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Miss Universe Dominicana 2000 was held on March 25, 2000. 50 candidates representing provinces and municipalities 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 2000

Miss Universe 2000

Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...

. The Miss Mundo Dominicana would enter Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000, the 50th Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives....

. The Miss Internacional Dominicana would enter in Miss International 2000

Miss International 2000

Miss International 2000, the 40th Miss International pageant, was won by Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela. It took place on October 4, 2000 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan.-Placements:- Special awards:- Contestants :...

. The first runner-up would enter in Miss Tropical International 2000. The second runner-up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 2000

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 finalists entered different pageants. This edition would be the last edition to select Top 20 quarter finalist in the history of Miss Dominican Republic.

Results

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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| Miss Universe Dominicana 2000
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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...

- Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine originally Gilda E. Gross Reyes was born on February 10, 1981 is a former beauty queen, actress and model from the Dominican Republic....

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| Miss Mundo Dominicana
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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....

- Claudia Santaella

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| Miss Internacional Dominicana
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Samaná - Daniela Andrade

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| 1st Runner-up
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Cotuí
Cotuí
Cotuí is a city in the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities of the New World. It is the capital of Sánchez Ramírez Province in the Cibao. It was founded in the year 1510 by Rodrigo de Trujillo for order of Nicolas de Ovando, who was the governor of Hispaniola. Cotuí was the name of...

- Arianna Campusano

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| 2nd Runner-up
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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...

- Oscarina Crisóstomo

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| Semi-finalists
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Villa Tapia
Villa Tapia
Villa Tapia is a town in the Province of Hermanas Mirabal in the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

- Cristina Cruz
Santiago Rodríguez - Yady Rosado
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...

- Yaira Abreu
Puerto Plata - Marlene Burgos
Monte Cristi - Silvana Santos

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| Quarter-finalists
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Boca Chica
Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : La Caleta....

- Vicky Reyes
Imbert
Imbert
Imbert is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

- Suly de la Mota
Consuelo
Consuelo, Dominican Republic
Consuelo is a municipality of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.As of the 2002 census the municipality had 31,405 inhabitants, 25,034 living in the city itself and 6,371 in its rural districts ....

- Carolina Oviedo
Villa Altagracia
Villa Altagracia
Villa Altagracia is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts : La Cuchilla, Medina and San José del Puerto....

- Marilyn Mena
Castíllo
Castillo
Castillo is a municipality of the Duarte Province in the Dominican Republic.It was named after General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration....

- Tania Lara
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...

- Landy Hernández
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:...

- Raiza Colmenares
Pimentel
Pimentel
Pimentel is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 30 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,200 and an area of 15.0 km²....

- Eva Ynoa
Dajabón - Odette Carillo
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...

- Reimy Solano

Special awards

Best Hair - Eugenia Vallamón (Hato Mayor)
Miss Belleza Rondinella - Dulce Tavarez (San Francisco de Macorís
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...

)
Best Body - Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine originally Gilda E. Gross Reyes was born on February 10, 1981 is a former beauty queen, actress and model from the Dominican Republic....

(Constanza)
Miss Rostro Bonito - Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine originally Gilda E. Gross Reyes was born on February 10, 1981 is a former beauty queen, actress and model from the Dominican Republic....

(Constanza)
Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Yaira Abreu (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...

)
Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Marlene Burgos (Puerto Plata)
Best Provincial Costume - Jeudy Melo (Licey al Medio
Licey al Medio
Licey al Medio is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : Las Palomas....

)
Miss Rostro Avon - Claudia Santaella (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....

)
Miss Elegancia - Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine
Gilda Jovine originally Gilda E. Gross Reyes was born on February 10, 1981 is a former beauty queen, actress and model from the Dominican Republic....

(Constanza)

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:...

|| Clarisa de Lara Merán || 20 || || 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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|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 :...

|| Airiz Mella Escandón || 22 || || 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 :...

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|Barahona || Anna María Torres Bosch || 19 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Boca Chica

Boca Chica

Boca Chica is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : La Caleta....

|| Victoria María Reyes Báez || 18 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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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...

|| Mariely Bisonó Moncada || 23 || || Bonao

Bonao

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|Castíllo

Castillo

Castillo is a municipality of the Duarte Province in the Dominican Republic.It was named after General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration....

|| Tania Lara Medina || 25 || || San Francisco de Macorís

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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|Com. Dominicana En 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...

|| Lariela Rodríguez Landro || 19 || || Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

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|Com. Dominicana En Orlando

Orlando

Orlando is a major city in the U.S. state of Florida.Orlando may also refer to-Places:* in Florida** Orlando, a major city** Greater Orlando, the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

|| Oscarina Crisóstomo de la Rosa || 22 || || 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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|Constanza || Gilda Evangelina Jovine Gross || 19 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Consuelo || Carolina Oviedo Albuquerque || 21 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Cotuí

Cotuí

Cotuí is a city in the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities of the New World. It is the capital of Sánchez Ramírez Province in the Cibao. It was founded in the year 1510 by Rodrigo de Trujillo for order of Nicolas de Ovando, who was the governor of Hispaniola. Cotuí was the name of...

|| Arianna Campusano Reyonsa || 20 || || 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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|Dajabón || Odette Carillo López || 24 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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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....

|| Claudia Santaella Quiñónez || 19 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Duarte || Clary Karina Tineo García || 19 || || San Francisco de Macorís

San Francisco de Macorís

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|Duvergé

Duvergé

Duvergé is the largest city in the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. The first settlers of this community were the gentlemen Christopher Pérez and María del Pulgar, originating from San Juan de la Maguana, who they were established in Bermesí....

|| Viviana Sánchez Polanco || 26 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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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:...

|| Raiza Colmenares Valencia || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Espaillat || Paola Gutiérrez de Camacho || 24 || || Moca
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|Guaymate

Guaymate

Guaymate is a town in the La Romana province of the Dominican Republic. In the middle of Yuma Region, 20 kilometers of the city of La Romana in the east of the Country, itself there be the population of Guaymate...

|| Samantha Cáceres de los Santos || 19 || || Villa Hermosa
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|Hato Mayor || Eugenia Vallamón Rosario || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Imbert

Imbert

Imbert is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

|| Suly Marleny de la Mota Rosario || 18 || || Imbert

Imbert

Imbert is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

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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...

|| Mónica del Carmen Abreu Matos || 25 || || Jarabacoa

Jarabacoa

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|Jimaní

Jimaní

Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main thoroughfares to Haiti , with a duty free open air marketplace operating on the border with the Haitian town of Malpasse...

|| Carolina Gómez Pichardo || 24 || || Bonao

Bonao

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|La Altagracia || Laurette García Rodríguez || 18 || || La Romana
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|La Romana || Teresa Fernández Inoa || 22 || || La Romana
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|La Vega || Nathaly Durán Escamoso || 21 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Licey al Medio

Licey al Medio

Licey al Medio is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : Las Palomas....

|| Jeudy María Melo Espinal || 23 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|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....

|| Alma Santana Reyes || 19 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Monción

Monción

Monción is one of the three municipality of the Santiago Rodríguez province in the Dominican Republic.As of the 2002 census the municipality had 11,663 inhabitants, 6,757 living in the town itself and 4,906 in its rural districts .For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts...

|| Yaneida Elizabeth Polanco Brito || 21 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Monte Cristi || Silvana Andreina Santos Mateo || 22 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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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:...

|| Yailitza Sarita Palacios || 19 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|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...

|| Landy Hernández Bautista || 20 || || Nagua

Nagua

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|Neiba || Laura Fermín Castañeda || 25 || || 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 :...

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|Pedro Brand

Pedro Brand

Pedro Brand is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts : La Cuaba and La Guáyiga....

|| Carina Pérez Polanco || 20 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Piedra Blanca

Piedra Blanca

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

|| Mía Tatiana Sued Alcántara || 21 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Pimentel

Pimentel

Pimentel is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 30 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,200 and an area of 15.0 km²....

|| Eva María Ynoa Tavares || 20 || || San Francisco de Macorís

San Francisco de Macorís

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|Puerto Plata || Marlene Raydirys Burgos Mota || 23 || || 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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|Salcedo || Mayline Rosario Veras || 23 || || Salcedo
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|Samaná || Daniela Andrade Espaillat || 18 || || Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas is a town in the Samaná province of the Dominican Republic.Samana was a famous slave trade port for the British in the early 17th century. Today, the people of these provinces are a mix of Taino, Spanish and African descent. The name originates in the French phrase "la terriene" .Las...

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|San Cristóbal || Sarah Carolina Medina de la Rosa || 21 || || San Cristóbal
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|San Francisco de Macorís

San Francisco de Macorís

|| Dulce Esperanza Tavarez Ynoa || 22 || || San Francisco de Macorís

San Francisco de Macorís

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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...

|| Reimy Solano Torres || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|San Pedro de Macorís || Arianna María Sosa Pineda || 20 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Santiago || Yaira María Abreu González || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Santiago Rodríguez || Yady Josefina Rosado Oviedo || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|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...

|| Alba Ynoa Medina || 25 || || Sosúa

Sosúa

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|Valverde || Paula Roman Celis || 24 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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|Villa Altagracia

Villa Altagracia

Villa Altagracia is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts : La Cuchilla, Medina and San José del Puerto....

|| Marilyn Mena Mejía || 20 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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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...

|| Antonieta Reyes Estevez || 24 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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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:...

|| Araiza Peña Montesdeoca || 19 || || Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

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|Villa Tapia

Villa Tapia

Villa Tapia is a town in the Province of Hermanas Mirabal in the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

|| Cristina Miverva Cruz Mirabal || 22 || || Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Trivia

Miss Villa Tapia, Cristina Cruz is a great-granddaughter of the Mirabal sisters
Mirabal sisters
The Mirabal sisters were four Dominican political dissidents who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. Three of the sisters were assassinated by unknown persons...
The competition has the largest number of candidate in history.

External links

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