Realmente Bella Señorita Panamá 2008 introduced a new reality show format for the renewed Señorita Panamá pageant. It was the 42nd Miss Panama and 25th Señorita Panamá edition, held at Studio "B" of Canal 13 Telemetro in Panama City, Panama, on May 26, 2008, to select Panama’s representative to Miss Universe 2008. María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula crowned Carolina Dementiev of Panamá Centro as Señorita Panamá. Corporación MEDCOM S.A. did not hold the Miss World license in 2008; Panama Talents owned it.