| Señorita Panamá or Miss Panamá | |
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| Formation | 1952 |
| Type | Beauty Pageant |
| Headquarters | Ciudad de Panamá |
| Location | Panamá |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| President | Carolina Chiari (Miss Panama, 1976-1987), RPC TV/MEDCOM (Senorita Panama, 1982-2010), Marisela Moreno (2011) |
| Key people | Medcom Corporation |
| Website | Official website |
Señorita Panamá or Miss Panamá is the common name or sash used to identify a Panamanian representative in an international pageant. Panama selects representatives to different contests including Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. The first national pageant was Miss Panamá held from 1982 to 1987. In 1982, Señorita Panamá was created as an alternative to send its winners to the Miss World contest in London. These pageants, along with smaller pageants such as Miss International Panamá and Miss World Panamá were or are celebrated to select delegates for international representations.
After 28 years, the Señorita Panamá pageant, organized by Medcom Corporation, was discontinued. A new organization took over in 2011 with the official name of the contest being "Miss Panama" (not to be confused with Señorita Panamá or Bellezas Panamá).
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Panama has been represented in various international pageants. This includes the big four international pageants namely Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss International.[1]
The country has won two major international titles: Miss International 1998 and Miss Universe 2002. Lía Victoria Borrero González won the Miss International 1998[2] while Justine Pasek, who represented Panama in Miss Universe 2002, won by default when she replaced the dethroned winner Oxana Fedorova of Russia.[3]
Panama has not won the Miss World and Miss Earth titles. The country has 2 semifinalists and 2 finalist in Miss World with Lorelay de la Ossa in Miss World 1979, Marissa Burgos Canalias in Miss World 1983, María Lorena Orillac Giraldo in Miss World 1986 and Nadege Herrera in Miss World 2009. The country's highest placement in Miss Earth was achieved by Stefanie de Roux who finished as top eight finalist in the Miss Earth 2006.[4]
Currently, the Miss Universe Panamá and Miss World Panamá are selected by Miss Panamá[5] while Miss Earth Panamá and Miss Internacional Panamá are selected in the Bellezas Panamá pageant organized by Tania Hyman's Models and Talents.[6]
Panama will be represented in the big four international pageants of 2011 by the following representatives:
Although women from all over the country have been competing in the pageant for decades, 2011 will be the first time in history that the contestants will represent Panama's provinces and regions. The Miss Panama 2011 competition distributed its 12 finalists in the following regions:
Panamá Oeste and Panamá Este are regions of Panamá state. Chiriquí Occidente is also a region of Chiriquí state. Together, these 12 regions form the "base" of the Miss Panamá contest.
Since 1952 year the Miss Panama was founded until 1987 there were 25 Misses in 25 years that took place centamen despite three periods in which the contest was not performed. And from 1990 to 2005 and from 2005 to present the correction happened in 2006 when the contest was not performed, respectively. Thereafter, the winners of the Miss Panama participate in the Miss Universe next year, if not for the Miss World where the winner that year participated.
In every year the winners were chosen by a jury during the coronation ceremony except in 2007, Sorangel Matos. Matos was appointed directly by Organization to represent Panama in Miss Universe because that year's Miss Panama is not made, which happened after an international competition.
As these shares the rules have changed over the years, and used a system of hierarchy based on the importance of international competitions. Thus, the winner of the Miss Panama participated in the Miss Universe, which ranks second in the Miss World. Finalists themselves or other minors participating in competitions around the world, which is totally at the discretion of the organization. Since 2011, the candidate occupying the third place is Virreina Panama, while others make up the top ranked semifinalists.
The Miss Panama pageant, was born in 1952 when an invitation was received by tourism authorities to select a contestant for the purpose of sending advertising a Panamanian representative to Miss Universe contest in California, United States, which had been created that same year by the company Pacific Mills to promote its brand of bikinis "Catalina".
In 1977, Carolina Chiari acquired the rights of the pageant and created a televised contest. The winner went to Miss Universe and the 1st runner-up went to Miss World, until 1980. During the 1980s, the pageant was broadcasted and promoted by Channel 2, which was the official Government network, giving place to endless rumors about affairs between the beauty queens and authority figures. The last edition of Miss Panama took place 1987 when the country entered the political and financial crisis which ended with the arrest of General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | International Pageant | Placement | Notes |
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| 1952 | Elzibir Gisela Malek | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| 1953 | Emita Arosemena Zubieta | Semifinalist | |||
| 1954 | Liliana Torre | Semifinalist | |||
| 1955–1963 | No Contest | Cancelled due to church protests | |||
| 1964 | Maritza Montilla | ||||
| 1965 | Sonia Inés Ríos | ||||
| 1966 | Dionisia Broce | ||||
| 1967 | Mirna Norma Castillero | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| Carlota Lozano | 1st Runner-Up | Miss World | |||
| 1968–1969 | No Contest | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| 1970 | Berta López Herrera | ||||
| 1971 | Gladys Isaza | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| Maria de Lourdes Rivera | 1st Runner-Up | Miss World | |||
| 1972 | No Contest | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| 1973 | Janine Lizuaín | ||||
| 1974 | Jazmín Nereida Panay | Semifinalist | |||
| 1975 | Anina Horta Torrijos | ||||
| 1976 | Carolina Chiari | ||||
| 1977 | Marina Valenciano | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| Anabelle Vallarino | 1st Runner-Up | Miss World | |||
| 1978 | Diana Leticia Conte | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| 1979 | Yahel Dolande | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| Lorelay de la Ossa | 1st Runner-Up | Miss World | Semifinalist | ||
| 1980 | Gloria Karamañites | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | Semifinalist | |
| Aurea Horta Torrijos | 1st Runner-Up | Miss World | |||
| 1981 | Ana María Henríquez | Miss Panamá | Miss Universe | ||
| 1982 | Isora Moreno | ||||
| 1983 | Elizabeth Bylan | ||||
| 1984 | Cilinia Prada Acosta | Won Miss Asia Pacific 1987 | |||
| 1985 | Janett Vásquez | ||||
| 1986 | Gilda García López | Best National Costume | |||
| 1987 | Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa |
In 2010 the corporation MEDCOM rights organization gave the Señorita Panamá contest the former Señorita Panama- Mundo (1995) Marisela Moreno who would be responsible for electing the representative of Panama at the Miss Universe and Miss World contest. Moreno acquires the rights of the former Miss Panama contest called again, with a choice format similar to that possessed the previous national competition.
Miss Panama currently is between the months of April to mid May after three months of preliminary events such as the Council or Misses runaway, in which the candidates are presented to the press and bands receive prizes and the sponsors . As a subsidiary Medcom group of companies, is responsible Telemetro live broadcast of the show, which usually includes presentations by renowned international artists. In the last year the event has taken place in the Teatro Anayansi Atlapa Convention Center.
The candidates are selected from groups of girls, either because they competed through regional casting or because they were chosen directly by the Organization Miss Panama, who decide the final number depending on the talent available this year. Usually there is one candidate for each of the 9 states of Panama, but the number may reach 12 due to the custom of including major geographic regions such as Western Chiriqui, Panama East - West and Central Panama. However, this does not mean that the contestants are in these regions or states, and that the final decision on who is participating in the competition authority of the president of the organization. Typically, the number of candidates ranges from 12. The election of the new representative of Panamá will be held in 2011 to the present.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | Represent | International Pageant | Placement | Notes |
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| 2011 | Sheldry Nazareth Sáez Bustavino | Miss Universe Panamá | Herrera | Miss Universe 2011 |
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| Irene Del Carmen Núñez Quintero | Miss World Panamá | Veraguas | Miss World 2011 | 34th Placement | Sports Finalist; Beach Beauty Finalist | |
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In 1982, a new pageant was born, created by Channel 4 RPC. It was named Señorita Panamá and its winners were sent to Miss World until 1989. In 1990, the pageant acquired the franchise for Miss Universe and the contest crowned three winners: one for Miss Universe, another for Miss World and a third one that attended Miss Hispanidad from 1990 to 1995, Nuestra Belleza Internacional from 1996 to 1997 and Miss Asia Pacific from 1998 to 2000. The third title was eliminated in 2001.
In 2003, the contest was moved to November, therefore there was no time to elect a delegate for Miss World. Stefanie de Roux and Yanela de Sedas were offered the chance, but both declined due to their studies. That year, the Panama franchise was given to Bolivian-based Promociones Gloria, which conducted a small casting to select a delegate for Miss World. The winner was Ivy Ruth Ortega Coronas. Melissa Piedrahita represented Panama in Miss World 2004.
In 2008, the contest changed its name to Realmente Bella and was shown in a reality show format and is televise for Telemetro Channel. 10 girls lived together in a hotel and each week one of them was dismissed. The winner competed at the Miss Universe 2008 contest in Vietnam.
In 2009, the reality show took place again. For the first time in the Miss Panama contest, open casting calls were held, which resulted in complete failure as only about 17 girls in four cities showed up. 10 finalists were chosen to compete. Finally in 2010 the pageant take the old format with a final night of coronation as in past years.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | International Pageant | Placement | Notes |
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| 1982 | Lorena Moreno | Señorita Panamá | Miss World | ||
| 1983 | Marissa Burgos Canalías | 4th Runner-Up | |||
| 1984 | Ana Luisa Sedda Reyes | Miss Amity | |||
| 1985 | Diana Esther Alfaro Arosemena | ||||
| 1986 | María Lorena Orillac Giraldo | Semifinalist | |||
| 1987 | María Cordelia Denis Urriola | ||||
| 1988 | No Contest | ||||
| 1989 | Gloria Stella Quintana | Miss Hispanidad 1989 | |||
| 1990 | Liz Michelle De León Paz | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe | ||
| Madelaine Leignadier Dawson | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World | |||
| Ana Lucía Herrera | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad | |||
| 1991 | Ana Cecilia Orillac Arias | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe | ||
| Malena Estela Betancourt Guillén | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World | |||
| Janell Cosca Tovío | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad | |||
| 1992 | Giselle Amelia González Aranda | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe | ||
| Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World | |||
| Elsa Jiménez Jiménez | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad 1993 | ||
| 1993 | María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe | ||
| Aracelys Cogley Prestán | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World | |||
| Taisa Reina Jaén | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad | |||
| 1994 | Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 1995 | ||
| Carmen Lucia Ogando Giono | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1994 | |||
| Marilyn González | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Miss Hispanidad | |||
| 1995 | Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 1996 | ||
| Marisela Moreno Montero | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1995 | |||
| Patricia De León | Señorita Panamá-Miss Hispanidad | Did not compete | Was sent to Miss Asia Pacific 1997 | ||
| 1996 | Lía Victoria Borrero González | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 1997 | Finalist | Miss International 1998 |
| Norma Elida Pérez Rodriguez | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1996 | |||
| Amelie González Assereto | Señorita Panamá-Nuestra Belleza | Nuestra Belleza Internacional | |||
| 1997 | Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 1998 | Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus 1998 | |
| Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1997 | |||
| Iris Avila Moreno | Señorita Panamá-Nuestra Belleza | Nuestra Belleza Internacional | |||
| 1998 | Yamani Esther Saied Calviño | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 1999 | ||
| Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miró | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1998 | |||
| Abimelec Rodríguez | Señorita Panamá-Miss Asia Pacific | Miss Asia Pacific | |||
| 1999 | Analía Verónica Núñez Sagripanti | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2000 | 13th overall in the preliminaries | |
| Jessenia Casanova Reyes | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 1999 | |||
| Marianela Salazar Guillén | Señorita Panamá-Miss Asia Pacific | Miss Asia Pacific | 1st Runner-Up | ||
| 2000 | Ivette María Cordovez Usuga | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2001 | ||
| Ana Raquel Ochy Pozo | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2000 | |||
| Adriana Roquer Hidalgo | Señorita Panamá-Miss Asia Pacific | Miss Asia Pacific | |||
| 2001 | Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2002 | Miss Universe 2002 | |
| Lourdes Cristina González Montenegro | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2001 | |||
| 2002 | Stefanie de Roux Martín | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2003 | Semifinalist | 4th Runner-Up Miss Earth 2006 |
| Yoselín Sánchez Espino | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2002 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Patricia Rodríguez Clark | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2004 | Best National Costume | |
| Melissa Piedrahita Meléndez | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2004 | Top 20 Beach Beauty | ||
| 2004 | Rosa María Hernández Cedeño | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2005 | ||
| 2005 | María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2006 | ||
| Anna Isabella Vaprio Medaglia | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2005 | |||
| 2006 | Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter | Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo | Miss World 2006 | Top 25 Beach Beauty. Giselle Bissot declined her participation in Miss Universe due to her studies. |
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| 2007 | No Contest | Sorangel Matos, 3rd Runner-Up of the 2005 pageant, was appointed to represent Panama in Miss Universe 2007. |
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| 2010 | Anyolí Amorette Ábrego Sanjur | Señorita Panamá-Miss Universo | Miss Universe 2010 |
In 2008, a new production team took over the contest, calling it "Realmente Bella" and transforming the beauty pageant into a reality show. This show had weekly galas where contestants took part in special challenges to raise the level of competition. In 2009, the contest became a public window where the participants were humiliated on national TV, tarnishing the image of the beauty contest. The name of the pageant was so harmed by this reality show that it was cancelled immediately after the 2009 final.
Two editions were held Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 and Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2009.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | Represent | International Pageant | Placement | Notes |
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| 2008 | Carolina Dementiev | Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá | Distrito Central | Miss Universe 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Diana Patricia Broce | Señorita Panamá - Miss Universo | Los Santos | Miss Universe 2009 | Best National Costume | |
| Nadege Helena Herrera | Señorita Panamá - Miss Mundo | Distrito Central | Miss World 2009 | 5th Runner-Up [11] | 1st RU Beach Beauty, Top 12 Top Model, Top 12 Designer Dress |
In 2007, the agency Panama Talents, organizers of Mr. Panamá, got the franchise for Miss World. They organized a small contest called Miss World Panamá for 2007 and 2008. In 2009, Corporacion Medcom will once again select Panama's representative to Miss World at the 2nd season of the reality show Realmente Bella. One of the two crowns will be given for the Miss World representative. In the 2010 a new organization got the franchise for Miss World in a contests called Miss Mundo Panamá only for this year.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | International Pagent | Placement | Notes |
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| 2007 | Shey Ling Him | Miss World Panamá | Miss World 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Kathia Kathiuska Saldaña Ortega | 4th runner-up, Realmente Bella 2008 Did not compete in Miss World due to visa problems |
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| 2010 | Paola Vaprio Medaglia | Miss World 2010 |
Some delegates of Panama were appointed to represent Panama in Miss International (officially titled The International Beauty Pageant) from 1960 to 2003. The first Panamenian delegate in Miss International was Angela María Alcové , sent in 1961.
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| 1961 | Angela María Alcové |
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| 1962 | Ana Cecilia Maruri |
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| 1963 | Mariela Aguirre |
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| 1964 | Gloria María Navarrete |
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| 1965 | Silvia García |
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| 1971 | Betzabé Delgado |
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| 1984 | Vielka Mariana Marciac |
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| 1985 | Diana Marina Lau |
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| 1986 | Nidia Esther Pérez |
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| 1987 | Amarilis Aurelia Sandoval |
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| 1988 | Xelmira del Carmen Tristán |
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| 1989 | Jenia Mayela Nenzen |
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| 1990 | Angela Patricia Vergara |
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| 1991 | Jessica Inés Lacayo |
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| 1992 | Lizbeth del Carmen Achurra |
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| 1993 | Ismenia Isabel Velásquez |
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| 1994 | Dinora Acevedo González |
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| 1995 | Lorena Hernández Montero |
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| 1996 | Betzy Janethe Achurra |
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| 1998 | Lía Victoria Borrero González |
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| 1999 | Blanca Elena Espinosa Tuffolon |
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| 2000 | Cristina Marie Sousa Broce |
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| 2002 | Cristina Herrera |
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Born in 2004, this contest sends winners to the Miss International pageant in Japan. Tania Hyman's Models and Talents organize the pageant. In the 2009 the Miss Internacional Panamá contest is fused to the new contest called Bellezas Panamá.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | Represent | Placement | Notes |
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| 2004 | Anabella Hale Ruíz | Miss International Panamá | Panama Central | ||
| 2005 | Lucía Graciela Matamoros | ||||
| 2006 | Mayte Sánchez González | 1st Runner-Up | Best National Costume /4th Runner-up in Señorita Panamá 2004 | ||
| 2007 | Stephanie Araúz Shaw | ||||
| 2008 | Alejandra Felicia Arias Rivera | ||||
| 2009 | Joyce Fátima Marie Jacobi Samudio | Chiriqui | Top 15 Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Michelle Ostler Cosme | Panama Central | |||
| 2011 | Keity Mendieta Britton | Panama Central | 4th Runner-up |
Physical Modelos agency owned the Miss Earth franchise from 2002 to 2007. Tania Hyman's Models and Talents acquired the franchise in 2001 and reaqcuired it again for 2008 at present. The winner is select by the contest called Bellezas Panamá.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | Represent | Placement | Notes |
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| 2001 | Aliana Khan Zambrano | Miss Earth Panamá | |||
| 2002 | Carolina Miranda | Bocas del Toro | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Segui† | Best National Costume | |||
| 2004 | Ingrid González | withdrew | |||
| 2005 | Rosemary Suárez | ||||
| 2006 | Stefanie de Roux | Panama Central | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Nadege Herrera | Panama Central | withdrew | ||
| 2008 | Shassia Ubillús | Best National Costume | |||
| 2009 | Geraldine Higuera | Panama Oeste | |||
| 2010 | Nicole Morrell | Panama Central | |||
| 2011 | Marelissa Him Betancourt | Panama Central |
Miss Supranational is a beauty contest and a brand as well as trade mark of the World Beauty Association (WBA), S.A. In 2009, the organization launched the international pageant in Poland.
| Year | Titleholder | Official Title | Represent | Placement | Notes |
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| 2009 | Silvia Oneida Acosta | Miss Supranational Panamá | Distrito Central | ||
| 2010 | Karina Pinilla Corro | Herrera | Miss Supranational 2010 | Best National Costume | |
| 2011 | Lidia Elena McNulty Espino | Los Santos |
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Every year there is a place of different action for the Señorita Panamá . The Contest always sedates in the City of Panama. Always it is a Big Audience with space.
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| 2000 | Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2001 | Gran Salón Hotel Continental, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2002 | Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2003 | Figali Convention Center, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2004 | Teatro Nacional de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2005 | Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez del Hotel El Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2006 | Gran Salón del Hotel & Casino Venetto, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2008 | Studio "B" de Canal 13 Telemetro, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2009 | Tihany Spectacular, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2010 | Sheraton Hotel , Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
| 2011 | Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá,Panamá |
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