Miss Colombia 1996–1997, the 44th edition of the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, was held on November 11, 1996 at the Julio Cesar Turbay Convention Center in Cartagena de Indias. Miss Antioquia, Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel, won the title and was crowned by her predecessor Lina María Gaviria Forero.