The Miss Universo Panama 2023 coronation ceremony will be held at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City, Panama on September 13, 2023. It is the second edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Panama’s Miss Universe candidate.
Panama was represented in Miss Universe by the winner of Miss Panama from 1952 to 1954, 1964 to 1967, in 1970, in 1971, from 1973 to 1987 and from 2011 to 2015, Señorita Panamá from 1990 to 2007, in 2010 and from 2016 to 2021 and Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá in 2008 and 2009. On May 25, 2022, Solaris Barba of Herrera was crowned Miss Universo Panama 2022 at the Teatro Gladys Vidal and Centro de Convenciones Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama City with Alina López Reyna of Panama City and Adaluz Perea Vieto of Coclé as the respective first and second runners-up.
Currently, Panama has 10 Miss Universe placements including the first runner-up finish in 2002 of Justine Pasek, who later replaced the dethroned titleholder Oxana Fedorova of Russia. The most recent one was in the 2021 edition when Brenda Smith finished in the Top 16.
There are 15 women competing for the Miss Universo Panama 2023 crown. Here are the candidates: