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María Alessandra Mezquita
María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula (born November 1, 1983) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Panama in the 55th Miss Universe 2006 pageant, which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, United States on July 23, 2006. Mezquita, who is tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2005, on September 24, 2005 and obtained the title of Señorita Panamá Universo. She represented Panamá Centro state. Mezquita, who graduated with a degree in Mass Media Studies from Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ..., which included a minor in Sports Management in May 2005, went on to work as a Sports Reporter for RPC Panamá where she covered events such as CONCACAF Gol ...
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Panama City
Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the Panamá Province, province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce. The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire of Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios, Colón, Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, Colón, Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas. On 28 January 1671, Panamá Viejo, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. ...
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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. 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 "Miss Panama" ...
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Models From Panama City
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided into physical models (e.g. a ship model or a fashion model) and abstract models (e.g. a set of mathematical equations describing the workings of the atmosphere for the purpose of weather forecasting). Abstract or conceptual models are central to philosophy of science. In scholarly research and applied science, a model should not be confused with a theory: while a model seeks only to represent reality with the purpose of better understanding or predicting the world, a theory is more ambitious in that it claims to be an explanation of reality. Types of model ''Model'' in specific contexts As a noun, ''model'' has specific meanings in certain fields, derived from its original meaning of "structural design or layout": * Model (art), a person ...
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Living People
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1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ...
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Lucía Matamoros
''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white drama film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Solás, Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival in 1969. The film is a period piece, told in three stories in different moments of Cuban history (the Cuban war of independence, the 1930s during the regime of Gerardo Machado and the 1960s), all as seen through the eyes of a different woman, each named Lucía. ''Lucia'' was digitally restored by the Cineteca di Bologna with funding from World Cinema Project and Turner Classic Movies and later screened at the Cannes Classics section of the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. The restored version also screened at the 55th New York Film Festival in the revivals section. Plot 1895 The wealthy Lucía Fidelina lives with her mother in Havana. One day, she is passed by Rafael at church and the two gradually begin a relat ...
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Sorangel Matos
Sorangel Matos Arce (born January 2, 1986) is a Panamenian beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Panama to the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, held in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007;. Pageant participation In 2006, Matos represented Panama at the Miss Tourism Queen International Pageant in Shanghai, China. Matos then competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2006, representing the Darién Province. On March 19, 2007, she was designated the Miss Panama 2007, becoming the first woman from Darién to win the title. In 2007, Matos attended Reina Del Carnaval De Panama. In 2007, Matos represented Panama at the Miss Continentes Unidos Pageant in Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ..., Ecuador. Personal life Matos speaks ...
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Giselle Bissot
Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter (born 18 December 1982) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was the winner of the Señorita Panamá 2006 title on 15 July 2006 for the Miss World 2006 contest. Participation in contests In 1998, she took part in Chica & Chico Modelo. In 2003, she was the first finalist in Señorita Panamá. In 2005, she went to Miss Asia Pacificic International in China and also took part in the Miss Mesoamérica, which was held in Houston, where she occupied fourth place. Miss Panamá 2006 At the end of the Señorita Panamá 2006 she also received awards including Best Hair, Miss Camel Toe and Miss Bikini Shop. Bissot is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall, and competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2006. She represented the province of Panamá Centro. Miss World 2006 She represented Panama in the 56th edition of the Miss World 2006 pageant, which was held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw Warsaw, officiall ...
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Bandera De Ciudad De Panamá
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to: Places * Bandera County, Texas, U.S. ** Bandera, Texas, its county seat *** Bandera High School ** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass ** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass * Bandera Mountain, Washington, U.S. * Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a municipality and village * Bandera State Airport in King County, Washington, U.S. People * Alcides Bandera (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer * Andriy Bandera (1882–1941), chaplain and politician * Manuel Bandera (born 1960), Spanish actor * Quintín Bandera (–1906), military leader * Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), Ukrainian far-right militant and political leader * Vaitiare Bandera (born 1964), American actress Other uses * ''Bandera'' (moth), a genus of moth * Bandera News Philippines, Philippine media company * ''Inquirer Bandera'', a tabloid newspaper based in the Philippines * ''Bandera'', a military unit of the Spanish Legion of the Spanish ...
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Rosa María Hernández
Rosa María Hernández Cedeño (born 29 July 1983) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Los Santos Province, Los Santos, Panama, she was the official representative of Panama in the 54th Miss Universe 2005 pageant, held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, on 31 May 2005. Hernández, who is tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2004, on 11 September 2004, and obtained the title of Señorita Panamá Universo. She represented Los Santos Province.http://www.dealante.com/nodo.php?nodoid=8670 References External linksSeñorita Panamáofficial websiteMiss Panama
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Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over million inhabitants. Before the arrival of Spanish Empire, Spanish colonists in the 16th century, Panama was inhabited by a number of different Indigenous peoples of Panama, indigenous tribes. It Independence Act of Panama, broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Viceroyalty of New Granada, Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Ca ...
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Bandera De La Provincia De Los Santos
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to: Places * Bandera County, Texas, U.S. ** Bandera, Texas, its county seat *** Bandera High School ** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass ** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass * Bandera Mountain, Washington, U.S. * Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a municipality and village * Bandera State Airport in King County, Washington, U.S. People * Alcides Bandera (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer * Andriy Bandera (1882–1941), chaplain and politician * Manuel Bandera (born 1960), Spanish actor * Quintín Bandera (–1906), military leader * Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), Ukrainian far-right militant and political leader * Vaitiare Bandera (born 1964), American actress Other uses * ''Bandera'' (moth), a genus of moth * Bandera News Philippines, Philippine media company * ''Inquirer Bandera'', a tabloid newspaper based in the Philippines * ''Bandera'', a military unit of the Spanish Legion of the Spanish ...
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