Larissa del Mar Fiallo Scanlón (born June 17, 1983), commonly referred to as Larimar Fiallo, represented Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 in the Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant in 2004

Miss Universe 2004

Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....

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She represented her home province La Vega and winning Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2004

Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2004

The Miss República Dominicana Universo 2004 will be held on April 3, 2004. This year only 34 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winner will represent the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant which was held in Quito...

 pageant. She was crowned by Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...

, Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....

 who is from the same country. Her mother, Gisselle Scanlón, was first runner-up to Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 at Miss Dominican Republic 1974

Miss Dominican Republic 1974

Señorita República Dominicana 1974 was held on December 2, 1973. 28 candidates are competed for the national crown. The winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 1974 . The Virreina al Miss Mundo will enter Miss World 1974. Only the 27 province, 1 municipality entered. On the...

. Fiallo is now a professional model.