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Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2009
Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2009 is the second edition of the beauty contest format that was created when the ''Señorita Panamá'' contest was renewed. It was the 43rd celebration of the ''Miss Panama'' contest and the 26th Annual contest Señorita Panamá, was held at the ''Ascanio Arosemena Auditorium'' with the final night at theTihany Spectacular, Panama, Panama on Friday, May 15, 2009. The new pageant would send the winner to Miss Universe 2009. About 10 contestants from all over the country will compete for the prestigious crown. Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 Carolina Dementiev of Panama Centro crowned Diana Broce of Los Santos as her successor at the end of the event as the new Señorita Panamá. This year there was a new change, in the same night was celebrated the final competition entitled "Señorita Panamá Mundo" was announced the winner of the ''Señorita Panamá Mundo'' title. Giselle Bissot Señorita Panamá World 2006 of Panama Centro crowned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Broce
Diana Patricia Broce Bravo (born 28 July 1986) (Las Tablas, Los Santos) is beauty pageant titleholder from Panama. She represented Panama at the 58th Miss Universe 2009 Miss Universe 2009 was the 58th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas on August 23, 2009. At the end of the event, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela crowned Stefanía Fernández of Vene .... References Miss Universe 2009 contestants 1986 births Living people Panamanian beauty pageant winners Señorita Panamá {{pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herrera Province
Herrera () is a province in Panama. Named after General Tomás Herrera, the province was founded on January 18, 1915 from a division of the Los Santos province. The capital city of Herrera is Chitré, which is located near the province's coastline. Herrera is bordered on the north by the provinces of Veraguas and Coclé, on the south by the province of Los Santos, on the east by Golfo de Parita and the province of Los Santos, and on the west by the province of Veraguas. History After gaining independence from Spain in 1821, the isthmus of Panama was divided into two provinces, Panamá and Veraguas. The province Panamá consisted of the districts of Natá, Portobelo, Panama and Darién. At the time, the location now occupied by the city of Chitré was inhabited by a small population of indigenous persons, near La Villa de Los Santos and was governed from Natá. It later came under the control of the Los Santos government. The province of Herrera was created in 1854 and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Señorita Panamá
Señorita Panamá is a national beauty pageant in Panama. As of the 2021 edition, its winners represent Panama in Miss International and Miss Supranational. 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. 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 "Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2009
Miss World 2009, the 59th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history. Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia crowned her successor Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar at the end of event. It is the first time that someone from Gibraltar won Miss World. In the past, people from mainland Britain have won. Results Placements Continental Queens of Beauty Order of Announcements Top 16 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 7 # # # # # # # Candidates * – Armina Mevlani * – Nadia Silva * – Evelyn Lucía Manchón * – Nuraisa Lispiër * – Sophie Lavers * – Anna Hammel * – Joanna Brown * – Leah Marville * – Yulia Sindzeyeva * – Zeynep Sever * – Norma Leticia Lara * – Flavia Foianini * – Andrea Šarac * – Sumaiyah Marope * – Luciana Reis * – Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veraguas Province
Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6 km² and in 2019 it had an estimated population of 247,644. History Veraguas was originally inhabited by the Veraguas culture. Veraguas was explored by Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage. He tried to establish the first colony in the new Spanish mainland but failed due to resistance from Indigenous peoples. Diego de Nicuesa also tried to establish a colony and failed, which made him create a colony to fight against the Indigenous population, which he named Nombre de Dios. Its capital, Santiago de Veraguas, was founded about 1636. It is said that its name comes from the indigenous word "Veracua" or "Viragua", though other theories abound. It is the only province in Panama with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Tablas, Los Santos
Las Tablas () is the capital of the Panamanian province of Los Santos Province, Los Santos, with a population of 9,255 as of 2010. It is located a few kilometres inland from the Gulf of Panama on the Azuero Peninsula. Las Tablas is a recognised national centre of Panamanian folk: Folk art, Art, Folk music, music, gastronomy, architecture, culture and Folklore, literature. The only President of Panama, Panamanian president to serve three terms, Belisario Porras, was from Las Tablas. It is known for a lively yearly Carnival, in which the city splits into two competing factions, "Calle Arriba" (Uptown, literally "Street Above") and "Calle Abajo" (Downtown / Street Below), both centred on two streets of the same name. Each faction will have a carnival queen, a parade, fireworks, music, a decorated plaza, food stands, presentations, concerts, surveys, games, contests, etc., all attempting to overpower the other faction's efforts. Etymology According to folklore, the town takes its na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colón, Panama
Colón () is a city and seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city. Originally it was located entirely on Manzanillo Island, surrounded by Limon Bay, Manzanillo Bay, and the Folks River; however, since the disestablishment of the Panama Canal Zone, the city's limits have been redefined to include Fort Gulick, a former U.S. Army base, as well the former Panama Canal Zone towns of Cristobal, Margarita, and Coco Solo. History The city was founded by the United States in 1850 as the Atlantic terminal of the Panama Railroad, then under construction to meet the demand during the California Gold Rush for a fast route to California. For a number of years early in its history, the sizable United States émigré community called the town Aspinwall after Panama Railroad promoter William Henry Aspinwall, while the city's Hispanic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David, Chiriquí
David (), known as David City in colonial times, is a city and corregimiento in the west of Panama. It is the capital of the province of Chiriquí and has an estimated population of 82,907 inhabitants as confirmed in 2013. It is a relatively affluent city with a firmly established, dominant middle class and a very low unemployment and poverty index. The Pan-American Highway is a popular route to David. It is named after King David from the Bible. The development of the banking sector, public construction works such as the expansion of the airport and the David-Boquete highway alongside the growth of commercial activity in the city have increased its prominence as one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. The city is the economic center of the Chiriqui province and produces more than half the gross domestic product of the province, which totals 2.1 billion. It is known for being the third-largest city in the country both in population and by GDP and for being the largest cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giosue Cozzarelli
Giosué Enith Cozzarelli Sanmartín (), born April 17, 1989, in San Félix, Chiriquí province, is a Panamanian beauty queen, model and YouTube celebrity of Italian descent. Giosué entered beauty competitions at age 18 when she joined Panama's local preliminary to the Japan-owned Miss International contest. Afterwards, she was chosen as one of the Top 10 contestants in the reality show Señorita Panamá Realmente Bella, a beauty pageant that selected local winners to represent Panama in the Miss Universe and Miss World competitions. The format of this reality show was an 8-week boot camp where all contestants had to learn different tasks such as cooking sushi, learn to walk like a geisha, or acting challenges. Each week a contestant would be voted off in special "themed" live televised gala. Rise to Stardom On April 17, 2009, during the Asian Themed gala of the Realmente Bella reality show, each contestant had to pick a question from a bowl and answer it. This week the questi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boquete District
Boquete District is a district (''distrito'') of Chiriquí Province in Panama located on the North of the Chiriqui Province, in the western side of the country. The population according to the 2010 census was 22,435. The district covers a total area of . The town is well known for its tropical highland climate, unlike the rest of the country, due to its location in the Cordillera Central. The capital lies at the city of Bajo Boquete. Administrative divisions Boquete District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': *Alto Boquete *Bajo Boquete (capital) *Caldera *Jaramillo * Los Naranjos * Palmira History According to archeological information, the nearby area of the Baru Volcano was the place of the first chiefdoms and agricultural societies on what is now the Panama–Costa Rica border, with man-made pottery carbon dated by archaeologists at the Barriles Site Barriles to 300 BC. In Caldera there are also petroglyphs that witness the presence of Ist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Señorita Panamá 1993
Señorita Panamá 1993, the 11th Señorita Panamá pageant, was held in Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama, September 1993, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was María Sofía Velásquez. The pageant was broadcast live on RPC Panamá. About 15 contestants from all over Panamá competed for the prestigious crown. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Giselle González crowned '' María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre'' as the new Señorita Panamá. Velásquez compete in the 43rd edition of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant, was held Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center, in Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994. Final result Contestants These are the competitors who have been selected this year. Election schedule *Thursday September Final night, coronation Señorita Panamá 1993 Candidates Notes María Sofía Velásquez born in Argentina Argentina (), official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Sofía Velásquez
María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre (born 1971 in Panama City Panama) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Señorita Panamá 1993. Pageantry Velásquez who is tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 1993, on September, 1993 and obtained the title of Señorita Panamá Universo. She represented Panamá Centro state. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 1994, the ''43rd Miss Universe'' pageant was held at the Philippine International Convention Center, in Manila, Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ... on May 20, 1994. References External linksSeñorita Panamá official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasquez, Maria Sofia 1971 births Living people Miss Universe 1994 contestants Panamani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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