Miss Dominican Republic 1994

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Miss Dominican Republic 1994
Date August 4, 1993
Venue El Gran Auditorio del Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster Telemicro
Entrants 24
Winner Vielka Veronica Valenzuela Lama
La Vega

The competition for Miss República Dominicana 1994 was held on August 4, 1993. There were 24 candidates, representing provinces and municipalities, who entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 1994. The first runner-up would enter Miss World 1994. The second runner-up would compete in Miss International 1994.

Dominican Republic country in the Caribbean

The Dominican Republic is a country located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

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Miss World 1994

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The remainder of the finalists entered different pageants.

Results

Final Results Contestant
Miss República Dominicana 1994
1st Runner-up
  • Baní - Claudia Franjúl †
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Semi-finalists

Delegates

Represented Contestant Age Height Hometown
Azua Salma Catalina Abreu Ynoa 22 174 cm
5 ft 9 in
Azua de Compostela
Baní Claudia Franjúl González † 18 177 cm
5 ft 10 in
Santo Domingo
Bonao Lisa Noruega Espinal 23 180 cm
5 ft 11 in
Santo Domingo
Distrito Nacional Edeliza Mena Ruíz 25 171 cm
5 ft 7 in
Villa Mella
Duarte Rosabel Mary Paulino de Torres 20 180 cm
5 ft 11 in
San Francisco de Macorís
Duvergé Susana Karina Cevallos de la Rosa 19 169 cm
5 ft 7 in
Santo Domingo
El Seibo Soraya del Rocío Sánchez Colón 21 184 cm
6 ft 0 in
Los Alcarrizos
Higüey María Elisa Medina de Rojas 18 181 cm
5 ft 11 in
Salvaleón de Higüey
Jarabacoa Fernanda Rivera de los Santos 24 170 cm
5 ft 7 in
Santo Domingo
Jimaní Christina Hernández de Jesús 19 172 cm
5 ft 8 in
Santo Domingo
La Vega Vielka Veronica Valenzuela Lama 20 180 cm
5 ft 11 in
Concepción de la Vega
Moca Oneidys Lynnedis Victorio Fabere 21 173 cm
5 ft 8 in
Santo Domingo
Nagua Alexandra Batista de López 22 176 cm
5 ft 9 in
Santo Domingo
Neiba Vilma Agnes Tavarez Cristiano 19 178 cm
5 ft 10 in
Santo Domingo
Pedernales Aleydis Amelia Collado de Zamora 17 179 cm
5 ft 10 in
Santo Domingo
Pedro Brand Sofía Tatís Vargas 23 173 cm
5 ft 8 in
Pedro Brand
Puerto Plata Rosa María Rosario Imbert 18 177 cm
5 ft 10 in
Sosúa
San Cristóbal Denisse Aurelis Alvarado Fiallo 17 173 cm
5 ft 8 in
San Cristóbal
San Pedro de Macorís Ana Aimeé González de Sued 23 175 cm
5 ft 9 in
San Pedro de Macorís
Santiago Alexia Magdalena Lockhart Fermín 19 183 cm
6 ft 0 in
Tamboril
Sosúa Laura Karina Imbert Mota 19 180 cm
5 ft 11 in
Sosúa
Valverde Mao Laura del Carmen Acosta Chávez 24 180 cm
5 ft 11 in
Santiago de los Caballeros
Villa Bisonó Carolina Reynoso Fabían 21 172 cm
5 ft 8 in
Santiago de los Caballeros
Villa González Anyelika Rivera Javier 19 169 cm
5 ft 7 in
Santiago de los Caballeros

† After the first runner up sashed Patricia Bayonet in next year edition, Claudia Franjúl dies at the age of 20 in a car accident.

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