Señorita Panamá
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Panama City |
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Membership
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Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Earth |
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Official language
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Spanish |
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President
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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 |
Señorita Panamá 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.
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, Miss World and Miss Earth.
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.
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