Señorita Panamá 2002 was the 20th Anniversary of the Señorita Panamá pageant, which started in 1982. The event was held at the Vasco Núñez Convention Center of the Hotel Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá, on Friday 6, September 2002.

The pageant was broadcast on RPC Channel 4 on September 16th. 14 contestants from all over Panama competed for the prestigious crown. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Justine Pasek

Justine Pasek

Yostin "Justine" Lissette Pasek Patiño is a Panamanian model, FAO Goodwill Ambassador, and Miss Universe 2002.-Early life:Pasek was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the daughter of a Panamanian homemaker and Polish engineer...

 later Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...

 crowned Stefanie de Roux

Stefanie de Roux

Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...

 as the new Señorita Panamá.

De Roux competed in the Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...

 pageant, held at the Figali Convention Center

Figali Convention Center

The Figali Convention Center is an indoor sports arena, located in Fort Amador, Panama City, Panama. The capacity of the arena is 10,275.It was built in 2003, as the main venue for the Miss Universe 2003 Pageant, which took place in Panama that year...

, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003.. She placed among the Top 15 semi finalists.

Final Result

Final Results	Contestant
Señorita Panamá-Miss Universe 2003	Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...
Señorita Panamá-Miss Mundo 2002	Yoselín Sánchez Espino
1st runner-up	Yanela De Sedas
2nd runner-up	Nelda Sánchez
3rd runner-up	María Isabel Arias

Special awards

Final Results	Designer	Topic	Contestants
Best National Costume	Horacio Prado	Zaracundé	Yanela De Sedas
1st runner-up	Rogelio González	Princesa Nageyarib	Nelda Sánchez
2nd runner-up	José Luis González	Flor del Espíritu Santo	Ana Lorena Forgnone

• Miss Congeniality: María Isabel Arias
• Miss Photogenic: Yanela De Sedas
• Miss Best Hair: Estella Oller

Judges

• María Elena Berberían, TV Presenter
• Giovanni Spirito, hairstylist
• Liriola Pittí, Minister of Tourism
• José Miguel Alemán - Minister of Health.
• Analía Núñez
  Analía Núñez
  Analía Veronica Núñez Sagripanti, born David Chiriqui, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1999. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000...
  
   - Señorita Panamá 1999.
• María Cordelia Denis - Señorita Panamá 1987.
• Julian Vergara, manager, Panama Hotel.
• Mery Alfaro de Villageliú, socialité.

Contestants

These are the competitors who have been selected this year.

Represent	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Sponsor
1	Stella Oller Tawachi	20	1.68 mts	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...	Mueblería Panamá
2	Gabriela Alegre Panay	20	1.68 mts	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...	GNC
3	María Isabel Arias Eskildsen	20	1.70 mts	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...	Vita Slim
4	Karen Pittí	22	1.70 mts	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...	Coca Cola light
5	Karina Goods	21	1.72 mts	Colón Colón, Panama Colón is a sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The city lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city....	Sedal
6	Genthamine Díaz	24	1.73 mts	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...	Bellsouth
7	Angela Beli	24	1.74 mts	San Miguelito San Miguelito, Panamá San Miguelito District is a district of Panamá Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 293,745.The district covers a total area of 50 km²...	Mistolín
8	Aracely Sáenz	21	1.74 mts	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...	U2 Color Cream
9	Yoselin Sánchez Espino	21	1.74 mts	Guararé Guararé - Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...	Max Factor
10	Ana Lorena Forgnone Guerrero	21	1.75 mts	Chorrera Chorrera The Chorrera culture or Chorrera tradition is a Late Formative indigenous culture that flourished between 1300 BCE and 300 BCE in Ecuador...	Supermercado El Rey
11	Carolina Miranda	20	1.76 mts	Bocas del Toro	Palmovile
12	Stefanie De Roux Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...	20	1.78 mts	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...	Nevada
13	Yanela De Sedas Santos	19	1.82 mts	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...	Figali
14	Nelda Sánchez	20	1.83 mts	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...	Melo

Election Schedule

• August 7 Press Conference in the salón Zafiro del Hotel Panamá.

• Friday September 6 Final night, coronation Señorita Panamá 2002.

Candidates Notes

• Stfanie De Roux later competed in the Miss Earth 2006
  Miss Earth 2006
  Miss 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....
  
   beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila
  Manila
  Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
  
  , Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  . She came in 5th place.
• Yoselin Sánchez Espino was among the boycotting contestants (joined in London) of Miss World 2002
  Miss World 2002
  Miss World 2002, the 52nd Miss World pageant was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom. The pageant was initially slated for Abuja, Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos based newspaper the pageant was...
  
  .
• Carolina Miranda represented Panama in Miss Earth 2002
  Miss Earth 2002
  Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held in Quezon City, Philippines on October 29, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant...
  
  .
• Karina Goods represented Panama in Miss Asia Pacific 2002.
• Gabriela Alegre Panay is the daughter of Jazmine Panay, Miss Panama 1974.

External links

• http://www.misspanama.info/[Miss Panamá official website]

1. http://www.misspanama.net/
2. http://www.panamacrowns.tk/