Nadege Herrera

Nadege Elena Herrera Vásquez, (born 17 November 1986), is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant. Her career started in 2004 when at age 17, she joined Panama's leg of the Ford Supermodel of the World contest, called "Chica and Chico Modelo". After this competition, Nadege won the "World Casting Tour" held that same year, winning a $10,000 contract with modeling agency Wilhelmina in New York.[1]

Nadege Herrera
Born	Nadege Elena Herrera Vásquez (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 Panama City, Panama
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Title	Miss Panama World 2009
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major competition(s)	Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2009 (Winner) Miss World 2009 (Top 7)

Her modelling experience helped her land some of Panama's major advertising campaigns and editorials, making her one of the most popular models in the country, both in runway and photography. In 2005, she travelled to Hong Kong to compete in the Miss Model of the World contest.[2] She has also won a small pageant held in Ecuador.[3]

In 2007, Herrera was selected as a finalist in the reality show Supermodel Centroamérica, hosted by Costa Rican top model, former Miss Asia Pacific International and Miss World Costa Rica, Leonora Jiménez. Upon her return to Panama, she continued working as a runway and print model.

Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2009

In March 2009 she joined the Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá pageant, where she won the title of Miss Panama World, which gave her the opportunity to compete in Miss World.[4]

Miss World 2009

Herrera represented Panama at the Miss World 2009 [5] pageant held on December 12, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she placed among the Top 7 finalists,[6] finishing as the fifth runner-up to Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar.

Television

She also was TV Host in Panama rangefinder where the TV show presented La Rueda de La Fortuna with Rasiel Rodriguez and later with Jorge Herrera. Now she is the TV Host of Kosmetika by TVN also by the ex-Miss Panama Anyoli Abrego.

References

1. http://www.dealante.com/nodo.php?nodoid=8936 Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine World Casting Tour Panama
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2009-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Nadege Herrera to Miss Model of the World
3. http://dealante.com/nodo.php?nodoid=12422 Nadege Herrera wins Miss Beauty International
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2009-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Nadege Herrera a Miss Mundo
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://telemetro.com/entre/2009/12/12/nota43991.html Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Nadege Herrera entre las 7 mas bellas del Mundo

See also

• Diana Broce

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kathia Saldaña	Miss Panama World 2009	Succeeded by Paola Vaprio
Preceded by Stefanie de Roux	Miss Panama Earth 2007	Succeeded by Shassia Ubillús