Miss_Universe_Panamá_2022
Miss Panamá 2022
Beauty pageant
Miss Universe Panamá 2022 was the first Miss Universe Panamá pageant and 56th Miss Panamá selection, held to select Panama's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. This was the first edition of the renewed Miss Universe Panama Pageant, after the Miss Universe organization awarded the license to event producer Ricardo Canto who had been named the new director of the pageant in 2022.[2]
Ten preliminary contestants were selected from all over Panama and competed for the crown. Miss Panamá Universe 2021 Brenda Andrea Smith Lezama of Panamá Centro crowned Solaris De la Luna Barba Cañizales of Herrera as her successor at the end of the event.[3]
Barba represented Panama at Miss Universe 2022, held at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on January 14, 2023, but failed to make it to the Top 16.[4] [5][6]