Miss Universe Panama crowned  four months late

Solaris Barba received the Miss Universe Panama crown on Friday, September 2,  four months after receiving the title.

The 23-year-old model and television presenter was crowned by the president of the Miss Universe Panama organization, Ricardo Canto, at a gala at the Vasco Núñez de Balboa. She paraded in a  strapless pink dress that fitted her body, designed by Carlos Joel Morales from Tableño and made by Amparo Caicedo.

Solaris who had been named Miss World Panam in 2018had been chosen in May as the new Panamanian representative to Miss Universe. She received the sash but there was no crown.