Miss Dominican Republic 2006 Explained

Winner:	Mía Lourdes Taveras López
Represented:	Santiago
Date:	December 18, 2005
Acts:	Hector Acosta "El Torito"
Entrants:	24
Venue:	Palacio de los Deportes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster:	Telemicro
Debuts:	Com. Dom. en Estados Unidos, San José de Ocoa, Santo Domingo
Withdraws:	Azua, Baoruco, Com. Dom. en Nueva York, Com. Dom. en Puerto Rico, Duarte
Returns:	Barahona, La Altagracia, María Trinidad Sánchez, Salcedo
Before:	2005
Next:	2007

The Miss República Dominicana 2006 took place on December 18, 2005. That year only 24 candidates competed for the national crown. The chosen winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant which was held in Los Angeles.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 2006	Santiago - Mía Taveras
1st Runner-up	Espaillat - Eva Arias
2nd Runner-up	Distrito Nacional - Dawilda González
3rd Runner-up	Monseñor Nouel - Marta González
4th Runner-up	Santiago Rodríguez - Elizabeth Thomas
5th Runner-up	María Trinidad Sánchez - Katia Gutiérrez
Top 12 Semi-Finalists	Santo Domingo - Paola Torres La Vega - Aimeé Durán Puerto Plata - Hismelda Upia Valverde - Nathalie Espinal Torres La Altagracia - Aimeé Melo La Romana - Tania Medina

Delegates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Barahona	Ana Rita Contreras Sosa^[1]	21		Bayaguana
Com. Dom. en Estados Unidos	Massiel Hernández Adames^[2]	20		Philadelphia
Distrito Nacional	Dawilda González Cid^[3]	22		Santo Domingo)
Espaillat	Eva Carolina Arias Viñas^[4]	20		Moca
La Altagracia	Aimeé Elaine Melo Hernández^[5]	21		Santo Domingo
La Romana	Tania Yolanda Medina Collado^[6]	23		La Romana
La Vega	Aimeé Carolina Durán Rodríguez^[7]	19		Concepción de La Vega
María Trinidad Sánchez	Katia Gutiérrez Balbuena^[8]	21		Río San Juan
Monseñor Nouel	Marta Henriqueta González^[9]	22		Bonao
Monte Cristi	Anibelka Clase Jiménez^[10]	23		Santo Domingo
Monte Plata	Mariela Joselin Rosario Jiménez^[11]	24		Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata	Hismelda Margarita Upia de Rosario	22		San Felipe de Puerto Plata
Salcedo	Dawelly Domínguez Hernández	18		Santo Domingo
San Cristóbal	Yohana Martínez Castro	18		San Cristóbal
San José de Ocoa	Lila del Carmen León Guzmán	19		San José de Ocoa
San Juan	Kadulis Oviedo Merán	20		Santo Domingo
San Pedro de Macorís	Arianna Labrada Cepeda	20		San Pedro de Macorís
Santiago	Mía Lourdes Taveras López^[12]	19		Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago Rodríguez	Elizabeth Thomas^[13]	17		San Ignacio de Sabaneta
Santo Domingo	Paola María Torres Cohén^[14]	20		Santiago de los Caballeros
Valverde	Nathalie Espinal Torres^[15]	20		Santiago Rodriguez

• * Withdrew
• ** Had Accident
• *** Disqualified

Dawilda was born and raised in Hato Mayor del Rey but she went to the capital to go to college at Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.

Notes and References

1. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953 Miss Barahona
2. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394944 Miss Comunidad Dominicana En Estados Unidos
3. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394917 Miss Distrito Nacional
4. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394946 Miss Espaillat
5. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394961 Miss La Altagracia
6. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394923 Miss La Romana
7. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394941 Miss La Vega
8. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394929Miss María Trinidad Sánchez
9. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394964 Miss Monseñor Nouel
10. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394967 Miss Monte Cristi
11. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394933 Miss Monte Plata
12. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394955 Miss Santiago
13. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394948 Miss Santiago Rodríguez
14. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394936 Miss Santo Domingo
15. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=258179945&albumID=800674&imageID=4394953#a=800674&i=4394920 Miss Valverde