Luz Marina Zuluaga became the first Colombian to win the Miss Universe pageant. And she was the only Colombian to win the title, until Paulina Vega ended the drought in Miss Universe 2014. After Zuluaga was announced as the new Miss Universe, the only television station and most radio stations in Colombia at the time stopped their regular programming to report the breaking news. Zuluaga died on December 2, 2015 at the age of 77 at her home in Manizales.