Panama’s first indigenous beauty queen opens doors, breaks social barriers

ARCHIVE PHOTO: Guna Yala indigenous women walk past graffiti in the central town of Panama City April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Rosa Montezuma hopes to show other indigenous women that they can overcome prejudice and stereotypes
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Born into Panama’s Comarca Ngobe Bugle Indigenous community, Rosa Montezuma is only too well aware of the challenges girls face getting an education and pursuing their dreams.
Now as Pana