10 things about Miss Cosmo Panama 2025 Italy Mora

Italy Johan Peñaloza Mora won the 58th edition of Señorita Panamá. She will represent Panama in the second edition of Miss Cosmo.

BIOGRAPHY

Mora is a Panamanian model and beauty queen born in Panama City, Panama. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She is Miss Panamá Centro 2023.
2. She was a Miss Panama 2023 finalist.
3. In 2024, she visited Costa Rica and Mexico.
4. She is Miss Universe Riviera del Canal 2024.
5. She won Señorita Panamá 2024.
6. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Celinee Santos of the Dominican Republic.
7. She was in a relationship with Juan Abadia when she was disqualified from Miss Universe 2024.
8. On December 29, 2024, she turned 20.
9. She is Miss Cosmo Laos 2025.
10. She is a Miss Cosmo 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Mora is 5’10” tall. She was supposed to represent Panama at Miss Universe 2024 and compete against 129 other candidates at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico on November 16, 2024 but she withdrew from the competition on November 1, 2024.

2023

• On September 13, 2023, she represented Panama Centro at Miss Panama 2023 and competed against 14 other candidates at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City. She finished in the Top 7.

2024

• On June 10, 2024, she was named the face of PRISMA EXPO BEAUTY 2024.
• On June 22, 2024, she was named Miss Universe Riviera del Canal 2024.
• On August 3, 2024, she represented Riviera del Canal at Señorita Panamá 2024 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City. She won the title.
• On August 4, 2024, she spent her first day as Señorita Panamá 2024 at the Megapolis Hotel Panamá in Panama City.
• On August 5, 2024, she was interviewed at the Panamanian television show “Tu Mañana”.
• On August 6, 2024, she visited the Sistema Estatal de Radio y Televisión (SERTV) station in Panama City.
• On August 11, 2024, she visited patients at Hospital del Niño Doctor José Renán Esquivel in Panama City.
• On September 5, 2024, she participated in PROBISIDAD’s event at the Cuartel de Bomberos Ricardo Arango in Calidonia, Panama City.
• On September 5, 2024, she attended the Miss Universe Mexico 2024 coronation ceremony at the Canciones Convention Center in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
• On September 28, 2024, she participated in the Festival de la Mejorana in Guararé, Los Santos, Panama.
• From September 8-11, 2024, she visited San Jose, Costa Rica.
• On October 5, 2024, she filmed her Voice for Change video for Miss Universe 2024 at the Edificio de la Administración del Canal de Panamá in Panama City.
• On October 29, 2024, she arrived in Mexico.
• On November 1, 2024, the Miss Universe organization announced her withdrawal from the competition stating in part that its disciplinary committee “has concluded that withdrawal is the most appropriate course of action under the current circumstances”.
• On November 2, 2024, she released a statement admitting that she violated a rule by leaving without permission and it led to her Miss Universe 2024 disqualification, which she described as a severe punishment.
• On November 5, 2024, the Señorita Panamá organization stripped her of her Miss Universe Panama 2024 title.

2025

• In January 2025, Ian Maverick Arcia photographed her in Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama for Steven’s Panamá.
• She was appointed Miss Cosmo Panama 2025 on July 25, 2025 and officially crowned on August 15, 2025 at Hotel Golden Tower in Panama City.
• In December 2025, she will represent Panama at Miss Cosmo 2025 in Vietnam.