Miss World Panamá 2019


Miss World Panamá 2019 was the 7th Miss World Panamá pageant, held to select Panama's representative to the Miss World pageant. This was the first edition of the renewed Miss World Panama Pageant, after the Miss World organization awarded the license to event producer Edwin Dominguez who had been named the new director of the pageant in 2016.
Seventeen preliminary contestants were selected from all over Panama and competed for the crown. Señorita Panamá World 2018 Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales of Herrera crowned Agustina Ruíz of Herrera as her successor at the end of the event.
Agustina Ruíz Miss World Panamá 2019 was to compete in Miss World 2019 on December 14, 2019, at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom.

History

Señorita Panamá was created by RPC Channel 4 as an alternative to send its winners to the Miss World contest in London. In 2003 Corporación MEDCOM could not produce a pageant in time to select a representative for Miss World and Promociones Gloria in Bolivia helped select a contestant by casting; in 2007 the agency Panama Talents organized a small contest called Miss World Panamá for 2007, in 2010 Olais Padilla organized a local competition called Miss Mundo Panamá 2010, from 2011 to 2015 the Miss World license was awarded to Marisela Moreno with two independent edition. In 2016 Miss World awarded the license to event producer Edwin Dominguez, who had an agreement with Señorita Panamá for three years with two independent edition.

Official Contestants

These are the competitors who have been selected this year.
RepresentContestantAgeHeightHometown
BalboaYasuani Ward19TBACiudad de Panamá
Bocas del ToroDorita Ovalle19TBACiudad de Panamá
ChiriquíCelly AmarisTBATBADavid
DariénJocabed Suira23TBACiudad de Panamá
HerreraAgustina Ruíz25TBAChitré
Los SantosEstefany Hernández22TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá CentroKrysthelle Barreto Reichlin24Ciudad de Panamá
Panamá EsteIsabella Bethancourth19TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá NorteAlondra Contreras18TBACiudad de Panamá
Panamá OesteLuisa López23TBALa Chorrera
Panamá PacificoKatherina Rios22TBACiudad de Panamá
PortobeloBélgica Pelicot21TBAColón
TabogaBeatriz Victoria Stein Peña24Ciudad de Panamá
VeraguasVictoria López26TBASantiago de Veraguas

Candidate notes