Señorita Panamá

Miss Panama

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Panama City
Location	Panama
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Earth
Official language	Spanish
President	Carolina Chiari (Miss Panama, 1976-1987), RPC TV/MEDCOM (Senorita Panama, 1982-2010), Marisela Moreno (2011- 2015), Justine Pasek & César Anel Rodríguez (Senorita Panama, 2016 - )
Website	www.senoritapanama.com/http:/

Miss Panama is a national Beauty pageant in Panama. Winners to represent Panama to 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 celebrated to select delegates for international representations.

History

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).

In 2012, Miss Panamá National Beauty Contest (Concurso de Nacional de la Belleza Miss Panama) under the direction of the Miss Panamá Organization (ORGANIZACIÓN MISS PANAMA s.a.) obtained 2 other national franchises to select representatives to Miss Earth and Miss International. The 2012 edition of Miss Panamá started to crown four winners in the following order: Miss Panamá Universe, Miss Panama World, Miss Panama Earth, and Miss Panama International to represent the country to the four major international beauty contests. The last two Miss Panama Earth and Miss Panama International are franchises run by Tanya Hyman. Miss Panama Universe and Miss Panama World are of Miss Panama Organization run by its president Marisela Moreno. The pageant is broadcast by the official partner of the pageant, "Telemetro".

After five year of Miss Panama pageant under the direction of Marisela Moreno, in 2016 Medcom Corporation lost the franchise of Miss Universe and the opportunity to select the candidate for this contest.Justine Pasek & César Anel Rodríguez acquire the rights of the title Señorita Panamá pageant and will select the candidate who represent the country in Miss Universe and Miss Earth. The Miss World candidate is select in a separate contest managed by Rocco Barria.

International participation

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.

The country has won two major international titles: Miss International 1998 and Miss Universe 2002. Lía Victoria Borrero González won the Miss International 1998 while Justine Pasek, who represented Panama in Miss Universe 2002, won by default when she replaced the dethroned winner Oxana Fedorova of Russia.

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.

To 2011 - 2015, the Miss Universe Panamá and Miss World Panamá are selected by Miss Panamá while Miss Earth Panamá and Miss Internacional Panamá were selected in the Bellezas Panamá pageant organized by Tania Hyman's Models and Talents. However, in 2012, the four titles (Miss Panama Universe, Miss Panama World, Miss Panama Earth, and Miss Panama International) are selected by one organization called, ORGANIZACIÓN MISS PANAMA. This year Miss Panama have 2 presidents Marisela Moreno and Tania Hyman so this year we have the national beauty contest.

Panama will be represented in the big four international pageants of 2015 by the following representatives:

• Miss Universe:Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton
• Miss World:Diana Doris Jaén Ortega
• Miss International:Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans
• Miss Earth:Carmen Isabel Jaramillo Velarde

States, Capital and regions

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:

Official states (10)

• Bocas del Toro
• Chiriquí
• Coclé
• Colón
• Darién
• Herrera
• Los Santos
• Panamá Province
• Veraguas
• Panamá Oeste

Official regions (3)

• Panamá Este (East side (Panamá state))
• Chiriquí Occidente (Occidental side (Chiriquí state))
• Comarcas (Indigenous region of Panama)

Panamá Este is region of Panamá state. Chiriquí Occidente is also a region of Chiriquí state. In 2013 the band Comarcas representing indigenous region of Panama. Together, these 13 regions form the "base" of the Miss Panamá contest.

Regional rankings

Titles	State	Winning Years
28	Panamá Centro	1954 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1984 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2012 2016
8	Los Santos	1953 1966 1977 1987 1996 2004 2009 2015
5	Veraguas	1970 1986 1992 2010 2013
3	Colón	1965 1980 1997
2	Darién	2007 2014
2	Herrera	1967 2011
2	Coclé	1952 1964
1	Chiriquí	1999
0	Bocas del Toro
0	Panamá Oeste
0	Panamá Este
0	Chiriquí Occidente

The regional ranking is established according to the state of origin or representation of the miss (Miss Universe) and the year they won the title.

Winners of the 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.

Titleholders

Main article: List of Miss Panamá - Señorita Panamá titleholders

The following women have been crowned Miss Panamá.

Year	Miss Panamá	State	Venue
1952	Elzibir Gisela Malek	Coclé	Hotel El Panamá
1953	Emita Arosemena Zubieta†	Los Santos
1954-1963	Liliana Torre	Panamá Centro
1964	Maritza Montilla	Coclé
1965	Sonia Inés Ríos†	Colón
1966	Dionisia Broce	Los Santos
1967-1969	Mirna Norma Castillero	Herrera
1970	Berta López Herrera	Veraguas
1971-1972	Gladys Isaza	Panamá Centro
1973	Janine Lizuaín	Panamá Centro
1974	Jazmín Nereida Panay	Panamá Centro
1975	Anina Horta Torrijos	Panamá Centro
1976	Carolina Maria Chiari	Panamá Centro
1977	Marina Valenciano	Los Santos
1978	Diana Leticia Conte Vergara	Panamá Centro
1979	Yahel Cecile Dolande	Panamá Centro
1980	Gloria Karamañites Davis	Colón
1981	Ana María Henríquez Valdés	Panamá Centro
1982	Isora de Lourdes Moreno López	Panamá Centro
1983	Elizabeth Bylan Bennett	Panamá Centro
1984	Cilinia Prada Acosta	Panamá Centro
1985	Janett Vásquez Sanjur	Panamá Centro
1986	Gilda García López	Veraguas
1987-1989	Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa	Los Santos
1990	Liz Michelle De León Paz	Panamá Centro
1991	Ana Cecilia Orillac Arias	Panamá Centro
1992	Giselle Amelia González Aranda	Veraguas
1993	María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1994	Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1995	Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1996	Lía Victoria Borrero González	Los Santos	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1997	Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson	Colón	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1998	Yamani Esther Saied Calviño	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1999	Analía Verónica Núñez Sagripanti	Chiriquí	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2000	Ivette María Cordovez Usuga	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2001	Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño	Panamá Centro	Gran Salón Hotel Continental, Ciudad de Panamá.
2002	Stefanie de Roux Martín	Panamá Centro	Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez, Ciudad de Panamá.
2003	Jessica Patricia Rodríguez Clark	Panamá Centro	Figali Convention Center, Ciudad de Panamá.
2004	Rosa María Hernández Cedeño	Los Santos	Teatro Nacional de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.
2005	María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula	Panamá Centro	Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez del Hotel El Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.
2006	Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter	Panamá Centro	Gran Salón del Hotel & Casino Venetto, Ciudad de Panamá.
2007	Sorangel Matos Arce	Darien	Studio "B" de Canal 13 Telemetro, Ciudad de Panamá.
2008	Carolina Dementiev Justavino	Panamá Centro	Studio "B" de Canal 13 Telemetro, Ciudad de Panamá.
2009	Diana Patricia Broce Bravo	Los Santos	Tihany Spectacular, Ciudad de Panamá.
2010	Anyoli Amorette Abrego Sanjur	Veraguas	Sheraton Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2011	Sheldry Nazareth Sáez Bustavino	Herrera	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2012	Stephanie Marie Vander Werf Lobato	Panamá Centro	Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2013	Carolina Del Carmen Brid Cerrud	Veraguas	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2014	Yomatsy Maurineth Hazlewood De La Rosa	Darien	Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2015	Gladys Del Carmen Brandao Amaya	Los Santos	Hard Rock Hotel & Cafe Megapolis Panama, Ciudad de Panamá
2016	Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton	Panamá Centro	Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, Ciudad de Panamá

Miss Panamá

History

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 broadcast 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.

Titleholders

Main article: List of Miss Panamá - Señorita Panamá titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Miss Panamá	Official Title	International	Placement	Notes
1952	Elzibir Gisela Malek	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
1953	Emita Arosemena Zubieta†			Top 16
1954	Liliana Torre			Top 16
1955–1963	No Contest				Cancelled due to church protests
1964	Maritza Montilla			Unplaced
1965	Sonia Inés Ríos†			Unplaced
1966	Dionisia Broce			Unplaced
1967	Mirna Norma Castillero	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Carlota Lozano	1st Runner-Up	Miss World	Unplaced
1968–1969	No Contest	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
1970	Berta López Herrera			Unplaced
1971	Gladys Isaza	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Maria de Lourdes Rivera	1st Runner-Up	Miss World	Unplaced
1972	No Contest	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
1973	Janine Lizuaín			Unplaced
1974	Jazmín Nereida Panay			Top 12
1975	Anina Horta Torrijos			Unplaced
1976	Carolina Chiari			Unplaced
1977	Marina Valenciano	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Anabelle Vallarino	1st Runner-Up	Miss World	Unplaced
1978	Diana Leticia Conte	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
1979	Yahel Dolande	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Lorelay de la Ossa	1st Runner-Up	Miss World	Top 15
1980	Gloria Karamañites Davis	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Top 10
	Aurea Horta Torrijos	1st Runner-Up	Miss World	Unplaced
1981	Ana María Henríquez	Miss Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
1982	Isora Moreno			Unplaced
1983	Elizabeth Bylan Bennett			Unplaced
1984	Cilinia Prada Acosta			Unplaced	Won Miss Asia Pacific 1987
1985	Janett Vásquez			Unplaced
1986	Gilda García López			Unplaced	Best National Costume
1987	Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa			Unplaced

Miss Panamá (2011–2015)

History

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 acquired the rights of the former Miss Panama contest called again, with a choice format similar to that possessed the previous national competition.

Currently, Miss Panama is held between 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 Chiriquí, 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.

In 2012, Miss Panamá acquired the national franchises to elect representatives to Miss Earth and Miss International thus Miss Panamá started to crown four winners in the following order: Miss Panamá Universe, Miss Panama World, Miss Panama Earth, and Miss Panama International to represent the country to the four major international beauty contests.

For 2013 Miss Panamá acquired the national franchise to elect representative to Miss Intercontinental Pageant, started to crown three winners in the following order: Miss Panamá Universe, Miss Panama World, Miss Panama Intercontinental.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Miss Panamá	Official Title	Represent	International	Placement	Notes
2011	Sheldry Nazareth Sáez Bustavino	Miss Panamá Universe	Herrera	Miss Universe 2011	Top 10	Best National Costume
	Irene Del Carmen Núñez Quintero	Miss Panamá World	Veraguas	Miss World 2011	Unplaced	Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 36 at Miss World Beach Beauty
2012	Stephanie Marie Vander Werf Lobato	Miss Panamá Universe	Panamá Centro	Miss Universe 2012	Unplaced	8th place en National Costume
	Maricely Del Carmen González Pomares	Miss Panamá World	Bocas del Toro	Miss World 2012	Top 30	Top 5 at Miss World Talent
	Ana Lorena Ibáñez Carles	Miss Earth Panamá	Coclé	Miss Earth 2012	Unplaced
	Karen Elena Jordán Beitia	Miss International Panamá	Chiriquí	Miss International 2012	Unplaced
2013	Carolina Del Carmen Brid Cerrud	Miss Panamá Universe	Veraguas	Miss Universe 2013	Unplaced
	Virginia Isabel Hernández Milachay	Miss World Panamá	Panamá Centro	Miss World 2013	Unplaced	Top 12 at Miss World Talent Top 20 at Miss World Sport
	Sara Del Carmen Bello Herrera	Miss Intercontinental Panamá	Los Santos	Miss Intercontinental 2013	Top 15	Best National Constume
	Maria Gabrielle Sealy	Miss Continentes Unidos Panama	Panamá Centro	Miss United Continent 2013	4th Runner up
2014	Yomatsy Maurineth Hazlewood De La Rosa	Miss Panamá Universe	Darien	Miss Universe 2014	Unplaced
	Raiza Patricia Erlenbaugh Soriano	Miss World Panamá	Panamá Centro	Miss World 2014	Dethroned	Erlenbaugh was detroned on November 12, and replaced by Nicole Pinto as Miss World Panama in Miss World 2014
	Stephanie Paulette González Castillo	Miss Intercontinental Panamá	Los Santos	Miss Intercontinental 2014	Unplaced	Best National Constume
	Nicole Pinto	Miss América Latina del Mundo Panamá	Panamá Oeste	Miss Latin America 2014	Miss Latin America 2014
2015	Gladys Del Carmen Brandao Amaya	Miss Panamá Universe	Los Santos	Miss Universe 2015	Unplaced	2nd runner-up Best National Constume
	Diana Doris Jaén Ortega	Miss Panamá World	Coclé	Miss World 2015	Unplaced
	Catherine Argelia Agrazal Pinilla	Miss Panamá Reina Internacional del Café	Veraguas	Reinado Internacional del Café 2016	Unplaced

Señorita Panamá

History

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.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Main article: List of Miss Panamá - Señorita Panamá titleholders

Year	Señorita Panamá	Official Title	International	Placement	Notes
1982	Lorena Moreno	Señorita Panamá	Miss World	Unplaced
1983	Marissa Burgos Canalías			4th Runner-Up
1984	Ana Luisa Sedda Reyes			Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1985	Diana Esther Alfaro Arosemena			Unplaced
1986	María Lorena Orillac Giraldo			Top 10
1987	María Cordelia Denis Urriola			Unplaced
1989	Gloria Stella Quintana			Unplaced	Miss Hispanidad 1989
1990	Liz Michelle De León Paz	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Madelaine Leignadier Dawson	1st Runner-up	Miss World	Unplaced
	Ana Lucía Herrera	2nd Runner-up	Miss Hispanidad 1990	Unplaced
1991	Ana Cecilia Orillac Arias	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Malena Estela Betancourt Guillén	1st Runner-up	Miss World	Unplaced
	Janell Cosca Tovío†	2nd Runner-up	Miss Hispanidad 1991	Unplaced
1992	Giselle Amelia González Aranda	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún	1st Runner-up	Miss World	Unplaced
	Elsa Jiménez Jiménez	2nd Runner-up	Miss Hispanidad	Miss Hispanidad 1993
1993	María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe	Unplaced
	Aracelys Cogley Prestán	1st Runner-up	Miss World	Unplaced
	Taisa Reina Jaén	2nd Runner-up	Miss Hispanidad 1994	Unplaced
1994	Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 1995	Unplaced
	Carmen Lucia Ogando Giono	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1994	Unplaced
	Marilyn González	2nd Runner-up	Miss Hispanidad 1995	Unplaced
1995	Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 1996	Unplaced
	Marisela Moreno Montero	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1995	Unplaced
	Patricia De León	2nd Runner-up	Did not compete		Was sent to Miss Asia Pacific 1997
1996	Lía Victoria Borrero González	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 1997	Top 6	Miss International 1998
	Norma Elida Pérez Rodriguez	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1996	Unplaced
	Amelie González Assereto	2nd Runner-up	Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1996	Unplaced
1997	Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 1998	Unplaced	Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus 1998
	Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1997	Unplaced
	Iris Avila Moreno	2nd Runner-up	Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997	Unplaced
1998	Yamani Esther Saied Calviño	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 1999	Unplaced
	Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miró	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1998	Unplaced
	Abimelec Rodríguez	2nd Runner-up	Miss Asia Pacific	Unplaced
1999	Analía Verónica Núñez Sagripanti	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2000	Unplaced	13th overall in the preliminaries
	Jessenia Casanova Reyes	1st Runner-up	Miss World 1999	Unplaced
	Marianela Salazar Guillén	2nd Runner-up	Miss Asia Pacific	1st Runner-Up
2000	Ivette María Cordovez Usuga	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2001	Unplaced
	Ana Raquel Ochy Pozo	1st Runner-up	Miss World 2000	Unplaced
	Adriana Roquer Hidalgo	2nd Runner-up	Miss Asia Pacific	Unplaced
2001	Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2002	Miss Universe 2002
	Lourdes Cristina González Montenegro	1st Runner-up	Miss World 2001	Unplaced
2002	Stefanie de Roux Martín	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2003	Top 15	Top 8 Miss Earth 2006
	Yoselín Sánchez Espino	1st Runner-up	Miss World 2002	Unplaced
2003	Jessica Patricia Rodríguez Clark	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2004	Unplaced	Best National Costume
	Melissa Piedrahita Meléndez	1st Runner-up	Miss World 2004	Unplaced	Top 20 at Miss World Beach Beauty
2004	Rosa María Hernández Cedeño	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2005	Unplaced
2005	María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2006	Unplaced
	Anna Isabella Vaprio Medaglia	1st Runner-up	Miss World 2005	Unplaced
2006	Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter	Señorita Panamá	Miss World 2006	Unplaced	Top 25 at Miss World Beach Beauty . Giselle Bissot declined her participation in Miss Universe due to her studies.
2007	No Contest				Sorangel Matos, 3rd Runner-Up of the 2005 pageant, was appointed to represent Panama in Miss Universe 2007.
2010	Anyolí Amorette Ábrego Sanjur	Señorita Panamá	Miss Universe 2010	Unplaced

Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá

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	RB Señorita Panamá	Official Title	Represent	International	Placement	Notes
2008	Carolina Dementiev	Señorita Panamá	Panamá Centro	Miss Universe 2008	Unplaced
2009	Diana Patricia Broce	Señorita Panamá Universo	Los Santos	Miss Universe 2009	Unplaced	Best National Costume
	Nadege Helena Herrera	Señorita Panamá Mundo	Panamá Centro	Miss World 2009	5th Runner-Up	1st Runner-up at Miss World Beach Beauty Top 12 at Miss World Top Model Top 12 at Designer Dress

Señorita Panamá (2016–present)

History

in 2016 Medcom Corporation lost the right of Miss Universe pageant. Miss Universe 2002 Justine Pasek & César Anel Rodríguez acquire the rights of the title Señorita Panamá and the opportunity to select the candidate who represent the country in Miss Universe and Miss Earth. Señorita Panamá® S.A. organization it is the company that will manage and represent Panama in this beauty contests.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Señorita Panamá	Official Title	Represent	International	Placement	Notes
2016	Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton	Señorita Panamá Universe	Panamá Centro	Miss Universe 2016	TBD
	TBD	Señorita Panamá Earth	TBD	Miss Earth 2016	TBD

Other pageants in Panamá

Miss World Panamá

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	Miss World Panamá	Official Title	International	Placement	Notes
2003	Ivy Ruth Coronas	Miss World Panamá	Miss World 2003	Unplaced
2007	Shey Ling Him		Miss World 2007	Unplaced
2008	Kathia Saldaña Ortega		Withdrew	-	4th Runner-up, Realmente Bella 2008 Due to visa problems
2010	Paola Vaprio Medaglia		Miss World 2010	Unplaced

Miss Panamá International

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

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.

Year	Miss Panamá International	Estate	Placement	Note
1961	Angela María Alcové	Herrera	Top 15
1962	Ana Cecilia Maruri	Panama Centro	2nd Runner-up
1963	Mariela Aguirre		Unplaced
1964	Gloria María Navarrete		Unplaced
1965	Silvia García		Unplaced
1971	Betzabé Delgado		Unplaced
1984	Vielka Mariana Marciac		Top 15	Miss Elegance
1985	Diana Marina Lau	Darien	Unplaced
1986	Nidia Esther Pérez		Unplaced
1987	Amarilis Aurelia Sandoval	Los Santos	Unplaced
1988	Xelmira del Carmen Tristán		Unplaced
1989	Jenia Mayela Nenzen	Panama Centro	Unplaced
1990	Angela Patricia Vergara		Unplaced
1991	Jessica Inés Lacayo		Unplaced
1992	Lizbeth del Carmen Achurra		Unplaced
1993	Ismenia Isabel Velásquez		Unplaced
1994	Dinora Acevedo González	Los Santos	Unplaced
1995	Lorena Hernández Montero		Unplaced
1996	Betzy Janethe Achurra		Unplaced
1998	Lía Victoria Borrero González	Los Santos	Miss International 1998	Finalist in Miss Universe 1997 Top 6
1999	Blanca Elena Espinosa Tuffolon		Unplaced
2000	Cristina Marie Sousa Broce		Unplaced
2002	Cristina Herrera	Los Santos	Unplaced

Miss International Panamá

Created 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	Miss International Panamá	Official Title	Represent	Placement	Notes
2004	Anabella Hale Ruíz	Miss International Panamá	Panama Oeste	Unplaced
2005	Lucía Graciela Matamoros			Unplaced
2006	Mayte Sánchez González			1st Runner-Up	Best National Costume /4th Runner-up in Señorita Panamá 2004
2007	Stephanie Araúz Shaw			Unplaced
2008	Alejandra Arias Rivera			Unplaced
2009	Joyce Jacobi Samudio		Chiriquí	Top 15
2010	Michelle Ostler Cosme		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2011	Keity Mendieta Britton		Panama Centro	4th Runner-up	Virreina in Miss Panamá 2011
2012	Karen Elena Jordán Beitia		Chiriquí	Unplaced
2013	Betzy Madrid		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2014	Aileen Haydee Bernal Ardines		Los Santos	Top 10
2015	Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans		Colon	Unplaced
2016	TBA		TBA	TBA

Miss Earth Panamá

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

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	Miss Earth Panamá	Official Title	Represent	Placement	Notes
2001	Aliana Yaneth Khan Zambrano	Miss Earth Panamá	Panama Centro	Unplaced
2002	Carolina Miranda		Bocas del Toro	Unplaced
2003	Jessica Doralis Segui Barrios†(2010)		Los Santos	Unplaced	Best National Costume
2004	Ingrid Ivana González Caballero		Veraguas	-	Withdrew
2005	Rosemary Isabel Suárez Macharek		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2006	Stefanie de Roux Martin		Panama Centro	Top 8 Finalist
2007	Nadege Helena Herrera		Panama Centro	-	Withdrew
2008	Shassia Ubillús Falcón			Unplaced	Best National Costume
2009	Geraldine Higuera		Panama Oeste	Unplaced
2010	Nicole Morrell		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2011	Marelissa Him Betancourt		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2012	Ana Lorena Ibáñez Carles		Coclé	Unplaced
2013	Johanna Batista		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2014	María De Lourdes Gallimore Campos		Panama Centro	Unplaced	National Costume
2015	Carmen Isabel Jaramillo Velarde		Panama Oeste	Unplaced	Long Gown Sport Cocktail Wear National Costume (The Americas)
2016	TBA		TBA	TBA

See also

• Miss Earth
• Panamá in others pageants
• Mister Panamá
• Miss Supranational Panamá

External links

• Señorita Panamá
• Bellezas Universales (Foro Oficial)
• Miss Panamá (Web Oficial)