Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006
Encyclopedia
The Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006 pageant was held on July 10, 2006. Only 16 candidates competed for the national crown. The chosen winner represented the Dominican Republic
at the Miss World 2006
. The runner ups could enter different small international pageants.
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! Final Results
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| Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| Top 8
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The winner of Miss Internet and Best Beach Dominican Beauty would officially go to the Semifinals.
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! Province, Community !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown !! Geographical Regions
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| Azua
|| Aurys Sánchez Tejada || 20 || 1.80 || Santo Domingo
|| Sur
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| Barahona || Laura Sadhalá Roman || 19 || 1.77 || Santiago de los Caballeros
|| Sur
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| Com. Dom. Miami || Cristal de Moya Vargas || 22 || 1.73 || Miami || Exterior
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| Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey
|| Sandra Elisabeth Tavares Valle || 18 || 1.83 || Newark
|| Exterior
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| Com. Dom. Nueva York
|| Yamilka Massiel Santana Colón || 18 || 1.74 || The Bronx
|| Exterior
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| Com. Dom. Orlando
|| Berkelin Rosario Castellanos || 23 || 1.79 || Orlando
|| Exterior
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| Dajabón || Indhira Díaz Acosta || 20 || 1.76 || Loma de Cabrera
|| El Cibao
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| Distrito Nacional
|| Jennifer Pérez de la Cruz || 20 || 1.79 || Santo Domingo
|| Sur
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| Santiago
|| Valerie Chardonnens Vargas || 18 || 1.81 || Santiago de los Caballeros
|| El Cibao
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| La Romana || Tania Yolanda Medina Collado || 24 || 1.68 || La Romana || Sur
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| La Vega || Sarah Cristina Portes Carillo || 22 || 1.73 || Constanza || El Cibao
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| Monte Plata
|| Zadia Núñez de la Cruz || 25 || 1.75 || Villa Bisonó
|| Sur
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| Puerto Plata || Ana Carolina Viñas Machado || 21 || 1.83 || Cámboya
|| El Cibao
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| Santiago
|| Paola María Torres Cohén || 21 || 1.73 || Santiago de los Caballeros
|| El Cibao
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| Santo Domingo || Alexandra Díaz Bello || 22 || 1.78 || Santo Domingo
|| Sur
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| Valverde || Lusverlyn Rafaelina Arias Rodríguez || 19 || 1.72 || Santiago de los Caballeros
|| El Cibao
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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...
at the Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006, the 56th Miss World pageant was held at Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium at the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland on the September 30, 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in a European city other than London, United Kingdom, having...
. The runner ups could enter different small international pageants.
Results
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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006
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- SantiagoSantiago de los Caballeros ProvinceSantiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
- Paola TorresPaola TorresPopola María Torres Cohén, born in Guachupita, Dominican Republic, is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant who represented her country in the Miss World 2006 pageant. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra were she earned a masters degree in administration, tourism, and a...
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| 1st Runner-up
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- Com. Dom. Miami - Cristal de Moya
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| 2nd Runner-up
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- La Romana - Tania MedinaTania MedinaTania Yolanda Medina Collado is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant. Early on, she volunteered in hospitals and helped others in home shelters and eventually attended the INTEC for medical studies.In 2000 she entered Miss Dominican Republic USA and she won, in 2001 she entered miss millineum...
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| Top 8
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- Espaillat - Valerie Chardonens
- Santo Domingo - Alexandra Díaz
- Puerto Plata - Ana Viñas
- Valverde - Lusverlyn Arias
- Com. Dom. Nueva JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
- Sandra Tavares
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) -Tania MedinaTania MedinaTania Yolanda Medina Collado is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant. Early on, she volunteered in hospitals and helped others in home shelters and eventually attended the INTEC for medical studies.In 2000 she entered Miss Dominican Republic USA and she won, in 2001 she entered miss millineum...
(La Romana) - Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) - Indhira Díaz (Dajabón)
- Best Face - Paola TorresPaola TorresPopola María Torres Cohén, born in Guachupita, Dominican Republic, is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant who represented her country in the Miss World 2006 pageant. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra were she earned a masters degree in administration, tourism, and a...
(SantiagoSantiago de los Caballeros ProvinceSantiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
) - Best Hair - Valerie Chardonnens Vargas(SantiagoSantiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
) - Miss Elegancia - Zadia Núñez (Monte PlataMonte Plata ProvinceMonte Plata is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
) - Miss Internet (voted by viewers in Miss Mundo Dominicana Official Website) - Valerie Chardonenns Vargas (SantiagoSantiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
) - Best Beach Dominican Beauty - Ana Viñas (Puerto Plata)
The winner of Miss Internet and Best Beach Dominican Beauty would officially go to the Semifinals.
Miss Dominican Regions
- Miss Exterior - Cristal de Moya (Com. Dom. Miami)
- Miss Region del Cibao - Paola TorresPaola TorresPopola María Torres Cohén, born in Guachupita, Dominican Republic, is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant who represented her country in the Miss World 2006 pageant. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra were she earned a masters degree in administration, tourism, and a...
(SantiagoSantiago de los Caballeros ProvinceSantiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
) - Miss Region del Sur - Tania MedinaTania MedinaTania Yolanda Medina Collado is a Dominican beauty pageant contestant. Early on, she volunteered in hospitals and helped others in home shelters and eventually attended the INTEC for medical studies.In 2000 she entered Miss Dominican Republic USA and she won, in 2001 she entered miss millineum...
(La Romana)
Delegates
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! Province, Community !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown !! Geographical Regions
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| Azua
Azua Province
Azua is a province of the Dominican Republic.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:...
|| Aurys Sánchez Tejada || 20 || 1.80 || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Barahona || Laura Sadhalá Roman || 19 || 1.77 || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| Sur
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| Com. Dom. Miami || Cristal de Moya Vargas || 22 || 1.73 || Miami || Exterior
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| Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
|| Sandra Elisabeth Tavares Valle || 18 || 1.83 || Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
|| Exterior
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| Com. Dom. Nueva York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
|| Yamilka Massiel Santana Colón || 18 || 1.74 || The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
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| Com. Dom. Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
|| Berkelin Rosario Castellanos || 23 || 1.79 || Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
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| Dajabón || Indhira Díaz Acosta || 20 || 1.76 || Loma de Cabrera
Loma de Cabrera
Loma de Cabrera is the second largest city in the province of Dajabon, Dominican Republic. It is located in the northwest portion of the island, in the Cibao region....
|| El Cibao
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| Distrito Nacional
Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....
|| Jennifer Pérez de la Cruz || 20 || 1.79 || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
|| Sur
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| Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| Valerie Chardonnens Vargas || 18 || 1.81 || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| El Cibao
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| La Romana || Tania Yolanda Medina Collado || 24 || 1.68 || La Romana || Sur
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| La Vega || Sarah Cristina Portes Carillo || 22 || 1.73 || Constanza || El Cibao
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| Monte Plata
Monte Plata Province
Monte Plata is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
|| Zadia Núñez de la Cruz || 25 || 1.75 || Villa Bisonó
Villa Bisonó
Villa Bisonó, usually known as Navarrete, is a small municipality in the Dominican Republic northwestern section, created in 1956. It lies approximately from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second largest city...
|| Sur
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| Puerto Plata || Ana Carolina Viñas Machado || 21 || 1.83 || Cámboya
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| El Cibao
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| Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros Province
Santiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
|| Paola María Torres Cohén || 21 || 1.73 || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| El Cibao
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| Santo Domingo || Alexandra Díaz Bello || 22 || 1.78 || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
|| Sur
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| Valverde || Lusverlyn Rafaelina Arias Rodríguez || 19 || 1.72 || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
|| El Cibao
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Trivia
- Sandra Tavares, Miss Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007The Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007 pageant will be held on October 27, 2006. This year only 18 candidates are competing for the national crown...
. - Yamilka Santana, Miss Com. Dom. Nueva York entered Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2006Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2006The Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2006 pageant was held on October 17, 2005. Only 22 candidates competed for the national crown. The chosen winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss International 2006 pageant which was held in Tokyo. The first runner up represented...
. - Tania Medina, Miss La Romana and the winner Paola Torres, Miss Santiago entered Miss Dominican Republic 2006.
- Ana Viñas, Miss Puerto Plata would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007The Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007 pageant will be held on October 27, 2006. This year only 18 candidates are competing for the national crown...
and winn to go to Miss International 2007Miss International 2007Miss International 2007, the 47th Miss International pageant was held at The Hotel Prince Park Tower, Tokyo, Japan on October 15, 2007. 61 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown marking at that time, the biggest turnout in the pageants 47 year history. That record was held until...
and she would also participate in Miss Dominican Republic 2009. - Alexandra Díaz, Miss Santo Domingo would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008The Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008 pageant will be held on October 17, 2007. This year only 28 candidates are competing for the national crown...
and become 2nd Runner Up to enter Miss Atlantico International and win the pageant.