Señorita Panamá 1998, the 16rd 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...

, on Saturday, September 5, 1998, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Yamani Saied

Yamani Saied

Yamani Esther Saied Calviño, born Ciudad de Panamá Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1998...

.

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 will compete for the prestigious crown. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder 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...

 crowned Yamani Esther Saied Calviño

Yamani Saied

Yamani Esther Saied Calviño, born Ciudad de Panamá Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1998...

as the new Señorita Panamá.

Saied compete in the 48nd edition of the Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...

 pageant, was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas

Chaguaramas

Chaguaramas lies in the North West Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port of Spain; the name is often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to the most developed area...

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 on May 26, 1999.

Final Result

Final Results	Contestant
Señorita Panamá-Miss Universe 1999	Yamani Saied Calviño Yamani Saied Yamani Esther Saied Calviño, born Ciudad de Panamá Panamá, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1998...
Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo 1998	Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miró
Señorita Panamá-Miss Asia Pacific 1999	Abimelec Rodríguez

Special awards

Final Results	Designer	Topic
Best National Costume to Miss Universe	Charles Branan Jaén	"Diablo Sucio"

Candidates Notes

Yamani Saied considered one of the most delicate and beautiful Señorita Panama.

Historical significance

• Distrito Central won Señorita Panamá so far is the state with more titles.

External links

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

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