Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008
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The 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. The chosen winner will represent the Dominican Republic at the Miss International 2008
and other small international pageant which was held in Macau
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! Final Results
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| RNB Miss República Dominicana 2008
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! Province, Community !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
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| Azua
|| Eva María Gazo Suarez || 20 || 1.75 || Santo Domingo
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| Com. Dom. EU || Melissa Pérez Alvarado || 18 || 1.57 || New York
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| Constanza
|| Venny Quezada || 24 || 1.69 || Concepción de la Vega
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| Distrito Nacional
|| Alexandra Díaz Bello Ruiz || 23 || 1.78 || Santo Domingo
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| Duarte || Obelíz Antigua Zamora || 18 || 1.77 || San Francisco
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| Elías Piña
|| Pamela Yamel Nina Eugenio|| 20 || 1.70 || Comendador
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| El Seibo
|| Rosanna Candelario Varoni || 18 || 1.79 || El Seibo
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| Espaillat || Dayhana Hernández Almos || 22 || 1.81 || Moca
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| Haina
|| Lisbeth Almánzar López || 23 || 1.74 || Santo Domingo
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| Jarabacoa
|| Clariluz Ortíz Cavozio || 18 || 1.76 || Concepción de la Vega
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| La Altagracia || Melany Tatiana Batista Hidalgo || 21 || 1.80 || Punta Cana
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| La Romana || Ruth Guerrero || 24 || 1.67 || Santo Domingo
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| La Vega || Caroni Calderón Matos || 23 || 1.74 || Concepción de la Vega
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| María Trinidad Sánchez || Luisa Mariel de la Cruz || 27 || 1.72 || Santo Domingo
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| Monseñor Nouel || Claudia Mabel Peña Gómez || 19 || 1.82 || Bonao
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| Monte Cristi || Rosiell Polanco Maro || 20 || 1.83 || San Fernando de Monte Cristi
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| Monte Plata
|| Erika Lombert || 23 || 1.80 || Santo Domingo
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| Puerto Plata || Katiuska Rodríguez Duarte || 21 || 1.81 || Sosúa
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| Salcedo || Marlin García Camacho || 21 || 1.71 || Santo Domingo
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| Samaná || Alexandra Rosario Tavarez || 25 || 1.73 || Santa Bárbara de Samaná
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| San Cristóbal || Arisleidy Mateo Duarte || 20 || 1.72 || San Cristóbal
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| San Juan
|| Kenia Rodríguez || 22 || 1.75 || Santo Domingo
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| San Pedro de Macorís || Leslie Domínguez Lavos || 17 || 1.78 || San Pedro de Macorís
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| Santiago
|| Rocío Elizabeth Castellanos Matías || 20 || 1.79 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Santiago Rodríguez || Mavelyn Paredes || 19 || 1.84 || San Ignacio de Sabaneta
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| Santo Domingo Este
|| Joneidy Reynosa Tavares || 25 || 1.68 || Los Minas
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| Santo Domingo Norte
|| Ana García Ceballos || 23 || 1.80 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Valverde || Laura Rosal Ramos || 21 || 1.70 || Mao
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Miss International 2008
Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last...
and other small international pageant which was held in Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
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Results
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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| RNB Miss República Dominicana 2008
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- Monseñor Nouel - Claudia Peña
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| 1st Runner-up
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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...
- Rocío Castellanos
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| 2nd Runner-up
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- Distrito NacionalDistrito NacionalThe 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....
- Alexandra Díaz
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| 3rd Runner-up
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- Monte Cristi - Rosiell Polanco
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| 4th Runner-up
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- Duarte - Obelíz Antigua
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| Semi-finalists
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- La Altagracia - Melany Batista
- San Pedro de Macorís - Leslie Domínguez
- Elías PiñaElías Piña ProvinceElías Piña is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the western part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is Comendador....
- Pamela Nina - Samaná - Alexandra Rosario
- Puerto Plata - Katiuska Rodríguez
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- Com. Dom. EU - Melissa Pérez
- JarabacoaJarabacoaJarabacoa is a town and the second largest municipality in La Vega Province, Dominican Republic.- History :In 1805, during the Haitian invasion of the Cibao, survivors from the massacres of Santiago de los Caballeros and La Vega escaped to the mountains of the Cordillera Central and settled in the...
- Clariluz Ortíz - San Cristóbal - Arisleidy Mateo
- Salcedo - Marlin García
- Espaillat - Dayhana Hernández
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Obelíz Antigua (Duarte)
- Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) - Melany Batista (La Altagracia)
- Best Face - Claudia Peña (Monseñor Nouel)
- Best Provincial Costume - Rosiell Polanco (Monte Cristi)
- Best Hair - Eva Gazo (AzuaAzua ProvinceAzua 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:...
) - Miss Elegancia - Laura Rosal (Valverde)
- Best eyes - Claudia Peña (Monseñor Nouel)
Delegates
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! Province, Community !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
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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:...
|| Eva María Gazo Suarez || 20 || 1.75 || 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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| Com. Dom. EU || Melissa Pérez Alvarado || 18 || 1.57 || New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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| Constanza
Constanza, Dominican Republic
-History:The name of Constanza has its origin in the legend the daughter of a local taino cacique whom lived in the valley. In 1852, the British explorer and consul Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk mentions the existence of a farm in the valley of Constanza. The town was formally founded in 1894...
|| Venny Quezada || 24 || 1.69 || Concepción de la Vega
Concepción de La Vega
La Vega, or Concepción de La Vega is the largest city and municipality of the central Dominican Republic and the third of the whole country...
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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....
|| Alexandra Díaz Bello Ruiz || 23 || 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...
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| Duarte || Obelíz Antigua Zamora || 18 || 1.77 || San Francisco
San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic. It is also the capital of the Duarte Province. It has had a very active role in the shaping of Dominican history, as it is known as one of, if not the most, politically active cities in the country. It is located in the northeast portion...
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| Elías Piña
Elías Piña Province
Elías Piña is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the western part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is Comendador....
|| Pamela Yamel Nina Eugenio|| 20 || 1.70 || Comendador
Comendador
Comendador is the capital of the Elías Piña province of the Dominican Republic. It has a border crossing to the Haitian town Belladère.-Population:The municipality had, in 2002, a total population of 25,475...
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| El Seibo
El Seibo Province
El Seibo , alternatively spelt El Seybo, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1992 it included what is now Hato Mayor province.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
|| Rosanna Candelario Varoni || 18 || 1.79 || El Seibo
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| Espaillat || Dayhana Hernández Almos || 22 || 1.81 || Moca
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| Haina
Bajos de Haina
Bajos de Haina, also known simply as Haina , is a town and municipality in the San Cristóbal , of the Dominican Republic. In 1993 the population was estimated at 68,261, but recent estimates in 2005 claimed the population was as high as 140,175...
|| Lisbeth Almánzar López || 23 || 1.74 || 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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| Jarabacoa
Jarabacoa
Jarabacoa is a town and the second largest municipality in La Vega Province, Dominican Republic.- History :In 1805, during the Haitian invasion of the Cibao, survivors from the massacres of Santiago de los Caballeros and La Vega escaped to the mountains of the Cordillera Central and settled in the...
|| Clariluz Ortíz Cavozio || 18 || 1.76 || Concepción de la Vega
Concepción de La Vega
La Vega, or Concepción de La Vega is the largest city and municipality of the central Dominican Republic and the third of the whole country...
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| La Altagracia || Melany Tatiana Batista Hidalgo || 21 || 1.80 || Punta Cana
Punta Cana
Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
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| La Romana || Ruth Guerrero || 24 || 1.67 || 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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| La Vega || Caroni Calderón Matos || 23 || 1.74 || Concepción de la Vega
Concepción de La Vega
La Vega, or Concepción de La Vega is the largest city and municipality of the central Dominican Republic and the third of the whole country...
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| María Trinidad Sánchez || Luisa Mariel de la Cruz || 27 || 1.72 || 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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| Monseñor Nouel || Claudia Mabel Peña Gómez || 19 || 1.82 || Bonao
Bonao
Bonao is the capital of Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. It is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.The city is known as "Villa De Las Hortensias" - the town of hortensias...
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| Monte Cristi || Rosiell Polanco Maro || 20 || 1.83 || San Fernando de Monte Cristi
San Fernando de Monte Cristi
San Fernando de Monte Cristi is the capital of Monte Cristi Province, Dominican Republic.It is located in the northwest of the country in the coastal lowlands, close to the border with Haiti.- History :...
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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:...
|| Erika Lombert || 23 || 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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| Puerto Plata || Katiuska Rodríguez Duarte || 21 || 1.81 || Sosúa
Sosúa
Sosúa is a small town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Located approximately from the Puerto Plata International Airport , the town is accessed primarily by Camino Cinco, or Highway 5, which runs much of the length of the country's North coastline...
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| Salcedo || Marlin García Camacho || 21 || 1.71 || 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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| Samaná || Alexandra Rosario Tavarez || 25 || 1.73 || Santa Bárbara de Samaná
Santa Bárbara de Samaná
Samaná, in full Santa Bárbara de Samaná, is a city and municipality in northeastern Dominican Republic and is the capital of Samaná Province. It is located on the northern coast of Samaná Bay...
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| San Cristóbal || Arisleidy Mateo Duarte || 20 || 1.72 || San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
San Cristóbal is a municipality and the capital of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : Hato Damas.-Sectors:*5 de abril*Canastica*El Pomier...
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| San Juan
San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)
San Juan is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:*Bohechío**Arroyo Cano **Yaque *El Cercado**Batista...
|| Kenia Rodríguez || 22 || 1.75 || 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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| San Pedro de Macorís || Leslie Domínguez Lavos || 17 || 1.78 || San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.-Demographics:...
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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...
|| Rocío Elizabeth Castellanos Matías || 20 || 1.79 || 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...
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| Santiago Rodríguez || Mavelyn Paredes || 19 || 1.84 || San Ignacio de Sabaneta
San Ignacio de Sabaneta
San Ignacio de Sabaneta is the capital and a municipality of Santiago Rodriguez in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It is usually called only Sabaneta or Santiago Rodríguez.-Population:...
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| Santo Domingo Este
Santo Domingo Este
Santo Domingo Este is a municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : San Luis.....
|| Joneidy Reynosa Tavares || 25 || 1.68 || Los Minas
Los Minas
Los Mina is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo Este in the province of Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic. Los Mina was part of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional...
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| Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....
|| Ana García Ceballos || 23 || 1.80 || 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...
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| Valverde || Laura Rosal Ramos || 21 || 1.70 || Mao
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Trivia
- Melanie Batista, Miss La Altagracia entered in Miss RD Universo '05Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2005The Miss Universo República Dominicana 2005 was held on April 9, 2005. That year, only 46 candidates were competing for the national crown. 5 candidates withdrew before the competition started. The chosen winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2005 pageant which was held in...
- Miss Monseñor Nouel would enter in Miss RD Universo '07Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2007The Miss Universo República Dominicana 2007 pageant was held on March 22, 2007. This year only 20 candidates are competing for the national crown. The chosen winner will represent the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant which was held in Mexico and at Reina Hispanoamericana 2007...
and would withdraw due to college. - Rocio Castellanos, Miss Santiago would enter in Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2009Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2009The Miss República Dominicana Universo 2009 was held at the Centro de Convenciones de San Souci in Santo Domingo Este, on May 17, 2009. The winner will represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2009. The first runner up will enter Reina Hispanoamericana 2009. The second runner up will enter...
and would be the 2nd runner up.
External links
- Official Website
- Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007/2008 pageant videos
- http://foro.univision.com/univision/board/message?board.id=missrepublicadominicana&message.id=8536
- http://foro.univision.com/univision/board/message?board.id=missrepublicadominicana&message.id=8983