Miss Dominican Republic 1996
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Miss República Dominicana 1996 was held on December 16, 1995. 22 candidates representing provinces and municipalites entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic
at Miss Universe 1996
and Miss International 1996
. The first runner up would enter Miss World 1996
. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 1996
. The rest of finalist entered different pageants.
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! Final Results
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| Miss República Dominicana 1996
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| 4th Runner-up
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| Semi-finalists
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! Represented !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
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| Azua
|| Idelsa Núñez Torres || 21 || 1.80 || Santo Domingo
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| Baoruco || Maritza Ferreira Castellanos || 19 || 1.72 || Neiba
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| Bonao
|| Arelis Campusano Cepeda || 20 || 1.78 || Bonao
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| Constanza
|| Doranellys Durán Espinal || 21 || 1.72 || Concepción de La Vega
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| Distrito Nacional
|| Denny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa || 17 || 1.78 || Santo Domingo
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| El Seibo
|| Rocío Cobre Almador || 24 || 1.82 || Santo Domingo
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| Higüey
|| Manuela Lara Estevez || 20 || 1.76 || Salvaleón de Higüey
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| Jarabacoa
|| Casandra Sobrevillo Urtea || 18 || 1.79 || Jarabacoa
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| La Romana || Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius || 25 || 1.81 || La Romana
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| La Vega || Jonoris Tavarez Monegro || 23 || 1.74 || Concepción de La Vega
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| Las Matas de Farfán
|| Allison Veras Cepeda || 18 || 1.73 || Santo Domingo
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| María Trinidad Sánchez || Alexis de Soto Matos || 21 || 1.72 || Santo Domingo
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| Monte Cristi || Milka Hidalgo Ferrano || 23 || 1.77 || Santo Domingo
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| Puerto Plata || Melisa Yudelka Guzmán Herrera || 20 || 1.82 || San Felipe de Puerto Plata
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| San Cristóbal || Melina de los Santos Torrealba || 19 || 1.76 || San Cristóbal
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| San Pedro de Macorís || Altagracia Vargas Rosado || 20 || 1.73 || Santo Domingo
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| Santiago
|| Ada María Colón Rosario || 18 || 1.80 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Tamboríl
|| Yanilka Abreu Romero || 21 || 1.83 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Valverde || Belkis Quirós del Valle || 19 || 1.86 || Santa Cruz de Mao
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| Villa Bisonó
|| Ana Lucía de Moya Peralta || 22 || 1.76 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Villa González
|| Aura Margarita Reyes Polanco || 23 || 1.79 || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Vílla Mella || Carolina Peña Ureña || 22 || 1.72 || Santo Domingo
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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 Miss Universe 1996
Miss Universe 1996
Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants...
and Miss International 1996
Miss International 1996
Miss International 1996 was held at Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan on October 26, 1996. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Kathleen Williams...
. The first runner up would enter Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996, the 46th Miss World pageant took place on November 23, 1996 in the city of Bangalore, India. 88 contestants from all over the world took part in the prestigious pageant...
. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 1996
Reinado Internacional del Café
The Reinado Internacional del Café beauty pageant, was internationally launched as the Reinado Continental del Café in 1957, and the name was changed to the current one in 1972 in order to allow for the participation of countries from America and other continents...
. The rest of finalist entered different pageants.
Results
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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| Miss República Dominicana 1996
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- La Romana - Sandra Abreu
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| 1st Runner-up
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- 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:...
- Idelsa Núñez
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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....
- Denny MéndezDenny MendezDenny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa is a former beauty queen turned model and actress who represented Italy in the 1997 Miss Universe pageant.-Early life:...
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| 3rd Runner-up
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- ConstanzaConstanza, 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...
- Doranellys Durán
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| 4th Runner-up
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- Las Matas de FarfánLas Matas de FarfánLas Matas de Farfán is a town in the San Juan Province, Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of a number of current and former Major League Baseball players including Juan Encarnacion, Roberto Novoa, Odalis Perez, Ramón Santiago, and Valerio de los Santos....
- Allison Veras
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| Semi-finalists
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- Puerto Plata - Melisa Guzmán
- 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...
- Ada Colón - Vílla Mella - Carolina Peña
- Baoruco - Maritza Ferreira
- Villa BisonóVilla BisonóVilla 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...
- Ana de Moya
Special awards
- Miss Rostro Bonito - Melisa Guzmán (Puerto Plata)
- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Rocio Cobre (El SeiboEl Seibo ProvinceEl 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:...
) - Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Belkis Quiros (Valverde)
- Best Provincial Costume - Altagracia Vargas (San Pedro de Macorís)
Delegates
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! Represented !! 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:...
|| Idelsa Núñez Torres || 21 || 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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| Baoruco || Maritza Ferreira Castellanos || 19 || 1.72 || Neiba
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| 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...
|| Arelis Campusano Cepeda || 20 || 1.78 || 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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| 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...
|| Doranellys Durán Espinal || 21 || 1.72 || 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....
|| Denny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa || 17 || 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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| 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:...
|| Rocío Cobre Almador || 24 || 1.82 || 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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| Higüey
Salvaleón de Higüey
Higüey , or in full Salvaleón de Higüey, is the capital city of the eastern province of La Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic. The river Yuma flows through the urban area of Higüey....
|| Manuela Lara Estevez || 20 || 1.76 || Salvaleón de Higüey
Salvaleón de Higüey
Higüey , or in full Salvaleón de Higüey, is the capital city of the eastern province of La Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic. The river Yuma flows through the urban area of Higüey....
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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...
|| Casandra Sobrevillo Urtea || 18 || 1.79 || 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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| La Romana || Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius || 25 || 1.81 || La Romana
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| La Vega || Jonoris Tavarez Monegro || 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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| Las Matas de Farfán
Las Matas de Farfán
Las Matas de Farfán is a town in the San Juan Province, Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of a number of current and former Major League Baseball players including Juan Encarnacion, Roberto Novoa, Odalis Perez, Ramón Santiago, and Valerio de los Santos....
|| Allison Veras Cepeda || 18 || 1.73 || 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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| María Trinidad Sánchez || Alexis de Soto Matos || 21 || 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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| Monte Cristi || Milka Hidalgo Ferrano || 23 || 1.77 || 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 || Melisa Yudelka Guzmán Herrera || 20 || 1.82 || San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican province Puerto Plata.The city is famous for resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located east of San Felipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.The only...
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| San Cristóbal || Melina de los Santos Torrealba || 19 || 1.76 || San Cristóbal
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| San Pedro de Macorís || Altagracia Vargas Rosado || 20 || 1.73 || 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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| 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...
|| Ada María Colón Rosario || 18 || 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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| Tamboríl
Tamboríl
Tamboril is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Tamboríl is situated in the northeast part of the province, at the foot of the Cordillera Septentrional mountains, at 230 meters above sea level...
|| Yanilka Abreu Romero || 21 || 1.83 || 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 || Belkis Quirós del Valle || 19 || 1.86 || Santa Cruz de Mao
Santa Cruz de Mao
The Dominican city of Santa Cruz de Mao, or simply Mao, is the head municipality of the Valverde province, in the northwest of the country....
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| 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...
|| Ana Lucía de Moya Peralta || 22 || 1.76 || 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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| Villa González
Villa González
Villa Gonzalez is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts : El Limón and Palmar Arriba.-Demographics:...
|| Aura Margarita Reyes Polanco || 23 || 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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| Vílla Mella || Carolina Peña Ureña || 22 || 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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Trivia
- Denny MéndezDenny MendezDenny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa is a former beauty queen turned model and actress who represented Italy in the 1997 Miss Universe pageant.-Early life:...
didn't enter the pageant she should off gone because she had won Miss ItaliaMiss ItaliaMiss Italia is the name of a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.-History:...
to go to Miss Universe 1997Miss Universe 1997Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, culminating in the final competition on May 16, 1997. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant had been held in the United States. Miss USA, Brook Lee of Hawaii was crowned Miss...
. - The Winner, Sandra Abreu is half Lithuanian.
External links
- http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/nuestra_belleza.htm