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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| caption = Atlapa, venue of '''Señorita Panamá 1997'''
| photo =
| image= Atlapa.jpg
| presenters = Ivan Donoso, Madelaine Leignadier, [[Marisela Moreno]]
| winner = '''[[Tanisha Drummond]]'''
| acts = [[Miguel Bosé]], [[Amanda Miguel]], Ricardo & Alberto and Pescuezipela'o
| represented = '''[[Colón, Panama|Colón]]'''
| venue = [[Atlapa Convention Centre]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
| date = August 30, 1997
| entrants = 14
| placements = 5
| broadcaster = [[RPC-TV]] [[Panamá]]
| before = [[Señorita Panamá 1996|1996]]
| next = [[Señorita Panamá 1998|1998]]
}}
'''Señorita Panamá 1997''', the 15th Señorita Panamá pageant and 32nd celebration of the ''Miss Panamá'' contest, was held in [[Atlapa Convention Centre|Teatro Anayansi Centro de Convenciones Atlapa]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]], on Saturday, August 30, 1997, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was [[Tanisha Drummond]].
The pageant was broadcast live on [[RPC-TV]] [[Panamá]]. 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 Victoria Borrero González]] of [[Los Santos Province|Los Santos]] crowned [[Tanisha Drummond|Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson]] of [[Colon Province|Colon]] as the new Señorita Panamá.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4Epa2-SP0 YouTube – miss panama 1997<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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 1996|Señorita Panamá World 1996]] Norma Elida Pérez of [[Panama City|Panama Centro]] crowned Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández of [[Panama City|Panama Centro]] as the new [[Señorita Panamá|Señorita Panamá World]]. Also was selected the representative for the Nuestra Belleza Internacional pageant Iris Avila Moreno of [[Panama City|Panama Centro]] was crowned by Amelie González Assereto ''Nuestra Belleza Internacional Panamá 1996''.
Drummond competed in the 47th edition, [[Miss Universe 1998]] pageant, held at the [[Stan Sheriff Arena]], [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], United States on May 12, 1998.<ref>[http://www.veestarz.com/pageants/universe/mu1990s/1998.html Miss Universe 1998 Official Candidates<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Also Bremner Hernández competed in [[Miss World 1997]],the 47th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 22 November 1997 in [[Baie Lazare]], [[Seychelles]].<ref name="google.com">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19971124&id=Fv1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4649,1471039&hl=en|title=New Straits Times|newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> Avila Moreno competed in Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1997 pageant, the 4th and final edition of Nuestra Belleza Internacional  Pageant held on November 21, 1997 in [[Miami]], [[United States]].
==Result==
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Señorita Panamá 1998'''
|
* '''{{Flagicon image|Bandera de la Provincia de Colón.svg}} [[Colón Province|Colón]] – [[Tanisha Drummond]]'''
|-
| Señorita Panamá World 1998
|
* {{Flag|Panama City|name=Panamá Centro}} – Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández
|-
| Señorita Panamá Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1998
|
* {{Flag|Panama City|name=Panamá Centro}} – Iris Avila Moreno
|-
| 1st Runner-Up
|
* {{Flag|Panama City }} – Monica Herrador Gonzalez
|
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up
|
* {{Flag|Panama City }} – Lourdes Priscilla Lewis Artavia
|}
===Special awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Final Results
! Designer
! Topic
|-
|Best National Costume to Miss Universe
| Javier Burgos
| "Interpretacion de la Pollera y sus joyas"<ref>[http://www.misspanama.net/2010/02/08/trajes-tipicos-de-panama-en-miss-universo-los-noventa/ Trajes Típicos de Panamá en MU: Los 90 | Miss Panama.net<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026013939/http://www.misspanama.net/2010/02/08/trajes-tipicos-de-panama-en-miss-universo-los-noventa/ |date=2011-10-26 }}</ref>
|}
== Contestants ==
These are the competitors who have been selected this year.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! # !! Represent !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
|-
|1||'''[[Chiriquí Province|Chiriquí]]'''||Belen Ramirez Urriola||21||5'5"||[[David, Chiriquí|David]]
|-
|2||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Maria Teresa Maure||23||5'5"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|3||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Melanie Sarti Baquerizo||19||5'7"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|4||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Narmila Navarro Guardia||22||5'7"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|5||'''[[Colon Province|Colon]]'''||Dayanara Phipps Duffis||22||5'7"||[[Colon Province|Colon]]
|-
|6||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Mariana Duran Yuen||20||5'7"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|7||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Yamilet Vejarano Castro||22||5'7"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|8||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Tessie Angulo Gonzalez||23||5'8"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|9||'''[[Colon Province|Colon]]'''||'''[[Tanisha Drummond|Tanisha Drummond Johnson]]'''||21||5'8"||[[Colon Province|Colon]]
|-
|10||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Monica Herrador Gonzalez||20||5'9"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|11||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Patricia Bremner Hernandez||21||5'9"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|12||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Iris Avila Moreno||24||5'10"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|13||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Lourdes Priscilla Lewis Artavia||19||5'11"||[[Panama City]]
|-
|14||'''[[Panama City|Panamá]]'''||Mariela Vega Benedito||22||6'0"||[[Panama City]]
|}
==Election schedule==
*Saturday 30 August Final night, coronation Señorita Panamá 1997
==Candidates notes==
Tanisha Drummond also competed for Panamá in the [[Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus]] 1998 and won the title. This is the first title for Panamá in this pageant.<ref>[[Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus]]</ref>
==Historical significance==
*Colón won Señorita Panamá for third time, the first time with Sonia Inés Ríos (1965) and second with Gloria Karamañites ( 1980).
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.telemetro.com/] Señorita Panamá  official website
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