Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 was the new beauty contest format created when the Señorita Panamá contest was renewed. It was the 42nd celebration of the Miss Panama contest and the 25th Annual contest Señorita Panamá, was held at the Estudio "B" Canal 13 Telemetro, Panama, Panama on Monday, May 26, 2008. The pageant was made to send the winner to Miss Universe 2008.[1]
For this year, the pageant was made into a reality show and it was made to be like America's Next Top Model and each week a candidate would leave until only 4 remained.[2]
Señorita Panamá 2005 María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula of Panama Centro crowned Carolina Dementiev of Panama Centro as her successor at the end of the event as the new Señorita Panamá.[3] The First Runner up to Miss Continente Americano 2008. Corporacion MEDCOM S.A., organizers of Senorita Panama, did not have the rights to send a contestant to Miss World in 2008. That year the license was property of agency Panama Talents.
| Placement | Contestant | |
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| Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 | ||
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| Award | Contestant | |
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| Representer at Miss World | Kathia Saldaña (Veraguas) | |
| Miss Congeniality | Aurora Cornejo (Colón) | |
| Miss Photogenic | Geraldine Higuera (Panamá Oeste) |
| Province | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | |
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| Bocas del Toro | Anaís Solís | 22 | 1.70 | Ciudad de Panamá | |
| Chiriquí | Ginelle Saldaña | 21 | 1.77 | Ciudad de David | |
| Colón | Aurora Cornejo | 22 | 1.67 | Colón | |
| Panamá Centro | Carolina Dementiev | 19 | 1.73 | Ciudad de Panamá | |
| Panamá Oeste | Geraldine Higuera | 19 | 1.68 | Arraiján | |
| Los Santos | Estefanía Varela Ruiz | 20 | 1.75 | Ciudad de Panamá | |
| Herrera | Karina Pinilla | 23 | 1.75 | Ciudad de Panamá | |
| Coclé | Nallalit González | 22 | 1.70 | Ancón | |
| Panamá Este | Mónica Franco | 24 | 1.80 | Chepo | |
| Veraguas | Kathia Saldaña | 20 | 1.72 | Santiago de Veraguas |