| Miss Grand Dominican Republic | |
| Formation: | (As Miss Grand Dominican Republic pageant) |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Founder: | Chantel Martinez |
| Headquarters: | Santo Domingo |
| Location: | Dominican Republic |
| Membership: | Miss Grand International |
| Language: | English and Spanish |
| Parent Organization: | Misses of Dominican Republic (2019 – 2021, 2023 – present) |
| Leader Title: | National Directors |
Miss Grand Dominican Republic (Spanish; Castilian: Miss Grand República Dominicana) is a female national beauty pageant in the Dominican Republic, founded in 2016 by a Dominican American business person, Chantel Martinez, with the aim of selecting a country representative to participate in its parent pageant, Miss Grand International. After Chantel Martinez ended the partnership with the Miss Grand International in 2019, the competition franchise was taken over by different local organizers, such as the Iconic Model Search Inc. of Joe Amhed (2022) and Misses of Dominican Republic-related personels (2019–2021, 2023).[1]
Since the first participation in 2013, the Dominican Republic won the Miss Grand International competition once in 2015, through a Rhode Island–based model, Anea Garcia, but was later replaced by the first runner-up from Australia, Claire Parker, due to being unable to fulfill the agreement with the international organizer.
Since the first participation of the Dominican Republic in Miss Grand International in 2013, the national pageant that was specifically held for the said international stage happened only once in 2016, under the leadership of Chantel Martinez, the first runner-up Miss Grand International 2013, who served as the national director of Miss Grand Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2018. Contestants from 20 provinces and municipalities participated in the competition held on July 5 at the in Santiago de los Caballeros,[2] in which Lucero Arias, a fashion model from Dajabón, was announced the winner,[3] but she unfortunately got a non-placement after participating at Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas, United States.[4] Since no other edition of such a national contest has been additionally held, all the ensuing representatives were either appointed or gained the right from other contests; for instance, the winners or runners-up of the Misses of Dominican Republic pageant were designated as Miss Grand Dominican Republic in 2020 and 2021.[5]
The Dominican Republic got the placements in Miss Grand International seven times, the best rank was the winner in 2015, won by a Dominican American from Rhode Island, ,[6] [7] but was later dethroned in early 2016 and the first runner-up from Australia was promoted to take over the title.[8]
The following list is the Dominican representatives that got placements in Miss Grand International:
The Miss Grand Dominican Republic pageant was held as a stand-alone pageant twice; in 2016 and 2023, the following table is the competition details of the contest.
| Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | ||||||
| 2016 | 1st | July 5 | , Santiago de los Caballeros | 20 | Lucero Arias (Dajabón) | Laura Cruz (Dom. commu. in USA) | Reisy Sobrino (Santo Domingo Oeste) | |
| 2023 | 2nd | August 5 | 18 | Skarxi Marie (Santiago) | Ashly Santos (La Vega) | Andreina Santos (Dom. commu. in USA) | [11] [12] | |
| Year | Representative | National achievement | International placement | Licensee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Irina Peguero | Miss Dominican Republic 2013 finalist | Magali Febles | [13] | ||
| bgcolor=#FFDB58 | 1st runner-up | [14] [15] | ||||
| 2014 | Moesha Henriquez | 2nd runner up Miss Santiago 2014 | Chantel Martínez | [16] | ||
| Unplaced | [17] | |||||
| 2015 | Anea Garcia | 2nd runner-up Miss USA 2015 | Winner | |||
| 2016 | Lucero Arias | Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Leidy Guzman | 4th runner-up Miss Grand United States 2017 | ||||
| Unplaced | [18] [19] | |||||
| 2018 | Mayté Brito | 2nd runner-up Miss Mundo Dominicana 2014 | bgcolor=#FFFF66 | Top 10 | [20] | |
| 2019 | Stéphanie Bustamante | bgcolor=#FFFACD | Top 20 | Jose Alejandro &<br>Chris E. Puesan | ||
| 2020 | Lady León | bgcolor=#FFFACD | Top 20 | |||
| 2021 | Stephanie Medina | bgcolor=#FFFACD | Top 20 | Alejandro Martínez | [21] | |
| 2022 | Jearmanda Ramos | bgcolor=#FFFACD | Top 20 | Joe Amhed | [22] [23] | |
| 2023 | Skarxi Marie | Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2023 | bgcolor=#FFFF66 | 5th runner-up (Top 10) | Alejandro Martínez & Jorge Cruz | [24] |
| 2024 | Maria Felix | |||||
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Color keys
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| 2016 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Azua | Camila Payano | |
| Barahona | Marleny Minaya | |
| Dajabon | Lucero Arias | |
| Distrito Nacional | Asia Ciaffarafa | |
| Dominican Communities in USA | Laura Cruz | Andreina Santos |
| Duarte | Angelica Marcelino | Zudeiny Cruz |
| Espaillat | Kenia Paulino | |
| Hermanas Mirabal | Karina Guzman | Ana Nicole Alvarado |
| Jarabacoa | Brenda Cabral | |
| La Altagracia | Laura Cabrera | |
| La Romana | Amberlyk Lopez | |
| La Vega | Nicaury Roca | Ashly Santos |
| Monsenor Nouel | Jaylene Guichardo | |
| Monte Cristi | Sabrina Lazala | |
| Peravia | Nicole Torres | Arlin Basora |
| Puerto Plata | Tonia Luna | Pilar Beard |
| Samana | Lillian Pichardo | Elisabeth Perez |
| San Cristobal | Blainery Puello | |
| San Francisco De Macoris | Karla Martinezx | |
| Santiago | Angelica Hernández | Skarxi Martes |
| Santiago Oeste | Jessy Peralta | |
| Santiago Rodriguez | Jatna Suero | Yokaira Moncion |
| Santo Domingo | Nathaly Mussed | Mariani Melo |
| Santo Domingo Este | Luz Keila Vega | |
| Santo Domingo Oeste | Reisy Sobrino | Leslie Martinez |
| Tamboril | Elianais Parras | |
| Valverde | Doraliz Peralta | Lisbeth Payamps |