Miss Panamá 2012 was the 46th Annual Miss Panamá pageant, held at the Riu Plaza Panamá Hotel in

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, on March 30, 2012. It was broadcast live on Telemetro. About 12 contestants from all over Panamá competed for the prestigious crown.

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of Herrera and

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crowned

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of Panamá Centro and

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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

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pageant held on December 19, 2012 at the

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at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in

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, United States. The contest also selected the Winner of the title Miss International Panamá, giving her the right to represent the country in

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, which was to take place on October 21, 2012 in

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, Japan and the Winner of the title Miss Earth Panamá, giving her the right to represent the country in

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, which was scheduled to be held in

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in November 24, 2012.

Result

Placements

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.

Special awards

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

. * Bocas del Toro - "Diosa da Bahide" ''(Will compete in Miss Universe 2012)'' * Chiriquí Occidente - "El Altar de Oro" * Chiriquí - "Panamá la Vieja" * Panamá Oeste - "El Chaman" * Panamá Este - "El espitíru del Darién" * Colón - "Las Joyas de la Pollera "El Joyero" * Coclé - "Un Tesoro por Descubrir" * Darién - "Atelopus Zeteki" * Herrera - "Panamá Precolombina" * Panamá Centro - "La Guacamaya" *

- "Awena Protectora de Los Mares" * Los Santos - "Las Voces de Cubita"

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

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*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

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with

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. *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

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. *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.

Candidates notes

*Maricely González Pomares was Miss Tourism International Panamá 2010 and participate in the Miss Tourism International 2010 in

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. She was Semi-finalists (top 20). *Yinela Yohan Yero was the Carnival Panamá City queen in 2011. *Natalia Tamayo Dominici participate in Elite Model Look Panamá, Chico & Chica Modelo (modeling search), Reign Costa Maya International, Miss World Business in

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and the International Queen of Carnival in

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. *Nabil González was ''Miss Atlantic Panamá 2009'' and participate in the Miss Atlántico Internacional 2009 in

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, Uruguay. *Elissa Estrada participate in the 2007 Miss Teen América Panamá where she was 1st runner and the Ford Super Model of the World in

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, Brazil where she won. *Karen Jordan participate in the national pageant ''Miss Mundo Panamá 2010'', the International Queen of Coffee in

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, Colombia, the Chica Avon 2010, Miss Model of the World Panamá 2011 and Miss Asia Pacific 2011 in

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. *Astrid Caballero participate in the Miss Teen América Panamá 2009 (second runner up), and later in the Miss Mundo Panamá 2010. *Carolina Angulo in 2010 participate in Miss Tourism Queen Panamá 2010 and Chica Avon 2010. *Claudia De León 2010 Ellas Fotogenica and Chica Avon 2010. *Melibeth Escurra participate in the national pageant ''Miss Atlantic Panamá 2011''. *Heidy Choy was Reina China Panamá and won the World Miss University Panamá. *Daniela Moreno was Miss Hawaiian Tropic Panamá and participate in Miss Hawaiian Tropic Internacional in Oahu

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(top 10). *Milagros Abrego participate in the Miss Mesoamérica Internacional 2011 in

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International participation

*Maricely González Pomares was quarter-finalist (Top 30) at

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and place Top 5 in ''Miss World Talent''. *Astrid Caballero was appointed as Miss Intercontinental Panama, so giving her the right to represent Panama in Miss Intercontinental 2012 in

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, 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

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, Poland on September 14, 2012.

References

External links

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