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Miss Panamá 2012

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Date
  
March 30, 2012

Entrants
  
12

Broadcaster
  
Telemetro

Presenters
  
Ana Lucia Herrera, Stefanie de Roux & Jorge Herrera

Entertainment
  
Margarita Henriquez, Aldo Ranks & Sergio Vargas

Venue
  
Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama

Miss Panamá 2012 the 45th Annual Miss Panamá pageant was held at the Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama, on Friday 30, March 2012.

Contents

This is the second edition of the pageant under the management of Marisela Moreno former Miss World Panama, the OMP (Miss Panama Organization) and broadcast live on Telemetro. About 12 contestants from all over Panamá will compete for the prestigious crown. Miss Panamá 2011, Sheldry Sáez and Irene Núñez crowned Stephanie Vander Werf and Maricely González at the end of the event as the new Miss Panamá Universe and Miss Panamá World respectively.

Stephanie Miss Panamá Universe represented Panama in the 61st Miss Universe 2012 pageant held on December 19, 2012 at the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Maricely Miss Panamá World also represented the country in Miss World 2012 which was held in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.

The contest also selected the Winner of the title Miss International Panamá, giving her the right to represent the country in Miss International 2012 was take place on October 21, 2012 in Okinawa, Japan and the Winner of the title Miss Earth Panamá, giving her the right to represent the country in Miss Earth 2012 was scheduled to be held in Philippines in November 24, 2012.

Presentation Show

This Preliminary Competition also called The Runway and the Council of the Misses was celebrated on 6 February 2012, is the night when the twelve finalists were selected from Miss Panama 2012. A jury panel, together with the advice of the misses, eleven of the selected finalists based on the outputs of the girls during the event in the Swimsuit and cocktail dress categories. The candidate number 12, will be selected through the votes of those attending the Gala by one count, once the show.

National Costume Competition

On 5 March 2012, was celebrated the National Costume contestant called Descubre Tu Interior. In this competition the contestants are not evaluated, only the costumes. It is a competition showing the country's wealth embodied in the colorful and fascinating costumes made by Panamanian designers combining the past and present of Panama. The winner costume represent Panamá in Miss Universe 2012.

Preliminary Interview

Held on Thursday March 29 to Miss Panama candidates were qualified in swimsuit and personal interview.

Judges

  • Gustavo Alvarez: General Manager, Peugeot Panama.
  • Anabel Quintero: Ecuadorean, a Fashion Designer
  • Reina Royo Rivera: Miss Panama for Miss Universe 1995.
  • Carlos Mastellari, Director of the Pompa Group
  • Oscar Borda Colombia. General Manager, Claro Panama
  • Tania Hyman: Cheerleader, actress and owner of Tania Models.
  • Marcel Andrew Chang: Director of Sales, RIU Plaza Panama
  • Alejandro Rada Cassab: Colombian. Medical Doctor, Rada Cassab founder of Aesthetic Medicine
  • Ximena Navarrete Rosete: Mexican Miss Universe 2010
  • Katty Pulido: Venezuelan. Katty Pulido Director of International Academy recognized modeling
  • Gabriel Ramos: Venezuelan. Entrepreneur with experience in beauty pageants.

    • Official Contestants

    These are the competitors who have been selected this year.

    Historical significance

  • Panamá Centro won Miss Panamá, last time in 2008 with Carolina Dementiev.
  • Panamá Centro, Veraguas, Bocas del Toro & Herrera placed again in the final round for consecutive year.
  • Chiriquí returned to make the cut to the finals after two years 2010.
  • Coclé won Miss Earth Panamá title for first time.
  • Chiriquí won Miss International Panamá title for second time, last time in 2009.

    • Preliminary Contestants

    Contestants who were part of the top 20, eliminated in the preliminary meeting on February 6, 2012 are in color.

    Election Schedule

  • Monday February 6 presentation Show.
  • Monday March 5 competition National Costume.
  • Friday March 30 Final night, coronation Miss Panamá 2012.

    • International participation

  • Maricely González Pomares was quarter-finalist (Top 30) at Miss World 2012 and place Top 5 in Miss World Talent.
  • Astrid Caballero Santos was appointed as Miss Intercontinental Panama, so giving her the right to represent Panama in Miss Intercontinental 2012 in Aachen, Germany.

    • Relationship with other contests

  • Elissa Estrada was elected as Miss Supranational Panama by the Miss Supranational Panama Organization, she placed in the top 10 finalist and was elected as Miss Supranational Americas, contest held in Warsaw, Poland on September 14, 2012.

    • References

    Miss Panamá 2012 Wikipedia
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