Señorita Panamá 2021

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

| name = Señorita Panamá 2021

| photo = Montage Panama City.jpg

| caption = Panamá City, venue of Señorita Panamá 2021

| presenters = {{Hlist|Carlos Adyan|Taysha Nurse}}

| winner = Brenda Smith Lezama

| acts = Diana Villamonte

| represented = Panamá Centro

| venue = Hotel Whyndham Convention Center, Panama City, Panama

| date = November 7, 2021

| entrants = 29

| placements = 16

| broadcaster = Telemetro

| photogenic = Ivis Nicole Snyder
Pedasí

| congeniality = Dilliamileth Canales
Isla San José

| before = 2020

| next = 2022

}}

Señorita Panamá 2021 was the 55th Señorita Panamá pageant. It selected the national representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International competitions. This was the sixth edition of the renewed Señorita Panama pageant, under the direction of Cesar Anel Rodríguez, who took charge of the national event in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.mujer.com.pa/enterate/estas-son-las-41-candidatas-la-corona-de-senorita-panama-2021|title=Estas son las 41 candidatas a la corona de Señorita Panamá 2021|website=Mujer|access-date=2021-10-27}} Twenty nine preliminary contestants were selected from throughout Panama and competed for the crown.{{cite web|url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/variedades/senorita-panama-2021-la-final-del-certamen-se-realizara-el-7-de-noviembre-1193435|title=Señorita Panamá 2021: La final del certamen se realizará el 7 de noviembre | Panamá América|website=panamaamerica.com.pa|access-date=2021-10-27}}

The 2021 edition was held, for the first time, Hotel Whyndham Convention Center, in Panama City on November 7, 2021.{{cite web|url=http://www.entiempopanama.com/noticias/farandula/23380-senorita-panama-2021-la-final-del-certamen-se-realizara-el-7-de-noviembre.html|author=FDR_Comunicaciones|website=entiempopanama.com|title=Señorita Panamá 2021: La final del certamen se realizará el 7 de noviembre|access-date=2021-10-27}}

Señorita Panamá 2020 Carmen Isabel Jaramillo Velarde of Panama Este crowned Brenda Smith Lezama of Panamá Centro as her successor at the end of the event.{{cite web|url=https://www.telemetro.com/senorita-panama/microsites-entretenimiento/brenda-smith-es-coronada-como-senorita-panama-2021-n5585829|title=Brenda Smith es coronada como Señorita Panamá 2021|website=Telemetro|access-date=2021-11-07}}

Representatives to Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International was also elected. Darelys Santos Domínguez of Panamá Norte crowned Cecilia Del Carmen Medina of Casco Antiguo as Miss Supranational Panamá 2022 and Katie Nairobi Caicedo Richards of Panamá Centro crowned Katheryn Giselle Yejas Riaño of Taboga as Miss Grand International Panamá 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.telemetro.com/senorita-panama/microsites-entretenimiento/se-abren-las-votaciones-senorita-panama-2021-n5331704|website=telemetro.com|title=Se abren las votaciones en Señorita Panamá 2021|date=21 August 2021 |access-date=2021-10-27}}

Brenda Smith Lezama competed Miss Universe 2021, the 70th Miss Universe pageant, made on 12 December 2021 in Eilat, Israel and where he managed to be part of the 16 finalists. Miss Supranational Panama represented Panama in Miss Supranational 2022, while Miss Grand Panama was supposed to represent Panama in Miss Grand International 2022, but the organization lost the franchise.{{cite web|url=https://www.critica.com.pa/show/final-de-senorita-panama-sera-el-7-de-noviembre-611372|title=Final de Señorita Panamá será el 7 de noviembre|website=Critica|date=3 September 2021 |access-date=2021-10-27}}

On 26 November, the Señorita Panamá Organization announced Ivis Nicole Snyder as the Señorita Panamá for 2022 for represented her country at the Miss International 2022 pageant after the organization lost the right of Miss Universe pageant and succeeded outgoing Señorita Panamá 2021 Brenda Smith Lezama.