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Miss Panamá 2012
Miss Panamá 2012 was the 46th Annual Miss Panamá pageant, held at the Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel in Ciudad de Panamá, Panama, on March 30, 2012. It was broadcast live on Telemetro. About 12 contestants from all over Panamá competed for the prestigious crown. Miss Panamá 2011, Sheldry Sáez of Herrera and Irene Núñez of Veraguas crowned Stephanie Vander Werf of Panamá Centro and Maricely González of Bocas del Toro 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. The contest also selected the Winner of the title Miss International Panamá, giving her the right to represent the country in Miss International 2012, which was to take place on October 21, 2012 in Okinawa, Japan and the Winner of the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie De Roux
Stefanie de Roux Martin (born 5 August 1982) is a Panamanian model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of the 2002 Señorita Panamá pageant, and she competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, Panama, where she was a semifinalist (Top 15). Early life De Roux's life in show business started at the age of 15 when she entered a charity fashion show to help cancer research. Soon after, she was approached by an agency and began modeling. She graduated in Corporate Communications at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Stefanie is the current director of a model school. Señorita Panamá 2002 De Roux is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and competed in and won the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2002. She represented the state of Panamá Centro. Miss Universe 2003 She represented Panama in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist (Top 15) Miss Earth 2006 She also wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 2012
Miss Universe 2012 was the 61st Miss Universe pageant, held at the PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 19, 2012. The contest was won by Olivia Culpo of the United States, who was crowned by Leila Lopes of Angola. It was the United States' first win in fifteen years, and its eighth win at the pageant. There were contestants from eighty-nine countries and territories, three more than the previous year. It was hosted by Andy Cohen and Giuliana Rancic, with Jeannie Mai as backstage correspondent. American rock band Train and Australian musician Tim Omaji performed in this year's pageant. Background Location and date In March 2012, the Miss Universe Organization announced that the pageant was postponed to mid-December as broadcaster, NBC, was unable to broadcast the pageant at the same time as the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 United States presidential election. In April 2012, it was announced that Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí () is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km2, with a population of 471,071 as of the year 2023. The province of Chiriquí is bordered to the north by the province of Bocas del Toro, to the west by Costa Rica, to the east by the province of Veraguas, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean, specifically the Gulf of Chiriquí. History Until the arrival of the Spanish ''conquistadores'', Chiriquí was populated by a number of indigenous tribes, known collectively as the Guaymí people. The first European to visit and describe Chiriquí was Gaspar de Espinosa, in 1519. The province was officially established on 26 May 1849, when Panama was still part of Colombia. Several years later, President Abraham Lincoln of the United States proposed Chiriquí as a favored location for Linconia, a colony for free bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Jordán
Karen Elena Jordán Beitia, (born 28 January 1989) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss International Panamá 2012 title on March 30, 2012 for Miss International 2012 contest. Beauty pageant participations She participated in the Panamanian beauty pageant Miss Mundo Panamá 2010, where she managed to stand as one of the finalists. She was also a participant of the Chica AVON COXMETICS 2010 beauty pageant. She also represented Panama in the regional beauty pageant Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 in Manizales, Colombia. In 2011, she won the ''Miss Asia Pacific Panamá'' title. The contest took place in South Korea. She won the talent competition. Miss Panamá 2012 At the end of the Miss Panamá 2012 she also received awards including Miss Best Body Power Club. Jordán is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall, and competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Panamá 2012. She represented the province of Chiriquí. Miss International She represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Ibáñez
Ana Lorena Ibáñez Carles (born September 12, 1986) is a Panamanian model, beauty pageant titleholder, and winner of the Miss Earth Panamá 2012 title on March 30, 2012, for Miss Earth 2012 contest. Early life Born in Penonomé, Ibáñez Carles is a model who began her career with participation in Chico y Chica Modelo. She is also the sister of the first runner-up Señorita Panamá 2004 pageant Ana Isabel Ibáñez Carles. She attained a Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing degree from the Universidada Latina de Panama. Miss Panamá 2012 Ibáñez competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Panamá 2012. Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 She represented Panama in the Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 beauty pageant held in Bolivia on October 25, 2012. She placed in the top 7 and won the Best National Costume Award. Miss Earth She represented Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Earth 2012
Miss Earth 2012 was the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines, on November 24, 2012. Olga Álava of Ecuador crowned Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic as her successor at the end of the event. Results Placements Special awards Challenge Events M.E. Trivia Challenge The Trivia Challenge was held on 4 November 2012. Walk with M.E. The "Walk with Miss Earth Campaign" was held on the 4, 6, 7 and 8 November 2012. Liter of Light Project Campaign The "Liter of Light Project Campaign" was held on 6, 8 and 10 November 2012 in San Juan. The project promotes the use of plastic bottles with water as an alternative bulb. The following candidates were hailed as "The Fastest Learners" in making the project. Environmental Seminar The Environmental Seminar was held on 7 November 2012 at the Bulwagang Ninoy, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife in Diliman, Quezon City. The following candidates were chosen w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west and 400 kilometers north to south. Despite a modest land area of 2,281 km² (880 sq mi), Okinawa’s territorial extent over surrounding seas makes its total area nearly half the combined size of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Of its 160 Island, islands, 49 are inhabited. The largest and most populous island is Okinawa Island, which hosts the capital city, Naha, as well as major urban centers such as Okinawa (city), Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe, Okinawa, Urasoe. The prefecture has a subtropical climate, characterized by warm temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year. People from the Ryukyu Islands, Nansei Islands, including Okinawa Island, Okinawa, the Sakishima Islands, and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture, are often collectively referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the end of the event. Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced. She was ordered by The International Culture Association (Miss International organizer) to skip the succession ceremony and “play sick and shut up” out of fear of scandal. Background On June 8, 2012, it was announced during a Facebook conferenced by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2012 pageant will be held in Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha, Okinawa, Japan on October 21, 2012. Results Placements Contestants Notes Debuts * * * * * Returns Last competed in 1961: * (as Burma) Last competed in 2005: * Last competed in 2008: * Last competed in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
