Miss World Panamá 2019 Explained

Presenters:Carolina Brid
Winner:Agustina Ruíz
Acts:Imer el Mago & Edward Jose
Represented:Herrera
Venue:The Golden Tower Las Americas Hotel, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
Date:September 19, 2019[1]
Entrants:14
Placements:6
Withdrawals:Coclé, Colón, Cristóbal
Broadcaster:Instagram
Before:2017
Next:2020

Miss World Panamá 2019 was the 7th Miss World Panamá pageant, held to select Panama's representative to the Miss World pageant. This was the first edition of the renewed Miss World Panama Pageant, after the Miss World organization awarded the license to event producer Edwin Dominguez who had been named the new director of the pageant in 2016.[2]

Seventeen preliminary contestants were selected from all over Panama and competed for the crown. Señorita Panamá World 2018 Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales of Herrera crowned Agustina Ruíz of Herrera as her successor at the end of the event.[3]

Agustina Ruíz Miss World Panamá 2019 was to compete in Miss World 2019 on December 14, 2019, at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom.[4]

History

Señorita Panamá was created by RPC Channel 4 as an alternative to send its winners to the Miss World contest in London. In 2003 Corporación MEDCOM could not produce a pageant in time to select a representative to Miss World and Promociones Gloria in Bolivia helped selecting a contestant by casting; in 2007 the agency Panama Talents organized a small contest called Miss World Panamá for 2007, in 2010 Olais Padilla organized a local competition called Miss Mundo Panamá 2010, from 2011 to 2015 the Miss World license was awarded to Marisela Moreno (Miss Panama Organization) with two independent edition (2013 and 2014). In 2016 Miss World awarded the license to event producer Edwin Dominguez, who had an agreement with Señorita Panamá for three years (2016-2018) with two independent edition (2016 and 2017).[5]

Official Contestants

These are the competitors who have been selected this year.[6]

Represent Contestant Age Height Hometown
Balboa Yasuani Ward 19TBACiudad de Panamá
Bocas del Toro Dorita Ovalle 19TBACiudad de Panamá
Chiriquí Celly Amaris TBATBADavid
Darién Jocabed Suira 23TBACiudad de Panamá
Herrera Agustina Ruíz [7] 25TBAChitré
Los Santos Estefany Hernández 22TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá CentroKrysthelle Barreto Reichlin 24Ciudad de Panamá
Panamá Este Isabella Bethancourth 19TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá Norte Alondra Contreras 18TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá Oeste Luisa López 23TBA La Chorrera
Panamá PacificoKatherina Rios 22TBACiudad de Panamá
PortobeloBélgica Pelicot 21TBAColón
Taboga Beatriz Victoria Stein Peña 24Ciudad de Panamá
Veraguas Victoria López 26TBASantiago de Veraguas

Candidate notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Org. Miss Mundo Panamá busca a la representante del 2019. May 16, 2019. Critica.
  2. Web site: Org. 'Miss' 'World' Panamá se prepara para buscar la representante del 2019. February 5, 2019. Critica.
  3. Web site: ¡Miss World Panamá, en recta final!. July 31, 2019. Critica.
  4. Web site: En busca de la Miss World Panamá 2019 - Revista Ellas | Panamá. www.ellas.pa. 24 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Miss Mundo en busca de la sucesora de Solaris. May 15, 2019. KienyKe.
  6. Web site: En septiembre se escogerá a la Miss World Panamá, la ganadora irá a Londres. July 5, 2019. Critica.
  7. Web site: Agustina Ruíz se convierte en la nueva Miss World Panamá 2019.