Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008
Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 | |
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Carolina Dementiev Señorita Panamá /Miss Universe 2008 | |
Date | May 26, 2008 |
Presenters | Andrea Pérez & Marianella Salazar |
Venue | Studio "B" de Canal 13 Telemetro, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama |
Broadcaster | Telemetro |
Entrants | 10 |
Placements | 4 |
Winner | Carolina Dementiev Justavino Panamá Centro |
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.
Results[]
Final Results | 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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Special awards[]
Award | Contestant |
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Representer at Miss World | Kathia Saldaña (Veraguas) |
Miss Congeniality | Aurora Cornejo (Colón) |
Miss Photogenic | Geraldine Higuera (Panamá Oeste) |
Candidates[]
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 |
Other notes[]
- Karina Pinilla participated in Miss Supranational 2010 and won the crown in Płock, Poland.
- Geraldine Higuera was elected Miss Earth Panama 2009 and represented Panama in Miss Earth 2009.
- Kathia Saldaña 4th finalist of Realmente Bella 2008, was elected Miss World Panama 2008, but did not compete in Miss World 2008 due to visa problems.
- Ginelle Saldaña participated in the Reinado Internacional del Café 2008, being the 3rd finalist.
References[]
External links[]
- Señorita Panamá
- 2008 beauty pageants
- 2008 in Panama