| Winner: | Sandra Abreu |
| Represented: | La Romana |
| Date: | March 16, 1996 |
| Venue: | Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Next Pageant: | Miss Universe 1995 |
| Broadcaster: | Telemicro |
| Entrants: | 23 |
Miss Dominican Republic 1996 (Spanish: República Dominicana 1996) was held on December 16, 1995. There were 23 candidates, representing provinces and municipalities, who 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.The contest was one of the most scandalous ever, when jury and crowd started screaming “ Fraud” at the end of the night. Judges claim to have voted unanimously for crowd favorite, Anneliese Ortiz Mirabal from Salcedo. At a press conference days later, she surrender all titles won during the competition and was then named “ La Reina del Pueblo”, 'The Queen of the Town'.
| Final Results | Contestant | |
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| Miss Dominican World 1996 |
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| Miss Dominican International 1996 |
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| Miss Dominican Latin America |
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| Represented | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | |
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| Idelsa Núñez Torres | 21 | 180abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Maritza Ferreira Castellanos | 19 | 172abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Neiba | ||
| Arelis Campusano Cepeda | 20 | 178abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Bonao | ||
| Dora Nellys Durán Espinal | 19 | 172abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Concepción de La Vega | ||
| 17 | 178abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | |||
| Rocío Cobre Almador | 24 | 182abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Manuela Lara Estevez | 20 | 176abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Salvaleón de Higüey | ||
| Casandra Sobrevillo Urtea | 18 | 179abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Jarabacoa | ||
| Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius | 25 | 181abbr=onNaNabbr=on | La Romana | ||
| Jonoris Tavarez Monegro | 23 | 174abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Concepción de La Vega | ||
| Allison Veras Cepeda | 18 | 173abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Alexis de Soto Matos | 21 | 172abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Milka Hidalgo Ferrano | 23 | 177abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Melisa Yudelka Guzmán Herrera | 20 | 182abbr=onNaNabbr=on | San Felipe de Puerto Plata | ||
| Melina de los Santos Torrealba | 19 | 176abbr=onNaNabbr=on | San Cristóbal | ||
| Altagracia Vargas Rosado | 20 | 173abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo | ||
| Ada María Colón Rosario | 18 | 180abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santiago de los Caballeros | ||
| Yanilka Abreu Romero | 21 | 183abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santiago de los Caballeros | ||
| Belkis Quirós del Valle | 19 | 186abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santa Cruz de Mao | ||
| Ana Lucía de Moya Peralta | 22 | 176abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santiago de los Caballeros | ||
| Aura Margarita Reyes Polanco | 23 | 179abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santiago de los Caballeros | ||
| Anneliese Ortíz Mirabal | 18 | 185abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Salcedo | ||
| Carolina Peña Ureña | 22 | 172abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Santo Domingo |