to Jaime Garzón in the show "Locos Videos". She was also a TV Producer, as such, she was co-chair of Vista Productions Inc. In 2004, she made her acting debut in a soap opera, "El Auténtico Rodrigo Leal", telecasted by Caracol Channel (in Colombia), where she had the role of the host of a TV Reality Program with the Argentinian actor Martín Karpan. Her acting in this role received excellent reviews, which led to her role as protagonist in "La Viuda de la Mafía", another soap opera which aired in 2006 in RCN Channel (another Colombian Channel). Between 2007 and 2010 she worked in different TV series such as Mujeres Asesinas, Sin Retorno, Tiempo Final and Karabudjan. The latter was a 6-hour miniseries for Antena 3 in Spain. Currently, she played Alicia Duran in A corazón abierto, the Colombian adaptation of Grey's Anatomy.

She has also starred in several films, including director Felipe Martínez Amador's feature film Bluff, with Catalina Aristizábal, Víctor Mallarino, and Luis Eduardo Arango, amongst others. The film, which premiered in March 2007, had very good reviews and very high box office revenues in Colombia. In 2010, she traveled to Los Angeles to co-star in the film The Chosen One along with comedian Rob Schneider (who also wrote and directed the movie). Her successful career led her to work in <i>Federal</i> [pt], a Brazilian action film with Michael Madsen, Saluda al diablo de mi parte along with Edgar Ramírez, and most recently: El paseo, a family road trip comedy shot in the Colombian countryside.^[2]

Filmography

Films

• #RealityHigh' (2017)
• Adelaida (2014)
• La Lectora (2012)
• Greetings to the Devil (2011)
• The Chosen One (2010)
• Federal (2010)
• El Paseo (2010)
• Bluff (2007)
• Martinis al atardecer (2004)

Television

• Acapulco (2021 TV series) (2024)
• Ventino: El precio de la gloria (2023)
• Her Mother's Killer (2020)
• El Barón (2019)
• Seal Team (2018)
• Sangre de mi tierra (2017-2018)
• Lucifer (2016)
• Bloque de búsqueda (2016)
• Los hombres también lloran (2014)
• Mentiras perfectas (2013)
• La Teacher de Ingles (2011)
• A corazón abierto (2010)
• Karabudjan (2010)
• Amas de casa desesperadas (Season 2) (2010)
• Tiempo final (2009)
• Sin retorno (2008)
• Mujeres Asesinas [es] (2007)
• Marido a Sueldo (2007)
• La viuda de la mafia (2004)
• El auténtico Rodrigo Leal (2003)
• Decisiones

References

External links

• Official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paula Andrea Betancur	Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up 1994	Succeeded by Manpreet Brar
Preceded by Paula Andrea Betancur	Miss Colombia 1993	Succeeded by Tatiana Castro

This page was last edited on 12 June 2024, at 02:10