Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008

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Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008
Date:	December 3, 2007
Venue:	Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster:	Dominican TV, Super Canal 33
Debuts:	Hermanas Mirabal
Returns:	Espaillat
Winner:	Marianne Cruz
Represented:	Hermanas Mirabal

The Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008 will be held on December 3 of 2007. This year only 9 candidates are competing for the national crown. The chosen winner will represent the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant which will be held in Vietnam. The Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008 Pageant will be taking place at the Teatro La Fiesta del Hotel Jaragua. This year, two of the public favorites are the Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2007 first runner-up Marianne Cruz (Miss Continente Americano 2007) who decided to go for the crown one more time, and Miss International 2005 first runner-up representing the Dominican Republic Yadira Geara Cury. Yadira participated at the 2004 Miss Dominican Republic Universe where Larimar Fiallo won and represented the Distrito Nacional (this year as well) in which she was chosen as one of the finalist.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Special awards 2 Delegates 3 Trivia/ Controversy/ Criticism 4 External links

[edit] Results

• Miss Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008 - Marianne Cruz (Hermanas Mirabal)
• 1st runner-up - Mariel Sabogal (La Romana)
• 2nd runner-up - Yadira Cury (Distrito Nacional)

[edit] Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Marianne Cruz (Hermanas Mirabal)
• Miss Internet (voted by www.voy.com/210036/ viewers) - Marianne Cruz (Hermanas Mirabal)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - Yadira Cury (Distrito Nacional)
• Best Face - Mariel Sabogal (La Romana)
• Best Provincial Costume - Yaritza Camacho (Espaillat)

[edit] Delegates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Communidad Dominicana En EU	Jennifer Peña Garcia	23	5'11	New York
Distrito Nacional	Yadira Geara Cury	22	6'1	Los Minas
Duarte	Adriana Rosal Hidalgo	19	5'9	San Francisco de Macorís
Espaillat	Yaritza Camacho	20	6'0	Moca
Hermanas Mirabal	Marianne Cruz Gonzalez	22	6'0	Salcedo
La Romana	Mariel Isabel Sabogal Cruz	22	6'1	La Romana
Monseñor Nouel	Katherine Escaño Cabrera	20	5'10	Bonao
Puerto Plata	Eliana Santana Arias	18	6'2	Sosúa
Santo Domingo	Claudia Marie Garcia Vidal	25	5'11	Santo Domingo Norte

[edit] Trivia/ Controversy/ Criticism

• Marianne Cruz competed in Miss Dominican Republic Pageant in 2007 to represent Dominican Rep in Miss Universe 2007, placing 1st finalist against Massiel Taveras.
• Yadira Geara Cury placed 3rd finalist in Miss Dominican Rep. 2003, where Larimar Fiallo won, representing Dominican Rep. in Miss Universe 2004.
• Katherine Escaño was highly affected on the pageant when she was asked with which character of history she felt identified, and she said Juan P. Duarte because he discovered Hispanic-America. The nex days after the contest, she appeared on every newspaper in jokes and articles against her, saying that wa embarrasing
• When Marianne Cruz won, controversy came because people said this was fixed.
• Massiel Taveras lasted less than a year as a queen.
• The pageant was critiziced because it was done at a TV studio, had bad hostesses, and had only 8 contestants.

[edit] External links

http://www.voy.com/210036/

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