Señorita Panamá 2003 was the 21st

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beauty pageant and 38th celebration of the Miss Panama contest. It held in the

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, on November 26, 2003. After weeks of events, the winner was

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. The pageant was broadcast live on RPC-TV. Eleven contestants competed for the title. At the end of the final night of competition, the outgoing titleholder Señorita Panamá 2002

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crowned

of Panamá Centro as the new Señorita Panamá. In the same night was celebrated the election of the "Señorita Panamá World", was announced the winner of the Señorita Panamá Mundo title. Señorita Panamá World 2002 Yoselín Sánchez Espino crowned Melissa Del Carmen Piedrahita of Panamá Centro as the new Señorita Panamá World. Rodríguez competed in the 53rd edition of the

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pageant, held at the Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO in

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, Ecuador, on June 1, 2004. She won the award for best national costume. In other hands Piedrahita competed in

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, the 54th edition of the

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pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the

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, China.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Judges

*Luis ''Lucho'' Ortega *Fanny De Cardoze *María Sofía Velázquez - Señorita Panamá 1993 *Kathia Vargas *Rosario Rivera

Contestants

The list of competitors was:

Election schedule

*August 5 presentation to the press in the Hotel Continental *Wednesday November 25 election Best National Costume *Thursday November 26 Final night, coronation Señorita Panamá 2003

Candidates notes

*Ana Karina Abrego won ''Miss Hawaiian Tropic Panamá 2006''. She competed in the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Theater

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, on April 17, 2006. *Gabriela Moreno Gonzalez is a recognized TV host. *Anabella Hale Ruiz won ''Miss International Panamá 2004'' and participated in Miss International 2004 in

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, on October 16, 2004. She was Unplaced. *Giselle Bissot Kieswetter won the Señorita Panamá 2006 and participated in the

Miss World 2006 Miss World 2006 was the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sala Kongresowa, a theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, on 30 September 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the ...

in the

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, on September 30, 2006. She was in the top 25 semi-finalists of beach beauty. *Lilianne Thompson Franceschi represented

in the Miss Intercontinental 2005 pageant and place in the Top 12 winning also the Miss Photogenic award. *Melissa Del Carmen Piedrahita represented Panama in the Miss Continente Americano 2006 where she was (Top 6) and the Reinado Internacional del Café 2004 being the 3rd Runner-up. *Fariba Hawkins was supposed competed in the

Miss International 2001 Miss International 2001, the 41st Miss International pageant, was held on October 4, 2001 at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo, Japan. At the end of the event, Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela crowned her successor Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland. Res ...

but withdrew.

References

External links

Señorita Panamá official websiteMissPanama.netPanama Crowns
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