Miss Dominican Republic

Miss Dominican Republic, or Miss República Dominicana in Spanish, is a pageant where women ranging from the ages of 18 to 26 compete, each representing a Dominican province, city, or community. The Miss Dominican Republic organization is managed by Magali Febles. The organizations send their delegates to different pageants representing the Dominican Republic, which include Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Tourism Queen International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano, Miss America Latina, Miss Caribbean, Miss Global Cities, Miss Globe International, Miss Bikini International, Miss Asia Pacific, Miss Leisure and Miss Tourism World.

History

In 2000, some changes were introduced to the pageant. The contestant had to represent the Province, City, or Municipality where they were born or raised. The winner would then move on to other pageants, specifically Miss Universe. The next pageant, Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2009 was to be held in May 2009.

From 1956-2002, the pageant would start with the contestants wearing dresses. Then they would wear their swimsuits. In 1972, after the swimsuits they dressed in Provincial Costumes. From 1972-1988, the winner of best national costumes would be use in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International. Then they used the same dresses they used for the opening. They would pick the semi-finalist. The semi finalist would show the evening. Then they picked the quarter-finalist. The quarter-finalist was asked a question. Sometimes there were small entries so semi finalist would show the evening and would be asked question at the same time. They picked five finalists and crown and sashed the Misses Dominican Republic and sashed the runner-ups.

In the pageant in 1995, candidates representing Muninipalities started entering because the pageant started a program that searched for beautiful young women who were poor to enter the beauty pageant with out paying entry fees. The charity was called El Sueño de una Chica Bella which was made by the director. They selected the poorest ones to enter to have a better life. Besides entering they got $3,000 Dollars or $106,000 Dominican Pesos to each of them. They were the only to represent a Municipality they were found. This last until 1997. Before municipalities were represented, but only one to three could enter representing any municipality. They had represented the province and the dependencies they were born in. The candidates that represented the Dominican communities had to be born in the Country.

The official Miss Dominican Republic Organization for Miss Universe is Miss República Dominicana Universo, for Miss World is Miss Mundo Dominicana, for Miss International is Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana, for Miss Earth is Miss Rep. Dom. Earth, for Miss Tourism Queen International is Miss Turismo Dominicana

Provincial Pageants

In 2009, there has been a huge involvement of the organization in regional pageants. There is right now 5 regional pageants.^[1] The pageants are:

• Miss República Dominicana US
• Miss Distrito Nacional
• Miss Puerto Plata
• Miss San Cristóbal
• Miss Santiago de los Caballeros
• Miss Provincia Santo Domingo

Miss República Dominicana Winners

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Universe Placement
1927****	Carmen Ursula Martínez Estévez	Santiago
1928****	Viviana de María Batista Ruiz	Puerto Plata
1929****	Luz Fausta Collado Bienvenido	Santo Domingo
1952****	Laura Cristina Rodríguez Acosta	La Vega
1953****	María Magdalena Alvarado Padrón	Duarte
1954****	Rosa María Lama Hidalgo	La Altagracia
1955****	Angela María Trujillo Martínez	Trujillo
1956	Olga Fiallo	Santiago
1957****	Belgica Margarita Mota de la Cruz	Pedernales
1958****	Julia Cesarina Acosta Marrón	Espaillat
1962	Sarah Olimpia Frómeta	Puerto Plata	Miss Congeniality
1963	Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito	Distrito Nacional
1964	Clara Edilia Chapuseaux Soñé	San Rafael
1965	Clara Herrera	Sánchez Ramírez
1966	Jeanette Montes	San Juan	Didn't enter Miss Universe. Only Miss World
1967	Jeanette Rey Garcia	Barahona
1968	Ana María Ortíz	Puerto Plata
1969	Rocío García	Samaná
1970	Sobeida Fernández	Valverde
1971	Sagrario Reyes	Séibo
1972	Ivonne Butler	Barahona
1973	Lili Fernández	Salcedo
1974	Jacqueline Cabrera	Espaillat
1975	Milvia Troncoso	Dajabón
1976	Norma Lora	Independencia
1977**	Blanca Aurora Sardiñas	Puerto Plata	Semi Finalist
1978	Raquel Jacobo	María Trinidad Sánchez
1979	Viena Elizabeth García	Samaná
1980	Milagros Germán	Santiago Rodríguez
1981	Fausta Peña	Puerto Plata
1982	Soraya Morey	San Pedro de Macorís
1983	María Alexandra Astwood	Distrito Nacional
1984	Sumaya Heinsen	Puerto Plata
1985	Melba Vicens Bello	Distrito Nacional
1986	Lissette Chamorro	Monte Cristi
1987	Carmen Rita Pérez	Santiago
1988	Patricia Jiménez	Duarte	Semi Finalist
1989	Anny Canaán	La Vega
1990	Rosario Rodríguez	Distrito Nacional
1991	Melissa Vargas	Santiago
1992	Liza González	Santiago
1993	Odalisse Rodríguez	Distrito Nacional
1994	Vielka Valenzuela	La Vega
1995	Cándida Lara Betances	San Cristóbal	Semi Finalist
1996	Sandra Abreu	La Romana
1997	Cesarina Mejía	Azua
1998	Selinée Méndez	Monseñor Nouel
1999***	Luz Cecilia García Guzmán	Moca
2000***	Gilda Jovine	Constanza
2001***	Claudia Cruz de los Santos	San Juan
2002	Ruth Joanna Ocumárez Apataño	San Pédro De Macorís
2003	Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco	Santiago	MISS UNIVERSE 2003, Best National Costume
2004	Larissa del Mar Fiallo Scanlón	La Vega
2005	Renata Soñé Savery	Distrito Nacional	2nd RUNNER-UP
2006	Mía Lourdes Taveras López	Santiago
2007	Massiel Indira Taveras Henríquez	Santiago
2008	Marianne Elizabeth Cruz González	Hermanas Mirabal	2nd RUNNER-UP
2009	Ada Aimée de la Cruz	San José de Ocoa	1st RUNNER-UP
2010	TBA	TBA	TBA

• *entered Miss World 1966
• **Handpicked
• ***Different pageant by Gatsby Dominicana Modeling Agency
• ****Didn't enter to any international pegeant

Dominican representatives to Miss World

Miss Mundo Dominicana is a pageant that was made 2003. Since 1956 they crowned Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Dominican World and Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana together. Then they split up in 2003.

Mariasela Alvarez, Miss Dominican Republic World 1982 and Miss World 1982

Geisha Montes de Oca, Miss Dominican Republic World 2008

Ada Aimee de la Cruz, Miss Dominican Republic World 2007

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss World Placement
1966	Jeanette Dotel Montes de Ocoa	San Juan	Semifinalist
1967	Margarita Rosa Rueckschnat Schott	Distrito Nacional
1968	Ingrid García	Duarte
1969	Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral	Peravia
1970	Fatima Schéker*	La Altagracia
1971	Haydée Kuret	Barahona
1972	Teresa Evangelina Medrano	Puerto Plata
1973	Clariza Duarte Garrido	Puerto Plata	Top 6
1974	Giselle Scanlon Grullón	La Vega
1975	Carmen Rosa Arredondo Pou	Distrito Nacional
1976	Jenny Corporan Viñas	Santiago
1977	Jackeline Patricia Hernández	La Altagracia
1978	Jenny Polanco	Puerto Plata
1979	Sabrina Brugal Tillan	Baoruco
1980	Patricia Polanco Alvarez	Santiago
1981	Josefina Maria Cuello Pérez	Duarte
1982	Mariasela Álvarez Lebrón	Distrito Nacional	MISS WORLD 1982
1983	Maribel Estrella Florentino	Azua
1984	Mayerlinne Inés de Lara	Seibo
1985	María Trinidad González Hernández	La Altagracia
1986	Susan González	Santiago
1987	Paula Lora	Salcedo
1988	María Josefina Martínez	Santiago Rodríguez
1989	Irma Mauri	Puerto Plata
1990	Brenda Marte Lajara	Pedernales
1991	Rosanna Rodríguez Portalatín	La Vega
1992	Gina María Rojas Mañón	La Vega
1993	Lynn Alvarez Klinken	La Vega
1994	Claudia Franjul González	Baní
1995	Patricia Bayonet Robles	El Seibo
1996	Idelsa Núñez Torres	Azua	Semifinalist
1997	Carolina Estrella Peña	Puerto Plata
1998	Sharmin Arelis Díaz Escoto	San Pédro De Macorís
1999	Luz Cecilia García Guzmán	Moca
2000	Claudia Santaella[2]	Distrito Nacional
2001	Jeimy Castillo Molina	Bonao
2002	Jeimi Hernández	Bonao
2003	María Eugenia Vargas	Sánchez Ramírez	Semifinalist
2004	Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez	Monseñor Nouel	1st RUNNER-UP
2005	Elisa Abreu de los Santos***	La Vega
2006	Paola Torres Cohen	Santiago
2007	Ada Aimeé de la Cruz	San Cristóbal	Beach Beauty
2008	Geisha Nathali Montes de Oca Robles	Distrito Nacional
2009	Ana Rita Contreras Sosa	Monte Plata	Beach Beauty top 20

• * Entered in Miss International 1971
• ** Entered in Señorita República Dominicana 1965
• *** Semifinalist in Miss America Latina 2006
• **** Didn't enter to any international pegeant

Dominican representatives to Miss International

Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana is a pageant that was made 2003. Since 1962 they crowned Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Dominican World and Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana together. Then they split up in 2003. In 1991 Miss Dominican Republic International 1991 Rafaela Suarez didn't wanted to enter in Miss International 1991, so Melissa Vargas. In the Miss Dominican Republic pageant 1995 and Miss Dominican Republic 1996, the winners would enter both Miss Universe and Miss International. In 2003, the first winner, Aura Ramos could enter Miss International 2003 due to visa problems at last minute. It had various names during its history. They were Señorita República Dominicana Internacional, Miss RD Internacional and Reina Nacional de Belleza.

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss International placing
1962	Milagros Garcia Duval	Santiago Rodríguez
1963	Norma Guzman Simo	Espaillat
1964	Mildred Almonte Rouas	Válverde
1967	Vivien Susana Estrella	Santiago
1989	Elbanira Morales de la Rosa	Azua
1990	Vivian Aelin Calderon	Puerto Plata
1991	Melissa Vargas	Santiago
1992	Giselle del Carmen Abreu	Barahona	Semi Finalist
1994	Alexia Lockhart	Santiago
1995	Candida Lara	San Cristóbal
1996	Sandra Abreu	La Romana
1997	Elsa Maria Pena Rodriguez	Peravia
1998	Sorangel Fersobe Matos	San Juan de la Maguana
1999	Patsi Arias	Peravia	Semifinalist
2000	Daniela Marleny Andrade Martinez	Samaná	Didn't compete
2001	Belgica Judith Cury	Santo Domingo Este	Semifinalist
2002	Jeimi Vanessa Hernandez Franjul	Bonao	Semifinalist
2004	Carol Maria Arciniegas	Com. Dom. Nueva York
2005	Yadira Geara Cury	Espaillat	1st Runner-up
2006	Wilma Joama Abreu Nazario	Monte Plata	Semifinalist
2007	Ana Carolina Viñas	La Altagracia
2008	Claudia Mabel Peña Gómez	Monseñor Nouel
2009	Victoria Fernández	Santiago	Semifinalist

Dominican representatives to Miss Earth

The Dominican Republic Earth, also known as Miss Tierra Republica Dominicana, used to be crowned together with the Miss Dominican Republic Universe, Miss Dominica World, and Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, the four beauty pageant titles were split. The current national franchise holder of Miss Earth in Dominican Republic is Mr. Juan H. Rojas.

The Miss República Dominica Tierra national pageant is held annually. The winner is expected to participate in the international Miss Earth beauty pageant, an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other environmental organizations.^[3]

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Earth placing
2001	Catherine Núñez	Elías Piña
2002	Yilda Santana	Duvergé
2003	Suanny Frotaan	La Romana
2004	Nileny Estevez	Santiago Rodríguez
2005	Amell Santana	Hato Mayor	1st Runner-up
2006	Alondra Peña	Puerto Plata
2007	Themys Fabrier	Azua	Semifinalist
2008	Diana Flores	San Francisco de Macorís
2009	Mariel García	San Francisco de Macoris

Miss Turismo Dominicana

Miss Turismo Dominicana was a separate pageant that crowns a represents Dominican Republic in Miss Tourism World. The Pageant was made 2007 by electing a dinner with 20 candidates and were asked questions. The candidates came from other Dominican pageant. In 2008 the first official pageant was created with the franchise of Miss Tourism Queen International.

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Tourism World
2008	Keiry Calderón de Palmero	Distrito Nacional
2009	Audris Rijo Gómez	La Altagracia

1st runner-up

In Miss Dominican Republic Universe, the "1ra Finalista" or the 1st Runner Up would represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Continente Americano. In an Exception of 2006, where Mía Taveras entered

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Continente Americano placing
2006	Mía Lourdes Taveras López	Santiago	Winner
2007	Marianne Cruz González	Salcedo	Winner
2008	Mariel Sabogal Cruz	La Romana
2009	Rocío Castellanos	Distrito Nacional	Replaced Ana Contreras when Ana got crown Miss Mundo Dominicana 2009

2nd runner-up

In Miss Dominican Republic Universe, the "2da Finalista" or the 2nd Runner Up would represent the Dominican Republic in Reina Hispanoamericana. In an Exception of 2007, where Massiel Taveras entered.

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Reina Hispanoamericana placing
2007	Massiel Indira Taveras Henríquez	Santiago	Winner
2008	Mariel Isabel Sabogal Cruz	La Romana
2009	Rocío Castellanos	Distrito Nacional	4th Runner-up

3rd runner-up

In Miss Dominican Republic Universe, the "3ra Finalista" or the 3rd Runner Up would represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Caribbean. In an Exception of 2006 and 2008, where the 2nd runner up entered.

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Caribbean placing
2006	Dawilda Cid	Distrito Nacional	1st Runner-up
2007	Sheila Ynoa García	Duarte	Winner
2008	Yadira Geara Cury	Distrito Nacional
2009	Sahoni Camarena	San Cristóbal	Top 5

4th runner-up

In Miss Dominican Republic Universe, the "4ta Finalista" or the 4th Runner Up would represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Global City. In an Exception of 2006 and 2007, where in 2006 the winner , Mía Taveras entered and in 2008 the 1st Runner Up, Mariel Sabogal enters

Year	Titleholder	Province, City, Community Represented	Miss Global City placing
2006	Mía Lourdes Taveras López	Santiago	Winner
2007	Yessenia Aybar	Sánchez Ramírez	1st Runner-up
2008	Mariel Ivette Sabogal Cruz	La Romana
2009	Ana Viñas	Santiago

Venues

Each year there is a different venue for Miss Dominican Republic. When the winner won, the next year the pageant would be in the province or city she represented last year. It would be in an Auditorium from a local College, or University from Province or city.

María de los Angeles Sagrado Corazón de Jesus Trujillo was the Queen Reina de la Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre in 1955. It is mistakenly stated that she competed in the Miss Dominican Republic pageant.

Some women of Dominican descent have competed at Miss USA such as Susie Castillo who won the title of Miss USA 2003 and then later placed as a semi-finalist at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant. Amy Diaz competed at the Miss USA 2008 pageant and was in the Top 15, however she had previously was not placed at the Miss Teen USA 2001 pageant. Yanaiza Alvarez another Dominican candidate from Rhode Island enter Miss USA 2001 and was a semifinalist. Adriana Diaz is a Dominican American that was not place Miss USA 2006 representing New York.

Winnings Ranking

Province and Municipalities that had won Miss Dominican Republic.

Province and Municipalities that had won Miss Dominican Republic for Miss World.

Province and Municipalities that had won Miss Dominican Republic for Miss International.

Province and Municipalities that had won Miss Dominican Republic for Miss Earth.

Represented	#	Years
Santiago	8	1927, 1956, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2006, 2007
Distrito Nacional	7	1929*, 1963, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 2005
Puerto Plata	6	1928, 1962, 1968, 1977*****, 1981, 1984
La Vega	4	1952, 1988, 1993, 2004
Duarte	3	1953,1967, 1987
Espaillat	2	1958, 1974
Hermanas Mirabal		1973****, 2008
Samaná		1969, 1978
Santiago Rodríguez		1979, 1980
San Cristóbal		1955**, 1994
San Juan		1966, 2001
San Pedro de Macorís		1982, 2002
Azua	1	1996
Barahona		1972
Constanza		2000
Dajabón		1975
El Seibo		1971
Elías Piña		1964***
Independencia		1976
La Altagracia		1954
La Romana		1995
María Trinidad Sánchez		1977
Moca		1999
Monseñor Nouel		1997
Monte Cristi		1985
Pedernales		1957
Sánchez Ramírez		1965
San José de Ocoa		2009
Valverde		1970

• *As Old Santo Domingo Province
• ** As Trujillo Province
• *** As San Rafael Province
• ****As Salcedo Province
• *****Won in handpicked Competition

References

External links

• Official site