Miss Dominican Republic 1997

Miss Dominican Republic 1997
Date	December 10, 1996
Venue	Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Telemicro
Entrants	24
Winner	Cesarina del Carmen Mejía Sánchez Azua

Miss República Dominicana 1997 was held on December 10, 1996. 24 candidates representing provinces and municipalites entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 1997. The first runner up would enter Miss World 1997. The second runner up would enter in Miss International 1997. The rest of finalist entered different pageants.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 1997	Azua - Cesarina Mejía
1st Runner-up	Puerto Plata - Carolina Estrella
2nd Runner-up	Peravia - Elsa Peña
3rd Runner-up	Distrito Nacional - Georgina Duluc
4th Runner-up	Santiago - Lisette Morán
Semi-finalists	Bonao - Lisa Guerrero San Juan - Rosalía Lantigua Salcedo - Elisa Quiñónez Duvergé - Noelia Ferro Villa González - Sofia Torres

Special awards

• Miss Rostro Bonito - Lisa Guerrero (Bonao)
• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Yansilya Henríquez (Hato Mayor)
• Miss Belleza Rondinella - Lisa Guerrero (Bonao)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Emma Melo (Monte Cristi)
• Best Provincial Costume - Jenifer Alvarez (Cotuí)
• Miss Elegancia - Lisa Guerrero (Bonao)

Delegates

Represented	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Azua	Cesarina del Carmen Mejía Sánchez	19	1.76	Azua de Compostela
Bonao	Lisa Agnes Guerrero Macebo	20	1.80	Bonao
Cotuí	Jenifer Alvarez Rosario	21	1.75	Cotuí
Dajabón	Anna Espinoza Samboy	23	1.83	Dajabón
Distrito Nacional	Georgina Duluc Rizek	21	1.80	Santo Domingo
Duvergé	Noelia Ferro López	19	1.74	Santo Domingo
Hato Mayor	Yansilya Henríquez Guzmán	22	1.70	Santo Domingo
La Altagracia	Anyelika Vargas Colmadór	23	1.72	Boca de Yuma
La Romana	Elizabeth Noruega Meltón	20	1.71	La Romana
La Vega	Laura Polanco de los Santos	23	1.79	Concepción de La Vega
Monte Cristi	Emma Melo de León	25	1.74	Santo Domingo
Monte Plata	Paola Tavares Rosado	21	1.68	Santo Domingo
Pedernales	Isabel de la Cruz Hermoso	21	1.77	Santo Domingo
Peravia	Elsa María Peña Rodríguez	18	1.77	Baní
Puerto Plata	Carolina Josefina Estrella Peña	17	1.80	Villa Montellano
Salcedo	Elisa Quiñónez Hidalgo	20	1.80	Salcedo
Samaná	Lizbeth Rojas Williams	19	1.76	Santa Bárbara de Samaná
San José de las Matas	Eliesell Alvarado Torres	21	1.75	Santiago de los Caballeros
San Juan	Rosalía Catalina Lantigua Peña	19	1.79	San Juan de la Maguana
San Pedro de Macorís	Ibelkis de Sosa Tejeda	22	1.75	San Pedro de Macorís
Santiago	Lisette Emilia Morán Santos	18	1.82	Santiago de los Caballeros
Tamboríl	Cinthia Marmolejos Cohen	18	1.81	Santiago de los Caballeros
Villa Bisonó	Maite Reynosa Xavier	24	1.79	Santiago de los Caballeros
Villa González	Sofia Torres Melo	23	1.77	Santiago de los Caballeros

External links

1. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/banana.htm
2. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee_1992.htm
3. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/nuestra_belleza.htm