Miss Dominican Republic 1999 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Miss Universe República Dominicana 1999 was held on June 2, 1998. 32 candidates representing provinces and municipalites entered. The winner would represent the 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...

at Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...

and Miss World 1999

Miss World 1999

The 49th Miss World pageant was held on 4 December 1999 at London's Olympia Hall. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their...

. The Miss Internacional Dominicana would enter Miss International 1999

Miss International 1999

Miss International 1999, the 39th Miss International pageant, was held on 14 December 1999 at Tokyo's U-Port Hall, hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine....

. The first runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 1999

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 second runner up would enter in Reina Mundial del Banano 1999. The third runner up would enter in Miss Atlantico 1999. The rest of the finalists entered different pageants. This edition would be the first edition to select Top 15 quarter finalist in the history of Miss Dominican Republic.

Results

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Final Results
! Contestant
|-
| Miss Universe Dominicana 1999
|

Moca - Luz García

|-
| Miss Internacional Dominicana
|

Peravia - Patsi Arias

|-
| 1st Runner-up
|

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....

- Carlotty Veras

|-
| 2nd Runner-up
|

Puerto Plata - Luisa Vargas

|-
| 3rd Runner-up
|

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...

- Idelkys Peña

|-
| Semi-finalists
|

Pedernales - Johanna Lantigua
Piedra Blanca
Piedra Blanca
Piedra Blanca is a city in Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic....

- Nory Zamora
Valverde Mao - Soraya Espinoza
Nagua
Nagua
Nagua is the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez province, in the northeastern Dominican Republic.A medium-sized town, Nagua's economy relies on the production of agricultural products, principally rice, coconuts, and cocoa bean...

- Norbelkis Grullón
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...

- Liz Sosa

|-
| Quarter-finalists
|

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...

- Luisa de Arias
Dajabón - Loiza González
Neiba
Neyba
Neiba is a city in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It is the capital city of the Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo, the largest lake in the West Indies....

- Aida Noriega
San Cristóbal - Alma de Ruiz
Com. Dom. Miami - Eva Franco

Special awards

Miss Rostro Bonito - Luz García (Moca)
Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Saidy Torres (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:...

)
Miss Belleza Rondinella - Luz García (Moca)
Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Aida Noriega (Neiba)
Best Provincial Costume - Sandra Sosa (San Pedro de Macorís)
Miss Elegancia - Luz García (Moca)

Delegates

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Represented !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
|-
| 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:...

|| Ednita González Merán || 24 || 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...

|-
| Barahona || Nereida Femin Grullón || 22 || 1.70 || Santa Cruz de Barahona

Santa Cruz de Barahona

Barahona, also known as Santa Cruz de Barahona, is the main city of the Barahona Province, in the south of the Dominican Republic. It is one of the most important cities on the island, with a very active port and many ecotourism attractions...

|-
| 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...

|| Iris Núñez Mena || 21 || 1.77 || Bonao

Bonao

|-
| Com. Dom. Miami || Eva Carolina Franco Guerra || 18 || 1.79 || Miami
|-
| 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...

|| Liz Martha Sosa Polanco || 23 || 1.80 || Washington Heights

Washington Heights, Manhattan

Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

|-
| 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...

|| Luisa Colombina de Arias Toledo || 19 || 1.69 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| Dajabón || Loiza Isabel González Edito || 21 || 1.77 || Dajabón

Dajabón

Dajabón is a province of the Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is also called Dajabón.It was split from Monte Cristi province in 1938, and was called Libertador until 1961.-Location:...

|-
| 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....

|| Carlotty Ceneyda Veras García || 18 || 1.78 || Villa Mella
|-
| 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:...

|| Saidy Elisa Torres Correa || 26 || 1.71 || 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...

|-
| Hato Mayor || Anna Peña Rodríguez || 22 || 1.72 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| Independencia || Livia Cueto Reynosa || 19 || 1.69 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| 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...

|| Katherine Caba de Hernández || 21 || 1.71 || Moca

Moca, Dominican Republic

Moca is the capital of Espaillat province in the Dominican Republic.Moca is located 11 miles/18 kilometers away from the country’s second biggest city, Santiago De Los Caballeros. Moca is also known for its many great crops and friendly people....

|-
| La Altagracia || Milagros Tatis Brito || 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....

|-
| La Romana || Loraine Bonilla Zamora || 18 || 1.80 || La Romana
|-
| La Vega || Emma Karina Rodríguez Camargo || 23 || 1.73 || Los Alcarrizos

Los Alcarrizos

Los Alcarrizos is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are the following municipal districts : Palmarejo-Villa Linda and Pantoja....

|-
| Moca || Luz Cecilia García Guzmán || 19 || 1.78 || Moca

Moca, Dominican Republic

|-
| 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:...

|| Alexandra Pichardo García || 26 || 1.72 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| Nagua

Nagua

Nagua is the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez province, in the northeastern Dominican Republic.A medium-sized town, Nagua's economy relies on the production of agricultural products, principally rice, coconuts, and cocoa bean...

|| Norbelkis Grullón Alvarado || 21 || 1.79 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Neiba

Neyba

Neiba is a city in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It is the capital city of the Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo, the largest lake in the West Indies....

|| Aida Noriega Oviedo || 24 || 1.81 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| Pedernales || Johanna Lantigua Polanco || 19 || 1.74 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Peravia || Patsi María Arias Arias || 24 || 1.77 || Baní

Baní

Baní is a capital town of the Peravia Province, Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and manufacturing center in a region producing bananas and coffee.- Overview :...

|-
| Piedra Blanca

Piedra Blanca

Piedra Blanca is a city in Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic....

|| Noraidy Belkis Zamora Trujillo || 18 || 1.82 || Moca

Moca, Dominican Republic

|-
| Puerto Plata || María Luisa Vargas Tavarez || 21 || 1.80 || Maimón

Maimón

Maimón is a small resort town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic, around 24 km west of San Felipe de Puerto Plata...

|-
| Salcedo || Noreikys Echavarria Andres || 23 || 1.76 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Samaná || Elizabeth Escaño Tavares || 19 || 1.78 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Sánchez Ramírez || Ana María Hidalgo Fernández || 25 || 1.75 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| San Cristóbal || Alma de Ruiz Brito || 20 || 1.68 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| 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...

|| Dihana Polanco Súarez || 20 || 1.77 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| San Pedro de Macorís || Sandra Sosa Benett || 25 || 1.73 || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

|-
| 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...

|| Idelkys Yeara Peña Díaz || 18 || 1.75 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Santiago Rodríguez || Samanta de los Santos Garrido || 22 || 1.69 || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

|-
| Valverde Mao || Soraya Mary Espinoza Cevallos || 18 || 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....

Trivia

Miss Internacional Dominicana, Patsi Arias would become a great Journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

in Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

.

External links

Search Miss Republica Dominicana 1999
http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee_1998.htm
http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/banana.htm
http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/atlantico.htm

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.