Mía Lourdes Taveras López

Infobox actor


name = Mía Taveras
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|7|4
location = Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
birthname = Mía Lourdes Taveras López
occupation = Actress, Model
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Mía Lourdes Taveras López (born July 4, 1986) was the Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2006. She competed in the Miss Universe 2006 beauty pageant in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006.

Taveras represented the Santiago province during the national pageant which took place on December 18, 2005. She was one of the early favorites, along with the contestant from the Espaillat province, Eva Arias Viñas, and Dawilda Gonzalez Cid, who represented the Distrito Nacional. Arias came in as first runner-up, while Gonzalez came in as second runner-up.

During the pageant, Taveras also won the Miss Rostro award, which is awarded to the candidate that is considered to have the most beautiful face in the competition, and placed first on the national costume competition.

Despite winning such an award, the beauty queen underwent rhinoplasty prior to her preparations for Miss Universe.

Prior to winning the Miss Dominican Republic pageant, Taveras was an industrial engineering student at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, located in Santiago de los Caballeros. Taveras also studied jewelry design at the Altos de Chavón Design School, located in the La Romana province .

Taveras won the 2006 Miss Continente Americano Beauty Pageant and the Miss Global Cities in Taiwan in 2006. She became the first one to win the pageant. She was preceded by another Dominican woman Marianne Cruz.

Taveras can currently be seen in Tropico (telenovela).

See also

* Amelia Vega

External links

* [http://www.missuniverse.com/ www.MissUniverse.com]

Miss Dominican Republic Organization titleholders
Year=2006
Miss Dominican Republic Universe=Mía Taveras
Miss Mundo Dominicana=Paola Torres
Rna. N. de Belleza Miss Rep. Dom.=Wilma Abreu
Miss Rep. Dom. Tierra=Alonda Peña
Miss TQI República Dominicana=Erika Placencia