Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006

Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006
Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006
Date	July 10, 2006
Venue	Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	Telemicro Canal 5
Entrants	16
Debuts	Santo Domingo
Winner	Paola María Torres Cohén; Santiago

The Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006 pageant was held on July 10, 2006. Only 16 candidates competed for the national crown. The chosen winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss World 2006. The runners-up could enter different small international pageants.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Mundo Dominicana 2006	Santiago - Paola Torres
1st Runner-up	Com. Dom. Miami - Cristal de Moya
2nd Runner-up	La Romana - Tania Medina
Top 8	Espaillat - Valerie Chardonens Santo Domingo - Alexandra Díaz Puerto Plata - Ana Viñas Valverde - Lusverlyn Arias Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey - Sandra Tavares

Special awards

Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) -Tania Medina (La Romana)
Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) - Indhira Díaz (Dajabón)
Best Face - Paola Torres (Santiago)
Best Hair - Valerie Chardonnens Vargas(Santiago)
Miss Elegancia - Zadia Núñez (Monte Plata)
Miss Internet (voted by viewers in Miss Mundo Dominicana Official Website) - Valerie Chardonenns Vargas (Santiago)
Best Beach Dominican Beauty - Ana Viñas (Puerto Plata)

The winner of Miss Internet and Best Beach Dominican Beauty would officially go to the Semifinals.

Miss Dominican Regions

Miss Exterior - Cristal de Moya (Com. Dom. Miami)
Miss Region del Cibao - Paola Torres (Santiago)
Miss Region del Sur - Tania Medina (La Romana)

Delegates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Geographical Regions
Azua	Aurys Sánchez Tejada	20	180 cm 5 ft 11 in	Santo Domingo	Sur
Barahona	Laura Sadhalá Roman	19	177 cm 5 ft 10 in	Santiago de los Caballeros	Sur
Com. Dom. Miami	Cristal de Moya Vargas	22	173 cm 5 ft 8 in	Miami	Exterior
Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey	Sandra Elisabeth Tavares Valle	18	183 cm 6 ft 0 in	Newark	Exterior
Com. Dom. Nueva York	Yamilka Massiel Santana Colón	18	174 cm 5 ft 9 in	The Bronx	Exterior
Com. Dom. Orlando	Berkelin Rosario Castellanos	23	179 cm 5 ft 10 in	Orlando	Exterior
Dajabón	Indhira Díaz Acosta	20	176 cm 5 ft 9 in	Loma de Cabrera	El Cibao
Distrito Nacional	Jennifer Pérez de la Cruz	20	179 cm 5 ft 10 in	Santo Domingo	Sur
Santiago	Valerie Chardonnens Vargas	18	181 cm 5 ft 11 in	Santiago de los Caballeros	El Cibao
La Romana	Tania Yolanda Medina Collado	24	168 cm 5 ft 6 in	La Romana	Sur
La Vega	Sarah Cristina Portes Carillo	22	173 cm 5 ft 8 in	Constanza	El Cibao
Monte Plata	Zadia Núñez de la Cruz	25	175 cm 5 ft 9 in	Villa Bisonó	Sur
Puerto Plata	Ana Carolina Viñas Machado	21	183 cm 6 ft 0 in	Santiago de los Caballeros	El Cibao
Santiago	Paola María Torres Cohén	21	173 cm 5 ft 8 in	Santiago de los Caballeros	El Cibao
Santo Domingo	Alexandra Díaz Bello	22	178 cm 5 ft 10 in	Santo Domingo	Sur
Valverde	Lusverlyn Rafaelina Arias Rodríguez	19	172 cm 5 ft 8 in	Santiago de los Caballeros	El Cibao

Trivia

Sandra Tavares, Miss Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007.
Yamilka Santana, Miss Com. Dom. Nueva York entered Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2006.
Tania Medina, Miss La Romana and the winner Paola Torres, Miss Santiago entered Miss Dominican Republic 2006.
Ana Viñas, Miss Puerto Plata would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007 and winn to go to Miss International 2007 and she would also participate in Miss Dominican Republic 2009.
Alexandra Díaz, Miss Santo Domingo would enter Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2008 and become 2nd Runner-up to enter Miss Atlantico International and win the pageant.

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