Marisela Moreno Montero (born August 7, 1972 in
Panama City
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), is a
Panamanian
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model and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of the
Señorita Panamá Mundo 1995 title. She also represented Panama in the ''
45th Miss World'' pageant, which was held at the Entertainment Centre in
Sun City, South Africa on November 18, 1995. After being Miss Panama, she became one of the most successful television presenters in Panama. She is also the only Panamanian television presenter who has been the animator of the Viña del Mar Festival in 1998.
Marisela Moreno is co-owner of the television production company E.Motion TV, Ad & Films, creator of the "Authentic Woman" brand ("When you are Authentic you have no competition"), and the owner of the local ''Panama Canal Zone Magazine''.
She has two children and is married to Dr. Angel Vallarino, a dentist.
Miss World 1995
Representing the state of
Distrito Central
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
, Moreno won the title of
Señorita Panamá Mundo (Miss Panama World) in September, 1995.
A few months later, on November 18, 1995, in
Sun City, South Africa, she and 84 contestants competed for the title of
Miss World 1995.
Life after Miss World
Since finishing her reign as
Señorita Panamá Mundo, Moreno has appeared on calendars, in commercials, and as host in different events and TV programs. She founded a company named E-motion and in 2010 was named director of
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 receiv ...
, acquiring the rights to the contest formerly called Miss Panama and now again called the Official Panamanian Pageant, responsible for choosing Panama's representatives to
Miss Universe
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, Miss Continente Americano, and
Miss World
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.
References
External links
Señorita Panamá official website
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1973 births
Living people
Señorita Panamá
Panamanian beauty pageant winners
Miss World 1995 delegates