Señorita Panamá

The Señorita Panamá is a national beauty pageant in Panama. As of the 2024 edition, Señorita Panamá winners represent Panamá in Miss Universe and Miss International. ^[2] The Miss Panama brand started in 1952, when the Panamanian Institute of Tourism received an invitation from Miss Universe to send a representative. In 1975, the Señorita Panamá name was used for the first time, reverting to Miss Panama in 1976. In 1982, Señorita Panamá was created by RPC Channel 4 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.

Señorita Panamá Organization

Formation	1952; 72 years ago (1952) (as Miss Panama)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Panama City
Location	Panama
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Earth Miss Supranational Miss Grand International
Official language	Spanish
President	Carolina Chiari (Miss Panama, 1976-1987), RPC TV/MEDCOM (Senorita Panama, 1982-2010), Marisela Moreno (2011- 2015), César Anel Rodríguez (Senorita Panama, 2016 - )^[1]
Website	www.senoritapanama.com

History

The National Beauty Pageant was known as "Miss Panama" until 1975, when organizers decided to use "Señorita Panamá", a brand that lasted only one year. Then, in 1982, "Señorita Panamá" was created as a rival of "Miss Panama" which sent its winners to Miss Universe. The "Miss Panama" competition was then discontinued in 1988.

After 28 years, the Señorita Panamá pageant, organized by Medcom Corporation, was discontinued. A new organization took over in 2011 rebranding the competition as "Miss Panama", a name that had not been in use since 1987. (not to be confused with Señorita Panamá or Bellezas Panamá).

After five years of the Miss Panama pageant under the direction of Marisela Moreno, Medcom Corporation lost the franchise of Miss Universe in 2016, and the opportunity to select the candidate for this contest.^[3] César Anel Rodríguez and Justine Pasek^{[citation needed]} acquire the rights of the title Señorita Panamá pageant and select the candidate who represent the country in Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.^[4] Justine Pasek left the organization in December 2017 to focus on family. In 2022 Rodriguez lost the franchise of Miss Universe and re-acquired in 2024.

From 2022 to 2023 a new organization took over the organization rebranding the competition as "Miss Panama" again selecting the candidate to represent Panama en Miss Universe under the direction of Ricardo Canto.

International participation

 

Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002

Panama has been represented in various international pageants, including the biggest names, such as Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.^[5]

The country has won two major international titles: Miss International 1998 and Miss Universe 2002. Lía Victoria Borrero González won the Miss International 1998^[6] while Justine Pasek, who represented Panama in Miss Universe 2002, won by default when she replaced the dethroned winner Oxana Fedorova of Russia.^[7]

Panama has not won the Miss World title. The country has 4 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, Nadege Herrera in Miss World 2009, Maricely González in Miss World 2012 and Solaris Barba in Miss World 2018 also winning for first time for Panama the title of Miss World America. 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

From 2011 to 2015, the Miss Universe Panamá and Miss World Panamá were selected by Miss Panamá^[8] while Miss Earth Panamá and Miss Internacional Panamá were selected in the Bellezas Panamá pageant organized by Tania Hyman's Models and Talents.^[9] However, in 2012, the four titles (Miss Panama Universe, Miss Panama World, Miss Panama Earth, and Miss Panama International) were selected by one organization called, ORGANIZACIÓN MISS PANAMA.^[10] This year Miss Panama had two presidents Marisela Moreno and Tania Hyman.

Panama was represented in the international pageants of 2023 by the following representatives:

• Miss Universe: Natasha Lineth Vargas Moreno^[11]
• Miss World: Kathleen Pérez Coffre
• Miss International: Linette Marie Clément Marciaga ^[12]
• Miss Earth: Nicole Castillero González

States, capital and regions

Although women from all over the country have been competing in the pageant for decades, 2011 was the first time in history that the contestants represented Panama's provinces and regions. The Miss Panama competition distributed its 20 finalists in the following regions:

Official states (10)

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

Official regions (7)

• 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

Official Island (7)

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

Regional rankings

Titles	State	Winning Years
29	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 2021
9	Los Santos	1953 1966 1977 1987 1996 2004 2009 2015 2023
5	Veraguas	1970 1986 1992 2010 2013
3	Herrera	1967 2011 2022
3	Colón	1965 1980 1997
2	Darién	2007 2014
2	Coclé	1952 1964
1	Panamá Este	2020
1	Flamenco	2019
1	Comarcas	2018
1	Contadora	2017
1	Chiriquí	1999
0	Bocas del Toro
0	Panamá Oeste
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.

Titleholders

Main article: List of Señorita Panamá titleholders

The following women have been crowned Miss Panamá.

Year	No.	Miss Panamá	State	Venue
1952	1	Elzibir Gisela Malek	Coclé	Hotel El Panamá
1953	2	Emita Arosemena Zubieta†	Los Santos
1954-1963	3	Liliana Torre	Panamá Centro
1964	4	Maritza Montilla	Coclé
1965	5	Sonia Inés Ríos†	Colón
1966	6	Dionisia Broce	Los Santos
1967-1969	7	Mirna Norma Castillero	Herrera
1970	8	Berta López Herrera	Veraguas
1971-1972	9	Gladys Isaza	Panamá Centro
1973	10	Janine Lizuaín	Panamá Centro
1974	11	Jazmín Nereida Panay	Panamá Centro
1975	12	Anina Horta Torrijos	Panamá Centro
1976	13	Carolina Maria Chiari	Panamá Centro
1977	14	Marina Valenciano	Los Santos
1978	15	Diana Leticia Conte Vergara	Panamá Centro
1979	16	Yahel Cecile Dolande	Panamá Centro
1980	17	Gloria Karamañites Davis	Colón
1981	18	Ana María Henríquez Valdés	Panamá Centro
1982	19	Isora de Lourdes Moreno López	Panamá Centro
1983	20	Elizabeth Bylan Bennett	Panamá Centro
1984	21	Cilinia Prada Acosta	Panamá Centro
1985	22	Janett Vásquez Sanjur	Panamá Centro	Teatro Nacional de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.
1986	23	Gilda García López	Veraguas
1987-1989	24	Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa	Los Santos
1990	25	Liz Michelle De León Paz	Panamá Centro
1991	26	Ana Cecilia Orillac Arias	Panamá Centro
1992	27	Giselle Amelia González Aranda	Veraguas
1993	28	María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1994	29	Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1995	30	Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1996	31	Lía Victoria Borrero González	Los Santos	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1997	32	Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson	Colón	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1998	33	Yamani Esther Saied Calviño	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
1999	34	Analía Verónica Núñez Sagripanti	Chiriquí	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2000	35	Ivette María Cordovez Usuga	Panamá Centro	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2001	36	Justine Lissette Pasek Patiño	Panamá Centro	Gran Salón Hotel Continental, Ciudad de Panamá.
2002	37	Stefanie de Roux Martín	Panamá Centro	Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez, Ciudad de Panamá.
2003	38	Jessica Patricia Rodríguez Clark	Panamá Centro	Figali Convention Center, Ciudad de Panamá.
2004	39	Rosa María Hernández Cedeño	Los Santos	Teatro Nacional de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.
2005	40	María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula	Panamá Centro	Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez del Hotel El Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.
2006	41	Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter	Panamá Centro	Gran Salón del Hotel & Casino Venetto, Ciudad de Panamá.
2007	42	Sorangel Matos Arce	Darien	Gran Salón del Hotel & Casino Venetto, Ciudad de Panamá.
2008	43	Carolina Dementiev Justavino	Panamá Centro	Studio "B" de Canal 13 Telemetro, Ciudad de Panamá.
2009	44	Diana Patricia Broce Bravo	Los Santos	Tihany Spectacular, Ciudad de Panamá.
2010	45	Anyoli Amorette Abrego Sanjur	Veraguas	Sheraton Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2011	46	Sheldry Nazareth Sáez Bustavino	Herrera	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2012	47	Stephanie Marie Vander Werf Lobato	Panamá Centro	Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2013	48	Carolina Del Carmen Brid Cerrud	Veraguas	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2014	49	Yomatsy Maurineth Hazlewood De La Rosa	Darien	Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá.
2015	50	Gladys Del Carmen Brandao Amaya	Los Santos	Hard Rock Hotel & Cafe Megapolis Panama, Ciudad de Panamá
2016	51	Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton	Panamá Centro	Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, Ciudad de Panamá
2017	52	Laura Sofía de Sanctis Natera	Contadora	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2018	53	Rosa Iveth Montezuma Montero	Comarcas	Roberto Durán Arena, Ciudad de Panamá.
2019	54	Mehr Eliezer	Flamenco	Roberto Durán Arena, Ciudad de Panamá.
2020	55	Carmen Isabel Jaramillo Velarde	Panamá Este	Roberto Durán Arena, Ciudad de Panamá.
2021	56	Brenda Andrea Smith Lezama^[13]	Panamá Centro	Hotel Whyndham Convention Center, Ciudad de Panamá.
2022	57	Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales^[14]	Herrera	Teatro Gladys Vidal, Ciudad de Panamá.
2023	58	Natasha Lineth Vargas Moreno^[15]	Los Santos	Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá.
2024	59	TBA	TBA	TBA

Winners gallery

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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 2010
  Anyolí Ábrego
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  Miss Panamá 2011
  Sheldry Sáez
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  Miss Panamá 2013
  Carolina Brid
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  Señorita Panamá 2017
  Laura de Sanctis
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  Miss Panamá 2022
  Solaris Barba

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
1973	Janine Lizuaín			Unplaced
1974	Jazmín Nereida Panay			Top 12
1975	Anina Horta Torrijos			Unplaced
1976	Carolina Maria 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.

Miss Panama was held between April and 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.^[10]

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.^[16]

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

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 Costume
	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 Costume
	Nicole Pinto	Miss América Latina del Mundo Panamá	Panamá Oeste	Miss Latin America 2014	Miss Latin America 2014	Represented Panama in Miss World 2014.
2015	Gladys Del Carmen Brandao Amaya	Miss Panamá Universe	Los Santos	Miss Universe 2015	Unplaced	2nd runner-up Best National Costume
	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

Miss Panamá (2022 - 2023)

History

In 2022 the Señorita Panamá organization lost the rights of Miss Universe pageant. Ricardo Canto who would be responsible for electing the representative of Panama at the Miss Universe contest. Canto acquired the rights of the former Miss Panama contest called one again, and also merging with the organization Miss Universe Panama with a choice format similar to that possessed the previous national competition.

In 2023 the organization is renamed Miss Panama once again.

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
2023	Natasha Lineth Vargas Moreno	Miss Panamá Universe	Los Santos	Miss Universe 2023

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 Congeniality	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 in 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, 1st Runner-Up of the 2006 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^[17]	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 (2016 - 2021, 2024 -), Miss World (2016 to 2018), Miss International, Miss Earth (2015 to 2018), Miss Grand International (2019 to 2021) and in 2020 acquires the Miss Supranational franchise (2020 to 2022).^[18] Señorita Panamá S.A. organization it is the company that will manage and represent Panama in this beauty contests.

Titleholders

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•   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	Top 13
	Alessandra Camila Bueno Fontaine	Señorita Panamá World	Panamá Centro	Miss World 2016	Unplaced	Top 24 at Beauty with a Purpose Top 24 at Miss World Sport
	Virginia Isabel Hernández Milachay	Señorita Panamá Earth	Panamá Centro	Miss Earth 2016	Unplaced
2017	Laura Sofía De Sanctis Natera	Señorita Panamá Universe	Contadora	Miss Universe 2017	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
	Julianne Brittón	Señorita Panamá World	Taboga	Miss World 2017	Unplaced	Top 30 at Miss World Top Model
	Darelys Yahel Santos Domínguez	Señorita Panamá International	Panamá Norte	Miss International 2017	Top 15
	Érika Enith Parker	Señorita Panamá Earth	Colon	Miss Earth 2017	Unplaced
2018	Rosa Iveth Montezuma Montero	Señorita Panamá Universe	Comarcas	Miss Universe 2018	Unplaced
	Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales	Señorita Panamá World	Herrera	Miss World 2018	Top 12	Miss World America Top 18 at Miss World Talent Top 32 at Miss World Top Model Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 12 at Beauty with a Purpose
	Shirel Joan Ortiz Aparicio	Señorita Panamá International	Panamá Centro	Miss International 2018	Unplaced
	Diana Lemos Lee	Señorita Panamá Earth	Isla San José	Miss Earth 2018	Unplaced
2019	Mehr Eliezer	Señorita Panamá Universe	Isla Flamenco	Miss Universe 2019	Unplaced
	Betzaida Elizabeth Rodríguez	Señorita Panamá International	Los Santos	Miss International 2019	Unplaced
	Carmen Irina Drayton	Señorita Panamá Grand International	Portobelo	Miss Grand International 2019	3rd Runner-Up	Best in Swimsuit Top 20 at Best National Custome Top 20 at Coronas Honorables George Wittels
2020	Carmen Isabel Jaramillo Velarde	Señorita Panamá Universe	Panamá Este	Miss Universe 2020	Unplaced
	Valeria Estefanía Franceschi Alvarado	Señorita Panamá International	Panamá Centro	Miss International 2021	-	declined her participation due to her studies
	Darelys Yahel Santos Domínguez	Señorita Panamá Supranational	Panamá Norte	Miss Supranational 2021	Top 24	Miss Supranational Top Model Miss Supranational Top Model Americas
	Angie Keith	Señorita Panamá Grand International	Bocas del Toro	Miss Grand International 2020	Top 20	Top 10 at Best National Custome
2021	Brenda Andrea Smith Lezama	Señorita Panamá Universe	Panamá Centro	Miss Universe 2021	Top 16
	Katheryn Giselle Yejas Riaño	Señorita Panamá Grand International	Taboga	Miss Grand International 2022	-	Withdrew due to the Org. lost the franchise.
	Cecilia Del Carmen Medina	Señorita Panamá Supranational	Casco Antiguo	Miss Supranational 2022	Unplaced
2022	Ivis Nicole Snyder	Señorita Panamá	Los Santos	Miss International 2022	Unplaced
2023	Linette Marie Clément Marciaga	Señorita Panamá	Isla del Rey	Miss International 2023	Top 15
2024	TBA	Señorita Panamá Universe	TBA	Miss Universe 2024	TBA
	TBA	Señorita Panamá International	TBA	Miss International 2024	TBA

Other pageants in Panamá

Miss Universe Panamá

History

In 2022 the Señorita Panamá Organization lost the right of Miss Universe pageant. Ricardo Canto acquire the rights of the title "Miss Universe Panamá" creating a new contest that will select the representative to Miss Universe separately. In 2023 the organization is renamed Miss Panama once again.

Year	Miss Universe Panamá	Official Title	State	International	Placement	Notes
2022	Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales	Miss Universe Panamá	Herrera	Miss Universe 2022	Unplaced

Miss World Panamá

 

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.

Year	Miss World Panamá	Official Title	State	International	Placement	Notes
2003	Ivy Ruth Ortega Coronas	Miss World Panamá	Panama Centro	Miss World 2003	Unplaced
2007	Shey Ling Him		Cocle	Miss World 2007	Unplaced
2008	Kathia Katiuska Saldaña Ortega		Panama Centro	Withdrew	-	1st runner-up, Miss World Panama 2007 Withdrew due to visa problems
2010	Paola Vaprio Medaglia		Panama Centro	Miss World 2010	Unplaced
2019	Agustina Ruíz Arrechea		Herrera	Miss World 2019	Unplaced	Top 32 Miss World Sport Top 27 Miss World Talent
2020	Krysthelle Barreto Reichlin		Panama Centro	Miss World 2021	Unplaced
2022	Kathleen Pérez Coffre^[19]		Bocas del Toro	Miss World 2023	TBA
2023	Karol Esther Rodríguez		Panama Norte	Miss World 2024	TBA

Miss Panamá International

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•   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^[20]^[21]	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^[22]	Los Santos	Unplaced

Miss International Panamá

 

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.

Year	Miss International Panamá	Official Title	Represent	Placement	Notes
2004	Anabella Hale Ruíz	Miss International Panamá	Panama Oeste	Unplaced
2005	Lucía Graciela Matamoros		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2006	Mayte Sánchez González		Panama Centro	1st Runner-Up	Best National Costume /4th Runner-up in Señorita Panamá 2004
2007	Stephanie Araúz Shaw		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2008	Alejandra Arias Rivera		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2009	Joyce Jacobi Samudio		Chiriquí	Top 15
2010	Michelle Ostler Cosme		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2011	Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton		Panama Centro	4th Runner-up	Virreina in Miss Panamá 2011, Miss Panamá 2016
2012	Karen Elena Jordán Beitia		Chiriquí	Unplaced
2013	Betzy Madrid		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2014	Aileen Haydee Bernal Ardines		Los Santos	Top 10
2015	Jhasmeiry Cristina Herrera Evans		Colon	Unplaced
2016	Daniela Ochoa Barragán		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2017	Darelys Yahel Santos Domínguez		Panamá Norte	Top 15
2018	Shirel Joan Ortiz Aparicio		Panama Centro	Unplaced
2019	Betzaida Elizabeth Rodríguez		Los Santos	Unplaced
2022	Ivis Nicole Snyder^[23]		Los Santos	Unplaced
2023	Linette Marie Clément Marciaga		Isla del Rey	Top 15

Miss Earth Panamá

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

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 to 2020, the franchise is property of Miss Earth Panamá pageant under the direction of Diana Lemos Lee. In 2021 the franchise is acquired by Marlon Polo. From 2022 to 2023 Panameña Universal org. acquired the franchise.

Year	Miss Earth Panamá	Official Title	Represent	Placement	Notes
2001	Aliana Yaneth Khan Zambrano^[24]	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)
2021	Jillyan Aleida Chue Rodríguez		Colon	Unplaced
2022	Valerie Clairisse Solís Valderrama		Panama Centro	Unplaced	Talent Competition (Fire Group)
2023	Nicole Castillero^[25]		Coclé	-	Withdrew

See also

• Mister Panamá

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