Miss Dominican Republic 2009

Miss Dominican Republic 2009
Date	May 17, 2009
Presenters	Renata Soñé & Luis Manuel Aguiló[1]
Entertainment	Chronic Dancing, Issa Gadala, Angeles del Barrio, Mercedes Morales and Wason Brazoban
Venue	Centro de Convenciones de San Souci, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Super Canal Caribe 211, Antena Latina & Color Visión Canal 9
Entrants	22
Withdraws	Azua, Baoruco, Espaillat, Puerto Plata, San Juan, and Santiago Rodríguez
Returns	Dajabón, Hato Mayor, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, San Pedro, Sto. Dgo. Este, Sto. Dgo. Norte, and Sto. Dgo. Oeste
Winner	Ada Aimée de la Cruz San José de Ocoa
Congeniality	Mariela Lucas (Com. Dom. EEUU)
Best National Costume	Karen Figueroa (Hermanas Mirabal)
Photogenic	Mariela Lucas (Com. Dom. EEUU)

The Miss República Dominicana Universo 2009 was held at the Centro de Convenciones de San Souci^[2] in Santo Domingo Este, on May 17, 2009. The winner will represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2009. The first runner up will enter Reina Hispanoamericana 2009. The second runner up will enter Miss Continente Americano 2009. The third runner up will enter in Miss Globe International 2010. The fourth runner up will enter in Miss Bikini International 2010. Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008, was invited to the pageant.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Special Awards 1.2 Final Competition Scores 2 Official Representing Candidates 3 Trivia 4 Preliminaries Scores 5 References 6 External links

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana Universo 2009	San José de Ocoa - Ada de la Cruz
1st Runner-up	Monte Plata - Ana Contreras
2nd Runner-up	Distrito Nacional - Rocío Castellanos
3rd Runner-up	San Cristóbal - Sahoni Camarena
4th Runner-up	Santiago - Ana Viñas
5th Runner-up	Duarte - Raengel Solís
Semi-finalists	Valverde - Jenny Blanco Santo Domingo Este - Esther Tejeda La Vega - Patricia Soriano Comunidad Dom. En Estados Unidos - Mariela Lucas Santo Domingo Norte - Lussy Mejía Peravia - Luisa Medina

Special Awards

• Miss Photogenic - Mariela Lucas (Comunidad Dom. EEUU)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Mariela Lucas (Comunidad Dom. EEUU)
• Best Hair - Rocío Castellanos (Distrito Nacional)
• Best Provincial Costume - Karen Figueroa (Hermanas Mirabal)
• Best Skin - Jenny Blanco (Valverde)
• Best Smile - Ada Aimee de la Cruz (San José de Ocoa)
• Miss Spring Season - Patricia Soriano (La Vega)
• Miss Communication - Jenny Blanco (Valverde)
• Miss Fashion - Sahoni Camarena (San Cristóbal)
• Miss Fitness - Ana Contreras (Monte Plata)
• Miss Internet (voted through http://www.missrdu.com) - Ana Viñas (Santiago)

Final Competition Scores

Repr. Evening Gown Swimsuit Average Question San José de Ocoa 9.611 9.670 9.640 9.895 Monte Plata 9.515 9.785 9.650 9.702 Distrito Nacional 9.432 9.542 9.487 9.478 San Cristóbal 9.689 9.012 9.351 9.235 Santiago 8.963 8.904 8.934 8.936 Duarte 9.014 9.008 9.011 8.932 Valverde 8.601 9.265 8.933 Santo Domingo Este 8.742 8.748 8.745 La Vega 8.594 8.609 8.602 Com. Dom. En EEUU 8.941 8.239 8.590 Santo Domingo Norte 8.743 7.981 8.362 Peravia 8.135 7.740 7.938

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Third runner-up      Fourth runner-up      Fifth runner-up      Top 12

Official Representing Candidates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Barahona	Lidia María Lozada Tatís	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Santo Domingo
Comunidad Dom. EEUU	Mariela Lucas Veras[3]	25	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄4 in)	Queens
Dajabón	Arlin Rodríguez Rivas[4]	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Santo Domingo
Distrito Nacional	Rocío Miledis Castellanos Vargas[5]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9 3⁄4 in)	Santiago de los Caballeros
Duarte	Raengel Solís Martínez[6]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Villa Riva
Hato Mayor	Anabel del Carmen Alcántara Peña[7]	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Hato Mayor del Rey
Hermanas Mirabal	Karen Johana Figueroa de Lora[8]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Salcedo
La Altagracia	Margaret Reina Mirabal Ramos[9]	25	1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	Salvaleón de Higüey
La Romana	Cristina Acosta Reyes[10]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Villa Hermosa
La Vega	Patricia Arismelda Soriano Rodríguez[11]	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄4 in)	Concepción de La Vega
Monseñor Nouel	Alicia Marina Fernández Paulino[12]	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in)	Bonao
Monte Cristi	Rosa Carolina Abreu Sosa[13]	22	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in)	San Fdo. de Monte Cristi
Monte Plata	Ana Rita Contreras Sosa[14]	24	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	Bayaguana
Peravia	Luisa Viviana Medina Agramonte[15]	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	Baní
San Cristóbal	Sahoni Yoy Camarena Victorio[16]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santo Domingo Este
San José de Ocoa	Ada Aimée de la Cruz González[17]	22	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Villa Mella
San Pedro de Macorís	Sugeidy Castíllo Peralta[18]	18	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Consuelo
Santiago	Ana Carolina Viñas Machado[19]	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Santiago de los Caballeros
Santo Domingo Este	Esther Tatiana Tejeda Cardona[20]	25	1.86 m (6 ft 1 1⁄4 in)	Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo Norte	Lussy Margarita Mejía Durán[21]	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in)	Santiago de los Caballeros
Santo Domingo Oeste	Edelyn Victoriana Cedeño Peña[22]	18	1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in)	Santo Domingo
Valverde	Jenny Claribel Blanco de Garrido[23]	24	1.62 m (5 ft 3 3⁄4 in)	Laguna Salada

Trivia

• Ada de la Cruz and Lussy Mejía entered in Miss Mundo Dominicana 2007. De la Cruz won the pageant and became a semifinalist at Miss World 2007.
• Ana Contreras entered in Miss Dominican Republic 2006.
• Ana Viñas entered Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006 and won Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007 and entered Miss International 2007. She originally represented Santiago Rodríguez
• Esther Tejeda entered in Miss Mundo Dominicana 2007, Miss Turismo Dominicana 2009 and actually is the Miss Expo World 2008. She will represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Tourism Queen International 2009.
• Raengel Solís entered in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007.
• Rocío Castellanos entered in Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008.
• There were 40 original candidates and 14 were disqualified to make 26. After that 6 withdrew and a new one entered. 2 left as well.
• Laura Pérez, Miss Puerto Plata withdrew the competition the first week.
• Sahoni Camarena is from Italian, Afro-Dominican and Bahamian Heritage. Her father is a Black Bahamian and her mother is Afro Dominican and Italian.
• Sugeidy Castíllo, Miss San Pedro de Macorís is half Haitian. She entered representing Haiti in Miss Intercontinental 2008 and becoming a finalist. She also entered representing the Dominican Republic at Top Model of the World 2008 becoming 3rd Runner Up.

Preliminaries Scores

Province	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Interview	Average
Monte Plata	9.51	9.74	9.64	9.630
San José de Ocoa	9.83	9.47	9.29	9.530
Distrito Nacional	9.55	9.11	9.37	9.343
Valverde	9.73	8.91	8.56	9.067
San Cristóbal	9.05	8.97	9.10	9.040
Santo Domingo Este	8.99	8.90	8.93	8.940
Santiago	8.85	8.25	9.52	8.873
Duarte	8.53	8.49	8.81	8.610
Com. Dom. En Estados Unidos	8.43	8.52	8.50	8.483
La Vega	8.82	8.01	8.31	8.380
Peravia	8.33	8.39	8.29	8.337
Santo Domingo Norte	7.56	8.00	8.97	8.177
San Pedro de Macorís	8.10	8.14	8.09	8.110
Hermanas Mirabal	7.99	7.91	7.82	7.907
Monseñor Nouel	7.56	7.84	7.98	7.793
Santo Domingo Oeste	7.60	7.71	7.73	7.680
La Altagracia	7.66	7.61	7.68	7.650
Barahona	7.53	7.73	7.49	7.563
Dajabón	7.49	7.48	7.29	7.420
La Romana	7.35	7.39	7.33	7.357
Monte Cristi	7.27	7.15	7.16	7.193
Hato Mayor	7.00	7.01	7.00	7.003

References

External links

• Official Website
• Fotos de las Candidatas en Neptuno's

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