Señorita Panamá 1997, the 15rd Señorita Panamá pageant, was held in Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

, September, 1997, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Tanisha Drummond

Tanisha Drummond

Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson, born Ciudad de Colón Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1997...

.

The pageant was broadcast live on RPC

RPC

-Organizations:* Reformed Presbyterian Church* Rail Passengers Council, a network established by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to protect and promote the interests of rail passengers throughout Great Britain...

 Panamá

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

. About 14 contestants from all over Panamá competed for the prestigious crown. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Lía Borrero

Lía Borrero

Lía Victoria Borrero González is a beauty queen from Las Tablas, the first Panamanian delegate in history to win a major beauty pageant, the title of Miss International 1998.-Early life:...

 crowned Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson

Tanisha Drummond

Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson, born Ciudad de Colón Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1997...

as the new Señorita Panamá.

Drummond compete in the 47nd edition of the Miss Universe 1998

Miss Universe 1998

Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant was held at Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on May 12, 1998. Brook Lee, Miss Universe 1997, of the USA crowned Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago as Miss Universe 1998...

 pageant, was held at the Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

, USA on May 12, 1998.

Final Result

Final Results	Contestant
Señorita Panamá-Miss Universe 1998	Tanisha Drummond Johnson Tanisha Drummond Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson, born Ciudad de Colón Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1997...
Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo 1997	Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández
Señorita Panamá-Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1998	Iris Avila Moreno

Special awards

Final Results	Designer	Topic
Best National Costume to Miss Universe	Javier Burgos	"Interpretacion de la Pollera y sus joyas"

Candidates Notes

Tanisha Drummond also compite for Panamá in the Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus 1998 won the title. This is the first title for Panamá in this pageant.

Historical significance

• Colón won Señorita Panamá for second time, the first time with Gloria Karamañites, 1980.

External links

• http://www.telemetro.com/ Señorita Panamá official website

1. http://www.misspanama.net/