Miss Dominican Republic 1998

Miss Dominican Republic 1998
Date	December 12, 1997
Venue	Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Telemicro
Entrants	20
Debuts	Com. Dom. Nueva York
Winner	Selinée Marleny Méndez Rodríguez Monseñor Nouel

Miss República Dominicana 1998 was held on December 12, 1997. 20 candidates representing provinces and municipalities entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 1998 . The first runner up would enter Miss World 1998. The second runner up would enter in Miss International 1998. The rest of finalist entered different pageants.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 1998	Monseñor Nouel - Selinée Méndez
1st Runner-up	San Pedro de Macorís - Sharmin Díaz
2nd Runner-up	San Juan - Sorangel Fersobe
3rd Runner-up	Com. Dom. Nueva York - Jessica Brito
4th Runner-up	La Romana - Jazmina Ulloa
Semi-finalists	Santiago - Milstry Orbe Distrito Nacional - Merfry Then Moca - Yoneidys Mateo Puerto Plata - Isaura Aybar Barahona - Silvana de Lara

Special awards

• Miss Rostro Bonito - Selinée Méndez (Monseñor Nouel)
• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Katherine Ferreira (Jarabacoa)
• Miss Belleza Rondinella - Sharmin Díaz (San Pedro de Macorís)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Joan Alcantara (San Francisco de Macorís)
• Best Provincial Costume - Tatiana Silvestre (Duvergé)
• Miss Elegancia - Selinée Méndez (Monseñor Nouel)

Delegates

Represented	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Azua	Eva Fermin Ulerio	22	1.71	Santo Domingo
Barahona	Silvana de Lara Ramírez	17	1.76	Santo Domingo
Com. Dom. Nueva York	Jessica Brito Perdomo	19	1.74	Long Island
Distrito Nacional	Merfry Mercedes Then Rijo	20	1.80	Santo Domingo
Duvergé	Tatiana Silvestre Pérez	25	1.85	Duvergé
El Seibo	Maritza Fiallo Matos	21	1.78	Santa Cruz de El Seibo
Jarabacoa	Katherine Ferreira Nolasco	19	1.81	Jarabacoa
Jimaní	Ariana Plasencia García	24	1.82	Santo Domingo
La Altagracia	María Luisa Rojas de Espinal	21	1.77	Salvaleón de Higüey
La Romana	Jazmina Ulloa Rivera	20	1.72	La Romana
La Vega	Amparo Cruz Ortega	23	1.70	Jarabacoa
Moca	Yoneidys Mateo Echeverria	23	1.73	Moca
Monseñor Nouel	Selinée Marleny Méndez Rodríguez	22	1.80	Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata	Isaura Indhira Aybar Santana	17	1.80	San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Cristóbal	Ana Cristina Rivera Osorio	22	1.80	Villa Altagracia
San Francisco de Macorís	Joan Alcántara Sued	17	1.75	San Francisco de Macorís
San Juan	Sorangel Cristina Fersobe Matos	20	1.77	San Juan de la Maguana
San Pedro de Macorís	Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo	19	1.78	Santo Domingo
Santiago	Milstry del Carmen del Orbe Gómez	21	1.76	Santiago de los Caballeros
Valverde	Karina Aquino Vázquez	20	1.86	Santiago de los Caballeros

Trivia

• Merfry Then would enter again in Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2001.

External links

1. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/banana.htm
2. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee_1997.htm
3. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/university.htm