Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 Explained

Date:	5 July 2016
Venue:	, Santiago de los Caballeros
Entrants:	20
Placements:	12
Broadcaster:	YouTube
Winner:	Lucero Arias (Dajabón)
Next:	2023

Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 (Spanish; Castilian: Miss Grand República Dominicana 2016) was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Dominican Republic beauty pageant, held on July 5, 2016, at the located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.^[1] Candidates from twenty provinces and municipalities of the country competed for the title,^[1] of whom the representative of Dajabón Province, Lucero Arias, was announced the winner,^[2] and received cash of RD$400,000 Dominican peso as a reward,^[1] while Laura Cruz of Dominican communities in USA and Reisy Sobrino of Santo Domingo Oeste were named the runners-up.^[3]

The contest was managed by Chantel Martínez as national director, Bray Vargas as general director, and Bryan Vargas as production director.^[1] The grand final round of the contest was hosted by Radhames Espiritu and Brenda Sanchez.^[4]

The winner of the contest, Lucero Arias, later represented the Dominican Republic at the parent international contest, Miss Grand International 2016, held in Las Vegas, Nevada,^[5] but she was unplaced.^[6]

Result

Position	Candidate
Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016	Dajabón – Lucero Arias
1st runner-up	Dominican communities in USA – Laura Cruz
2nd runner-up	Santo Domingo Oeste – Reisy Sobrino
Top 6	La Vega – Nicaury Roca Puerto Plata – Tonia Luna Santo Domingo – Nathaly Mussed
Top 12	Espaillat – Kenia Paulino Hermanas Mirabal – Karina Guzman Jarabacoa – Brenda Cabral La Altagracia – Laura Cabrera Monseñor Nouel – Jaylene Guichardo Peravia – Nicole Torres

Candidates

Twenty delegates competed for the title of Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016.^{[1] [4]}

• Barahona – Marleny Minaya
• Dajabón – Lucero Arias
• Dominican communities in USA – Laura Cruz
• Duarte – Angelica Marcelino
• Espaillat – Kenia Paulino
• Hermanas Mirabal – Karina Guzman
• Jarabacoa – Brenda Cabral
• La Altagracia – Laura Cabrera
• La Vega – Nicaury Roca
• Monseñor Nouel – Jaylene Guichardo
• Monte Cristi – Sabrina Lazala
• Peravia – Nicole Torres
• Puerto Plata – Tonia Luna
• Samaná – Lillian Pichardo
• Santiago – Angelica Hernández
• Santiago Rodríguez – Jatna Suero
• Santo Domingo – Nathaly Mussed
• Santo Domingo Este – Luz Keila Vega
• Santo Domingo Oeste – Reisy Sobrino
• Valverde – Doraliz Peralta

Notes and References

1. Web site: es. 8 May 2016. Presentan candidatas Miss Grand RD. 4 February 2022. Caribbeandigital.net. 9 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160509100806/https://caribbeandigital.net/presentan-candidatas-miss-grand-rd/.
2. Web site: Ashley Santos Electa Reina de Las Fiestas Patronales Nuestra Señora Antigua La Vega. 6 August 2022. 24 April 2023. es. La Vega Municipal Council. 24 April 2023. https://archive.today/20230424121007/https://ayuntamientolavega.gob.do/ashley-santos-electa-reina-de-las-fiestas-patronales-nuestra-senora-antigua-la-vega/.
3. Web site: Dajabón recibe a ganadora de Concurso de Belleza. es. 16 July 2016. Carlos Bueno. SabanetaSR.com. 5 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805050739/https://www.sabanetasr.com/dajabon-recibe-a-ganadora-de-concurso-de-belleza/.
4. Web site: Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 - Final. 8 July 2016. 24 April 2023. es. Miss Grand Dominican Republic. YouTube.
5. Web site: Miss Grand International 2016 contestants. 20 October 2016. 9 February 2023. Miss Grand International. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020092928/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant . 20 October 2016 . Internet Archive.
6. Web site: Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016. 26 October 2016. 27 August 2022. Vietnam Television. 26 August 2022. https://archive.today/20220826205954/https://english.vtv.vn/news/nguyen-thi-loan-in-final-top-20-miss-grand-international-2016-20161030225945447.htm.