title: Miss Continente Americano 2006
text: # Miss Continente Americano 2006
  
  Miss Continente Americano 2006, the very first Miss Continente Americano pageant, was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on August 28, 2006. Mía Taveras from the Dominican Republic was crowned as the very first Miss American Continent by First Lady María Beatriz Paret de Palacio.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Final results | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Continente Americano | Dominican Republic - Mía Taveras |
  | 1st Runner-up | Uruguay - Fatimih Dávila |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Venezuela - Dayana Colmenares |
  | Top 6 | Canada - Angela Triantafyllakis  Ecuador - Catalina López  Panama - Melissa Piedrahita |
  
  ### Special awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Photogenic | Ecuador - Catalina López |
  | Miss Congeniality | El Salvador - Rebecca Iraheta |
  | Most Beautiful Face | Ecuador - Catalina López |
  