Miss Dominican Republic 1996

Miss Dominican Republic 1996
Date	December 16, 1995
Venue	Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Telemicro
Entrants	22
Winner	Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius La Romana

Miss República Dominicana 1996 was held on December 16, 1995. 22 candidates representing provinces and municipalites entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 1996 and Miss International 1996. The first runner up would enter Miss World 1996. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 1996. The rest of finalist entered different pageants.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 1996	La Romana - Sandra Abreu
1st Runner-up	Azua - Idelsa Núñez
2nd Runner-up	Distrito Nacional - Denny Méndez
3rd Runner-up	Constanza - Doranellys Durán
4th Runner-up	Las Matas de Farfán - Allison Veras
Semi-finalists	Puerto Plata - Melisa Guzmán Santiago - Ada Colón Vílla Mella - Carolina Peña Baoruco - Maritza Ferreira Villa Bisonó - Ana de Moya

Special awards

• Miss Rostro Bonito - Melisa Guzmán (Puerto Plata)
• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Rocio Cobre (El Seibo)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic contestants) - Belkis Quiros (Valverde)
• Best Provincial Costume - Altagracia Vargas (San Pedro de Macorís)

Delegates

Represented	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Azua	Idelsa Núñez Torres	21	1.80	Santo Domingo
Baoruco	Maritza Ferreira Castellanos	19	1.72	Neiba
Bonao	Arelis Campusano Cepeda	20	1.78	Bonao
Constanza	Doranellys Durán Espinal	21	1.72	Concepción de La Vega
Distrito Nacional	Denny Andreina Méndez de la Rosa	17	1.78	Santo Domingo
El Seibo	Rocío Cobre Almador	24	1.82	Santo Domingo
Higüey	Manuela Lara Estevez	20	1.76	Salvaleón de Higüey
Jarabacoa	Casandra Sobrevillo Urtea	18	1.79	Jarabacoa
La Romana	Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius	25	1.81	La Romana
La Vega	Jonoris Tavarez Monegro	23	1.74	Concepción de La Vega
Las Matas de Farfán	Allison Veras Cepeda	18	1.73	Santo Domingo
María Trinidad Sánchez	Alexis de Soto Matos	21	1.72	Santo Domingo
Monte Cristi	Milka Hidalgo Ferrano	23	1.77	Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata	Melisa Yudelka Guzmán Herrera	20	1.82	San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Cristóbal	Melina de los Santos Torrealba	19	1.76	San Cristóbal
San Pedro de Macorís	Altagracia Vargas Rosado	20	1.73	Santo Domingo
Santiago	Ada María Colón Rosario	18	1.80	Santiago de los Caballeros
Tamboríl	Yanilka Abreu Romero	21	1.83	Santiago de los Caballeros
Valverde	Belkis Quirós del Valle	19	1.86	Santa Cruz de Mao
Villa Bisonó	Ana Lucía de Moya Peralta	22	1.76	Santiago de los Caballeros
Villa González	Aura Margarita Reyes Polanco	23	1.79	Santiago de los Caballeros
Vílla Mella	Carolina Peña Ureña	22	1.72	Santo Domingo

Trivia

• Denny Méndez didn't enter the pageant she should off gone because she had won Miss Italia to go to Miss Universe 1997.
• The Winner, Sandra Abreu is half Lithuanian.

External links

1. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/nuestra_belleza.htm