Señorita República Dominicana 1956 was held on January 29, 1956. 24 candidates competed for the national crown. The winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe 1956

The fifth edition of the Miss Universe pageant was held on 20 July 1956, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 20-year-old Carol Morris, won the competition...

. On the top 10 they showed their evening gown so the could go to the top 5. In the top 5 they would answered more questions. This edition would send their first delegate to Miss Universe.

Results

• Señorita República Dominicana 1956 : Olga Fernánda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario (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...
  
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• 1st Runner Up : Alexandra Ferro (Colón)
• 2nd Runner Up : Isaura de Palmera (Beata)
• 3rd Runner Up : Sara Abreu (Puerto Plata)
• 4th Runner Up : Carmen Castro (Provincia de 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...
  
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Top 10

• Tatiana Zamora (Distrito de Santo Domingo
  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....
  
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• María Taveras (Trujillo)
• Concepción Veras (Duarte)
• Altagracia Oviedo (Salcedo)
• Laura Silvestre (Samaná)

Delegates

• 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:...
  
   - Germania Angie Alvarez Rosa
• Baoruco - Angelica Sandra Zamiera Sosa
• Barahona - Anjelika Eduarda Fermin Tavarez
• Beata - Isuara Joana de Palmera Ruiz
• Benefactor - Tatiana Germania Quiros Valle
• Colón - Alexandra Margarita Ferro Rodríguez
• Distrito de Santo Domingo
  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....
  
   - Tatiana Ceneyda Zamora Vargas
• Duarte - Concepción de Ursula Veras Castañeda
• Espaillat - Ana Josefina Horlanda Peralta
• José Trujillo Valdez - Ana Cassandra Eros Fausto
• La Altagracia - Remedios Veronica de Rojas Melilla
• La Vega - Arelis del Carmen Mena Cabrera

• Libertador - Mary Lionas Peña Arias
• Monte Cristi - María Teresa Martínez Derios
• Provincia de 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...
  
   - Carmen de Dolores Castro de Zaragoza
• Puerto Plata - Sara Magdalena de Dolores Abreu Suarez
• Salcedo - Altagracia Leonida Oviedo Peralta
• Samaná - Laura Carina Silvestre Adames
• San Pedro de Macorís - María Eugenia Reynosa Reys
• San Rafael
  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....
  
   - Elizabeth del Carmen Espinal Hidalgo
• Santiago - Olga Fernánda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario
• Santiago Rodríguez - María Angelica Ferrano Urtoda
• Séibo
  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:...
  
   - Isabela Rosa Guerrero Meran
• Trujillo - María Casilda Taveras Collado

Trivia

• Alexandra Ferro was one of the first people to be born from the Island of Catalina
  Catalina Island, Dominican Republic
  Catalina Island or Isla Catalina is a tropical island located 1.5 miles from the mainland on the south-east corner of the Dominican Republic, near La Altagracia and La Romana. It is an occasional destination for cruise ships on Caribbean routes. In particular, Costa Cruises has a private beach on...
  
  . She was also the tallest measuring 6’3 or 1.90. Her pareants and her family comes from La Romana.