Señorita Panamá

• Panamá Este (East side (Panamá state))
• Panamá Norte (North side (Panamá state))
• Chiriquí Occidente (Occidental side (Chiriquí state))
• Comarcas (Indigenous region of Panama)
• Portobelo (Historical district of the Colón state)
• Atlantic Coast
• Pacific Coast

• Barro Colorado
• Coiba
• Contadora
• Flamenco
• Isla del Rey
• Isla San José
• Taboga

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  Señorita Panamá 2001 and Miss Universe 2002
  Justine Pasek
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  Señorita Panamá 2002
  Stefanie de Roux
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  Señorita Panamá 2008
  Carolina Dementiev
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  Señorita Panamá 2009
  Diana Broce
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  Señorita Panamá 2010
  Anyolí Ábrego

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.

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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.

Miss Panama was 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 2011 and 2013 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.[2]

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.[12]

The election of the new representatives of Panama takes place from 2011 to 2015.

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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.

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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, Miss World (2016 to 2018), Miss International and Miss Earth (2015 to 2018). In 2019 acquires the Miss Grand International franchise and in 2020 the Miss Supranational franchise.[14] Señorita Panamá® S.A. organization it is the company that will manage and represent Panama in this beauty contests.

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Shey Ling Him, Miss World Panamá 2007

In 2003, Corporación MEDCOM, which owned the rights to Miss World, could not produce a pageant in time to select a representative to Miss World in Sanya. Therefore, the Miss World Organization contacted Promociones Gloria in Bolivia to help select a contestant; they were able to secure a contestant from Tania Hyman's Models and Talents for that year only, named Ivy Ruth Ortega Coronas.

In 2007, the Señorita Panamá pageant was not held and 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. In 2008 they appointed the 1st runner-up of the 2007 pageant to represent Panama but she was unable to travel to Johannesburg due to visa issues. Therefore, Panama was not represented in Miss World 2008.

In 2009, Corporacion MEDCOM announced that they would crown a representative to Miss World, but the license was under the property of local businessman Olais Padilla who signed an agreement with the TV station so Nadege Herrera could compete. In 2010 Padilla organized a local competition called Miss Mundo Panamá, won by Paola Vaprio Medaglia.

From 2011 to 2015 the Miss World license was awarded to Marisela Moreno of Miss Panama Organization. After the dissolution of the Miss Panama pageant, Miss World awarded the license to event producer Edwin Dominguez, who had an agreement with Señorita Panamá for three years (2016-2018).

For 2019, a new competition will take place, completely separated from Señorita Panamá.

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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.

Karen Jordán, Miss Internacional Panamá 2012

Created in 2004, this contest sends winners to the Miss International pageant in Japan. Tania Hyman's Models and Talents organize the pageant from 2004 to 2014. In the 2009 the Miss Internacional Panamá contest is fused to the new contest called Bellezas Panamá. From 2015 to 2016 other organization elected the new winner, in the 2017 the franchise was acquired by Cesar Anel to which eventually tied up with the Senorita Panama in 2017 to present.

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Physical Modelos agency, which owned the Miss Asia Pacific license since the 1990s,was awarded the franchise from 2002 to 2007 when Carousel Productions changed the name of their event. Tania Hyman's Models and Talents acquired the franchise in 2001 and reacquired it for 2008 to 2014. From 2015 to 2018, the franchise was acquired by Señorita Panamá. From 2019, the franchise is property of Miss Earth Panamá pageant under the direction of Diana Lemos Lee.

Year	Miss Earth Panamá	Official Title	Represent	Placement	Notes
2001	Aliana Yaneth Khan Zambrano[18]	Miss Earth Panamá	Panama Centro	Unplaced
2002	Carolina Miranda		Bocas del Toro	Unplaced
2003	Jessica Doralis Segui Barrios†(2010)		Los Santos	Unplaced	Best in 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
2007	Nadege Elena Herrera Vásquez		Panama Centro	-	Withdrew
2008	Shassia Ubillús Falcón		Panama Centro	Unplaced	Best in 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	Friendship (Group 2) Best School Tour Teachers (Group 2)
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	Virginia Isabel Hernández Milachay		Panama Centro	Unplaced	Long Gown (Group 3)
2017	Érika Enith Parker		Colon	Unplaced	Long Gown (Group 1)
2018	Diana Lemos Lee		Isla San José	Unplaced	National Costume (North & Central America)
2019	Marianna Fuentes Pereira		Panama Centro	Unplaced	National Costume (Americas)
2020	Anayansi Cristel De Gracia	Chiriquí	Top 20	Resort Wear (America)