Stefanie de Roux Martin (born 5 August 1982) is a Panamanian model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of the 2002

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pageant, and she competed in the

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pageant held in

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, where she was a semifinalist (Top 15).

Early life

De Roux's life in show business started at the age of 15 when she entered a charity fashion show to help cancer research. Soon after, she was approached by an agency and began modeling. She graduated in

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(SMU) in

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. Stefanie is the current director of a model school.

Señorita Panamá 2002

De Roux is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and competed in and won the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2002. She represented the state of Panamá Centro.

Miss Universe 2003

She represented Panama in the

pageant held in

where she was a semifinalist (Top 15)

Miss Earth 2006

She also was the representative of her country in the

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beauty pageant, held on 26 November 2006 in

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, Philippines. She placed in the top eight and came in fifth place. After her placement as a finalist in the 2006 edition of

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, she was included in the list of distinguished alumni of Southern Methodist University.

References

External links

Video of Stefanie on swimsuit at Miss Universe 2003

Pageant Almanac list of semifinalists

Miss Earth official website
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