Miss Dominican Republic 1989

Miss Dominican Republic 1989
Date	December 19, 1988
Venue	Palacios de los Deportes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Color Vision
Entrants	28
Returns	Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Winner	Ana María Canaán Camilo La Vega

Miss República Dominicana 1989 was held on December 19, 1988. 28 candidates representing provinces and municipalities entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 1989. The first runner up would enter Miss World 1989. The second runner up would enter in Miss International 1989. The rest of finalist entered different pageants. This is the first edition were provinces are represented and no more than one more representation.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 1989	La Vega - Anny Canaán
1st Runner-up	Puerto Plata - Irma Mauríz
2nd Runner-up	Azua - Elbanira Morales
3rd Runner-up	Santiago - Carolina Soto
4th Runner-up	Monte Cristi - Yvette Peña
5th Runner-up	Distrito Nacional - María Silverio
Semi-finalists	Barahona - Mariana Vega El Seibo - Soelia Vaquero Independencia - Yorlenis Elmarrado Samaná - Simoneta Hidalgo Valverde - Carina Ramos San Cristóbal - Carolina Mateo

Special awards

• Best Hair - Irma Mauríz (Puerto Plata)
• Miss Rostro Bonito - Irma Mauríz (Puerto Plata)
• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Carolina Soto (Santiago)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - Emma Reynosa (Pedernales)
• Best Provincial Costume - Luisa Báez (Baoruco)

Delegates

Represented	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Azua	Elbanira Morales de la Rosa	20	1.73	Azua de Compostela
Baoruco	Luisa María Báez Bermudez	18	1.70	Neiba
Barahona	Mariana Vega de Bello	23	1.76	Santo Domingo
Dajabón	Milagros Tejeda Sosa	21	1.79	Santo Domingo
Distrito Nacional	María Altagracia Silverio Guerra	22	1.80	Santo Domingo
Duarte	Jazmin de León Veras	17	1.69	San Francisco de Macorís
Elías Piña	Gloria María Navarrete Mota	23	1.73	Santo Domingo
El Seibo	Soelia Vaquero Villa	20	1.83	Santo Domingo
Espaillat	Sofia Gallardo Hernández	25	1.83	Moca
Independencia	Yorlenis Elmarrado Valle	18	1.67	Santo Domingo
La Altagracia	Xiomara Carina de Lara Fernández	22	1.77	Santo Domingo
La Romana	Cristina Ureña Fiallo	24	1.82	La Romana
La Vega	Ana María Canaán Camilo	19	1.78	Concepción de la Vega
María Trinidad Sánchez	Noria Edith Bautista Hernández	21	1.78	Nagua
Monte Cristi	Yvette Peña Martínez	18	1.81	Santo Domingo
Pedernales	Emma Anes Reynosa Varros	18	1.71	Santo Domingo
Peravia	Aneida Yoselín Abreu Abreu	21	1.80	San José de Ocoa
Puerto Plata	Irma Guillermina Mauríz Pimentel	17	1.79	Santiago de los Caballeros
Salcedo	Ana Constalación Vega Burgos	18	1.67	Santo Domingo
Samaná	Simoneta Hidalgo Oviedo	23	1.74	Santiago de los Caballeros
Sánchez Ramírez	Lorena Tejada Aybar	22	1.80	Cotuí
San Cristóbal	Carolina Mateo Espinoza	18	1.83	San Cristóbal
San Juan	Ionna Marina Vargas Díaz	21	1.75	Santo Domingo
San Pedro de Macorís	Karina Bonelly Pou	17	1.72	Santo Domingo
Santiago	Carolina Josefina Soto Medrano	17	1.77	Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago Rodríguez	Laura Annita Quirós Zamora	24	1.73	Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo de Guzmán	Lauren Amelia Gibson Torres	24	1.68	Santo Domingo
Valverde	Carina Yobelkis Ramos Ramos	22	1.79	Santa Cruz de Mao

Trivia

• María Silverio, Miss Distrito Nacional had entered last year and drop out the last minute.
• Irma Mauríz, Miss Puerto Plata would be a famous odontologist and become manager of professional relations for Colgate-Palmolive in the Dominican Republic.

External links

1. http://www.voy.com/210036/
2. http://ogm.elcaribe.com.do/ogm/consulta.aspx
3. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/maja_1986.htm
4. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/hispanidad.htm
5. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee_1988.htm
6. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/banana.htm