Señorita Panamá 2001


Señorita Panamá 2001, the 19th Señorita Panamá pageant and 36th celebration of the Miss Panamá contest, was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Riande Continental Hotel, in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, on August 30, 2001. The winner of the pageant was Justine Pasek later Miss Universe 2002.
The pageant was broadcast on September 10 through RPC-TVPanamá Channel 4. 12 contestants from all over Panama competed for the prestigious crown. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Ivette Cordovez Usuga of Panama Centro crowned Justine Pasek of Panama Centro as the new Señorita Panamá.
In the same night was celebrated the election of the "Señorita Panamá World", was announced the winner of the Señorita Panamá Mundo title. Señorita Panamá World 2000 Ana Raquel Ochy Pozo of Coclé crowned Lourdes Cristina González Montenegro of Los Santos as the new Señorita Panamá World.
Pasek competed in the Miss Universe 2002 pageant, held at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. She became the first woman to assume the title of Miss Universe when the Miss Universe Organization revoked the crown from then-reigning winner Oxana Fedorova for not fulfilling the duties stipulated in her contract. She was formally crowned Miss Universe 2002 by pageant co-owner Donald Trump in New York City
In other hands González competed in Miss World 2001, the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 2001 at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa.

Final Result

Final ResultsContestant
Señorita Panamá 2001
Señorita Panamá World
  • Los Santos - Lourdes Cristina González Montenegro
  • 1st runner-up
  • Panamá City - Carolina Troncoso Thayer
  • 2nd runner-up
  • Panamá City - Melissa Bocharel
  • 3rd runner-up
  • Panamá City - Karyn Sempf
  • Special awards

    AwardContestant
    Miss CongenialityMelissa del Carmen Bocharel
    Miss PhotogenicMelissa del Carmen Bocharel

    Contestants

    These are the competitors who have been selected this year.
    RepresentContestantAgeHeight HometownSponsor
    Panamá CentroJustine Lissette Pasek Patiño221.72Panama CityYogurt Vita Slim
    PanamáKarin Natalie Sempf Kahn221.75Panama CityZero Frizz
    PanamáBertha Giovanna Peric Torres231.78Panama CityCoca-Cola Light
    Los SantosLilibeth Yanina Camaño Frías231.76GuararéFigali
    PanamáMelissa del Carmen Bocharel251.68Panama CitySaba
    Los SantosJessica Doralis Segui Barrios201.70Los SantosMuebleria Ancon
    VeraguasKatherine Massiel Quirós Vásquez201.71SantiagoJabon Class
    Los SantosLourdes Cristina González Montenegro211.73Las TablasL'oreal
    CocléBeatriz del Carmen Nogueira Domínguez181.70PenonoméMistolin
    PanamáCarolina del Carmen Troncoso Thayer191.74Panama CitySkoda
    PanamáMelina Franco Fonseca241.75Panama CityMax Factor
    ChiriquíYulín Sinara Guerra Sanjur181.80DavidKellogg's

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