Miss Colombia beauty pageant erupts in controversy after contestant appears to shove rival queens

Colombia's 2026 National Beauty Pageant became the center of a social media controversy after a short video appeared to show Miss Sucre, Juliana Návila Gómez Anaya, pushing two fellow contestants during an official photo session in Cartagena. The incident took place on the stairs of the Hilton Hotel as participants were positioning themselves for photographs.The footage shows Gómez Anaya extending her arms and moving Valery Martínez, representing Tolima, and Valentina Duque, representing Valle del Cauca. Some viewers interpreted the gesture as an attempt to move her competitors aside and secure a more prominent position in the photograph. Others argued that the clip was too brief to establish whether the movement was intentional or simply part of arranging the group.