Teresa Pizarro de Angulo (Cartagena, October 15 1913-Ibidem, April 28 2000)[1] was a Colombian businesswoman, recognized for her association with the National Beauty Contest.
[2] She began her professional career as a real estate agent, she was the first woman in Cartagena de Indias to practice the profession.
[2] Pizarro de Angulo bought a house in Cartagena and turned it into the venue for the contest.
She maintained an active social life, attending multiple events and making public appearances, but her health continued to deteriorate after she stepped down from the board.
[2] She collaborated with different charitable organizations, such as Las Merecedes Foundation (Bogotá), financed by funds raised in the National Beauty Contests, promoting projects to improve services in the community, such as the Eye Clinic of the Lions Club and the construction of the Barrio de Las Reinas.