Miss Continente Americano 2006
Encyclopedia
Miss Continente Americano 2006, the very first Miss Continente Americano
pageant, was held in Guayaquil
, Ecuador
on August 28, 2006. Mía Taveras
from the Dominican Republic
was crowned as the very first Miss Continente Americano for the first lady
of Ecuador
María Beatríz Paret de Palacio
.
Miss Continente Americano
Miss Continente Americano, also known in English as Miss American Continent, is an international beauty contest held annually, held for the first time in 2006...
pageant, was held in Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
on August 28, 2006. Mía Taveras
Mía Taveras
Mía Lourdes Taveras López was Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2006. She competed in the Miss Universe 2006 beauty pageant in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006....
from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
was crowned as the very first Miss Continente Americano for the first lady
First Lady
First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
of Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
María Beatríz Paret de Palacio
Alfredo Palacio
Luis Alfredo Palacio González served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a...
.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Continente Americano |
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| 1st Runner-up |
Fatimih Davila Fatimih Dávila Sosa is the winner of Miss Universo Uruguay 2006, where she represented Punta del Este... |
| 2nd Runner-up |
Dayana Colmenares Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri is a model and Miss Venezuela International 2007... |
| Top 6 |
Catalina López Catalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Ecuador 2006... |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Photogenic |
|
| Miss Congeniality |
 El Salvador - Rebecca Iraheta |
| Most Beautiful Face |
 Ecuador - Catalina LópezCatalina López Catalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Ecuador 2006... |
Contestants
| Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) |
Height (ft) |
Hometown |
 Argentina |
Soraya Antonella Bohl | 19 | 178 | 5'10" | Entre Ríos Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east.... |
 Aruba |
Thisia Franken | 18 | 175 | 5'8" | Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country... |
 Bolivia |
Yolanda Sandoval Arias | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country... |
 Brazil |
Juliana Pina Mendoça | 20 | 180 | 5'11" | Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first... |
 Canada |
Angela Triantafyllakis | 26 | 174 | 5'8" | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
 Chile |
Estefanía Melús | 20 | 180 | 5'11" | Arica Arica Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther... |
 Colombia |
Liliana del Carmen Morales Barrios | 25 | 170 | 5'7" | Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department... |
 Costa Rica |
Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira | 22 | 180 | 5'11" | Ciudad Colón Ciudad Colón Ciudad Colon is a small town situated west of Santa Ana, Costa Rica. Ciudad Colon is the head city of Mora Canton, San José Province. It is famous for its warm climate, proximity to nature and its surrounding mountains, folkloric traditions, horse riding, and multiculturalism. Located some... |
| Mía Lourdes Taveras López | 20 | 181 | 5'11" | Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley... |
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| Ecuador |
Catalina "Katty" López Catalina López Catalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Ecuador 2006... |
23 | 175 | 5'8" | Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... |
| El Salvador |
Rebecca Iraheta | 19 | 175 | 5'8" | San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... |
 Guatemala |
Mirna Lissy Salguero Moscoso | 20 | 166 | 5'5" | Los Amates Los Amates Los Amates is a municipality in the Izabal department of Guatemala. Their population is about 56,000. Their mayor is currently Marco Tulio Ramirez Estrada.Los Amates is located on the Motagua River, from the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Quiriguá.... |
 Honduras |
Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz | 23 | 182 | 5'11" | La Ceiba La Ceiba La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras... |
 Mexico |
Diana Karimen Jiménez Pérez | 22 | 176 | 5'9" | Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas.... |
 Nicaragua |
María Cristiana Frixione Mendoza Cristiana Frixione Cristiana Frixione is a Nicaraguan beauty queen. Frixione was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2006, which was held in the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua. She also represented Nicaragua at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, Frixione was also crowned World Miss University in 2006.-Personal... |
22 | 172 | 5'7" | Managua Managua Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in... |
 Panama |
Melissa del Carmen Piedrahita Meléndez | 23 | 174 | 5'8" | Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the... |
 Paraguay |
Alicia Flores Batistei | 24 | 170 | 5'7" | Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... |
 Peru |
Valerie Caroline Neff Murillo | 23 | 181 | 5'11" | Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... |
 Puerto Rico |
Ivelisse Fermín Ortiz | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Corozal Corozal Corozal may mean:* Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, Panama City, Panama* Corozal District, Belize* Corozal Town, Belize, capital of the district* Corozal, Puerto Rico* Corozal, Sucre, a city of Colombia... |
 Uruguay |
Fatimih Dávila Sosa Fatimih Davila Fatimih Dávila Sosa is the winner of Miss Universo Uruguay 2006, where she represented Punta del Este... |
18 | 175 | 5'8" | Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... |
 Venezuela |
Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri Dayana Colmenares Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri is a model and Miss Venezuela International 2007... |
21 | 176 | 5'9" | Maracay Maracay Maracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the Girardot Municipality. The population as per the 2001 census was 750,000... |
Crossovers
- Contestants who also competed in Miss World 2005Miss World 2005Miss World 2005, the 55th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2005. Nine former Miss World titleholders and chairwoman of Miss World Organization Julia Morley judged the pageant. Miss World 2004 María Julia Mantilla of Peru...
:- Panama - Melissa Piedrahita
- Contestants who also competed in Miss Universe 2006Miss Universe 2006Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....
:- Costa Rica - Fabriella Quesada
- Ecuador - Catalina LópezCatalina LópezCatalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Ecuador 2006...
Dominican Republic -Mía Taveras- El Salvador - Rebecca Iraheta
- Nicaragua - Cristiana FrixioneCristiana FrixioneCristiana Frixione is a Nicaraguan beauty queen. Frixione was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2006, which was held in the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua. She also represented Nicaragua at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, Frixione was also crowned World Miss University in 2006.-Personal...
- Uruguay - Fatimih DávilaFatimih DavilaFatimih Dávila Sosa is the winner of Miss Universo Uruguay 2006, where she represented Punta del Este...
- Contestants who also competed in Miss International 2006Miss International 2006Miss International 2006, the 46th Miss International pageant were held both in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China. The contestants arrived in Tokyo, Japan on October 12 and the finals was held on November 11, 2006 at Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China. 53 contestants from all over the world...
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- Contestants who also competed in Miss Earth 2006Miss Earth 2006Miss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile....
:- Peru - Caroline Neff
- Contestants who also competed in Miss Atlantico Internacional 2007Miss Atlántico InternacionalThe Miss Atlántico Internacional beauty pageant began in Uruguay in 1987, but probably was not international until 1995. It is always held in Punta del Este, Uruguay...
:- Argentina - Soraya Bohl (Winner)
- Contestants who also competed in Miss International 2008Miss International 2008Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last...
:- Venezuela - Dayana ColmenaresDayana ColmenaresDayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri is a model and Miss Venezuela International 2007...
(Top 12)
- Contestants who also competed in Miss World 2008Miss World 2008Miss World 2008, the 58th Miss World pageant was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kiev, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia in neighboring South Ossetia, the...
:- Uruguay - Fatimih DávilaFatimih DavilaFatimih Dávila Sosa is the winner of Miss Universo Uruguay 2006, where she represented Punta del Este...