Miss Continente Americano 2006 was the very first Miss Continente Americano pageant, held at the Palacio de Cristal in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on August 28, 2006.
| Miss Continente Americano 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 28, 2006 |
| Presenters |
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| Venue | Palacio de Cristal, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Broadcaster | Gamavision |
| Entrants | 21 |
| Placements | 6 |
| Winner | Mía Taveras Dominican Republic |
| Congeniality | Rebecca Iraheta El Salvador |
| Photogenic | Catalina López Ecuador |
Mía Taveras from the Dominican Republic was crowned as the very first Miss American Continent by the First Lady María Beatriz Paret de Palacio.[1][2]
Results edit
Placements edit
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Continente Americano 2006 |
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| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 6 |
Special awards edit
| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Most Beautiful Face |
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Contestants edit
| Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) |
Height (ft) |
Hometown |
 Argentina
|
Soraya Antonella Bohl | 19 | 178 | 5'10" | Entre Ríos |
 Aruba
|
Thisia Franken | 18 | 175 | 5'8" | Oranjestad |
 Bolivia
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Yolanda Sandoval Arias | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Brazil
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Juliana Pina de Mendoça | 20 | 180 | 5'11" | Salvador |
 Canada
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Angela Triantafyllakis | 26 | 174 | 5'8" | Calgary |
 Chile
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Estefanía Melús Garate | 20 | 180 | 5'11" | Arica |
 Colombia
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Liliana del Carmen Morales Barrios | 25 | 170 | 5'7" | Cartagena |
 Costa Rica
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Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira | 22 | 180 | 5'11" | Ciudad Colón |
| Dominican Republic
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Mía Lourdes Taveras López | 20 | 181 | 5'11" | Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Ecuador
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Catalina Mercedes "Katty" López Samán | 23 | 175 | 5'8" | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador
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Rebecca Iraheta Rodríguez | 19 | 175 | 5'8" | San Salvador |
 Guatemala
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Mirna Lissy Salguero Moscoso | 20 | 166 | 5'5" | Los Amates |
 Honduras
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Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz | 23 | 182 | 5'11" | La Ceiba |
 Mexico
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Diana Karimen Jiménez Pérez | 22 | 177 | 5'8" | Zacatecas |
 Nicaragua
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María Cristiana Frixione Mendoza | 22 | 172 | 5'7" | Managua |
 Panama
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Melissa del Carmen Piedrahita Meléndez | 23 | 174 | 5'8" | Panama City |
 Paraguay
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Alicia Flores González | 24 | 170 | 5'7" | Asunción |
 Peru
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Valerie Caroline Neff Murillo | 23 | 181 | 5'11" | Lima |
 Puerto Rico
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Ivelisse Fermín Ortíz | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Corozal |
 Uruguay
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Fatimih Dávila Sosa | 18 | 175 | 5'8" | Montevideo |
 Venezuela
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Dayana Carolina Colmenares Bocchieri | 21 | 175 | 5'8" | Maracay |
Notes edit
Crossovers edit
- Contestants who also competed in Miss World 2005:
Panama - Melissa Piedrahita
- Contestants who also competed in Miss Universe 2006:
Costa Rica - Fabriella Quesada
Ecuador - Catalina López
Dominican Republic -Mía Taveras
El Salvador - Rebecca Iraheta
Nicaragua - Cristiana Frixione
Uruguay - Fatimih Dávila
- Contestants who also competed in Miss International 2006:
- Contestants who also competed in Miss Earth 2006:
Peru - Caroline Neff
- Contestants who also competed in Miss Atlantico Internacional 2007:
Argentina - Soraya Bohl (Winner)
- Contestants who also competed in Miss International 2008:
Venezuela - Dayana Colmenares (Top 12)
- Contestants who also competed in Miss World 2008:
References edit
- ^ "La dominicana Mía Taveras, elegida primera Miss Continente Americano - Un Mundo lleno de Bellezas". Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ "Dominicana ganó el Miss Continente Americano 2006". El Universo.[permanent dead link]