María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre, born Ciudad de Panamá Panamá

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

 in 1971, is a Panamanian beauty pageant

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1993 title. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 1994

Miss Universe 1994

Miss Universe 1994, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center, in Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994...

, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant was held at the Philippine International Convention Center

Philippine International Convention Center

The Philippine International Convention Center is a convention center located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines...

, in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 on May 20, 1994.

Velásquez who is tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 1993, on September , 1993 and obtained the title of Señorita Panamá Universo. She represented Distrito Central

Distrito Central

Distrito Central is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán. It contains the departmental and national capital of Tegucigalpa and Comayaguela....

 state.

External links

• http://www.telemetro.com/ Señorita Panamá official website
• http://www.misspanama.net/