Carolina Gómez

Carolina Gómez Correa
Born Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Title Miss Colombia 1993
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)
Miss Colombia 1993
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1994
(1st Runner-Up)

Carolina Gómez Correa born [1] in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian actress, presenter and model, who held the title of Miss Colombia 1993 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1994.

Pageantry

Señorita Colombia

She won 'Concurso Nacional de Belleza, the Señorita Colombia title in 1993.

Miss Universe

She entered the Miss Universe 1994 Pageant where she placed First Runner-up; Carolina Gomez was the third Colombian to win First Runner-up in a row at a Miss Universe competition, after Paola Turbay in 1992 and Paula Andrea Betancourt Arroyave 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 Corazon Abierto, the Colombian adaptation of Grey's Anatomy.

She has also starred in several films, including director Felipe Martinez Amador's feature film "Bluff", with Catalina Aristizabal, Victor 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 Federals, a Brazilian action film with Michael Madsen, Saluda Al Diablo De Mi Parte along with Edgar Ramirez, and most recently: El Paseo, a family road trip comedy shot in the beautiful Colombian countryside.

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)

TV Series

  • "Lucifer" (2016)
  • "Los Hombres Tambien Lloran" (2014)
  • Mentiras Perfectas (2013)
  • A Corazon Abierto (2010)
  • KARABUDJAN (2010)
  • Amas de Casa Desesperadas (Season 2) (2010)
  • Tiempo Final (2009)
  • Sin Retorno (2008)
  • Mujeres Asesinas (2007)

Soap Operas

References

  1. "Carolina Gómez - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Colombia Paula Andrea Betancourt
Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up
1994
Succeeded by
India Manpreet Brar
Preceded by
Paula Andrea Betancourt
Miss Colombia
1993
Succeeded by
Tatiana Castro
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