birth_place title height name birth_date nationalcompetition article_title birth_name
panama city , panama miss panama world 2009 1.82 nadege herrera 17 november 1986 realmente miss world 2009 -lrb- finalist -rrb- bella señorita panamá 2009 -lrb- winner -rrb- , nadege herrera
 nadege elena herrera vásquez
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 .
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 .
she has also won a small pageant held in ecuador .
in 2007 , nadege was selected as a finalist in the reality show super model centroamérica or `` central america 's next top model '' , 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 ; and 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 .
nadege represented panama at the miss world 2009 pageant held on december 12 , 2009 in johannesburg , south africa , where she placed among the top 7 finalists , finishing as the 5th runner-up to the eventual winner , kaiane aldorino of gibraltar .
