The Miss Mundo Dominicana 2008 pageant was held on July 27, 2008. This year only 16 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winner will represent the Dominican Republic at the Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008, the 58th Miss World pageant was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kiev, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia in neighboring South Ossetia, the...

. The first runner up will represent the Dominican Republic in Miss America Latina 2009

Miss América Latina

Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin...

. Its National director Belkys Reyes is a world famous Miss trainer" which has prepaired models like Amelia Vega.

Results

• Miss Mundo Dominicana 2008 : Geisha Natalie Montes de Oca Robles (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....
  
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• 1st Runner Up : Rosaura Almánzar (Puerto Plata)
• 2nd Runner Up : Cinthia Bengacomo (Com. Dom. Nueva York )

Top 6

• Magdalena Batista (Santiago)
• Laura Bedmigton (Com. Dom. Canada
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
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• Erica Moros (La Romana)

Top 10

• Maite Cargoa (Com. Dom. Miami)
• Cristina Peña (La Vega)
• Sofy Arcenegas (Com. Dom. Lto. America
  Latin America
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
  
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• Erica Peralta (Santo Domingo)

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Sofy Arcenegas (Com. Dom. Lto. America
  Latin America
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
  
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• Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) - Sandra Batista (Santiago)
• Best Face - Geisha Montes (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....
  
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• Best Provincial Costume - Joana Reynosa (Espaillat)
• Miss Talent - Rosaura Almánzar (Puerto Plata)
• Miss Top Model - Sofy Arcenegas (Com. Dom. Lto. America
  Latin America
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
  
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Miss Dominican Regions

• Miss Region del Cibao: Rosaura Almánzar (Puerto Plata)
• Miss Region en el Exterior: Cinthia Bengacomo (Com. Dom. Nueva York )
• Miss Region del Sur: Geisha Montes (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....
  
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Delegates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Geographical Regions
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:...	Eliza Ferre Reyno	25	1.65	Azua de Compostela Azua de Compostela Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a municipality of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Azua province, and is located 100 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo....	Sur
Baoruco	Sandy Ovea Guerra	19	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...	Sur
Barahona	Carolina Alce Latena	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...	Sur
Com. Dom. Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Laura Minerva Bedmigton Suarez	18	1.70	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...	Exterior
Com. Dom. Lto. America Latin America Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...	Sofy Arcenegas Montalvo	23	1.77	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria commonly known as Las Palmas is the political capital, jointly with Santa Cruz, the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half of the people of the island...	Exterior
Com. Dom. Miami	Maite Cargoa Lopez	26	1.67	Miami	Exterior
Com. Dom. Nueva York	Cinthia Marlene Bengacomo Suarez	20	1.81	Long Island Nassau County, New York Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...	Exterior
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....	Geisha Natalie Montes de Oca Robles	21	1.75	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.....	Sur
Duarte	Cindy Zamora Alva	21	1.83	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...	El Cibao
Espaillat	Joana Reynosa Abreu	18	1.70	Moca	El Cibao
La Romana	Erica Joan Moros Xavier	21	1.79	La Romana	Sur
La Vega	Cristina Peña Garzon	20	1.69	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...	El Cibao
Puerto Plata	Rosaura Almánzar de Lara	18	1.80	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...	El Cibao
Santiago	Sandra Magdalena Batista Ruiz	22	1.74	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...	El Cibao
Santo Domingo	Erica Marinela Peralta Oviedo	19	1.70	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...	Sur
Valverde	Patricia Duarte Ramones	24	1.67	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...	El Cibao