Miss Universe Dominicana 2001

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Miss Universe Dominicana 2001
Date April 9, 2001
Venue Renaissance Auditorio de Festival del Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster Color Vision
Entrants 26
Debuts Com. Dom. en Puerto Rico
WinnerClaudia Cristiana Cruz de los Santos
San Juan

Miss Universe Dominicana 2001 was held on April 9, 2001. There were 26 candidates, representing provinces and municipalities, who entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2001 and Miss América Latina 2002. The Miss Mundo Dominicana would enter Miss World 2001. The first runner up would enter in Miss Atlántico Internacional 2002. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café 2001. The third runner up would enter in Miss Intercontinental 2001. The rest of finalist entered different pageants. 16 Provinces, 8 Municipalities and 2 Dominican Communities had entered.

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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Contents

Results

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Universe Dominicana 2001
Miss Mundo Dominicana
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
Semi-Finalists

Delegates

RepresentedContestantAgeHeightHometown
Azua Cristina Sánchez Cordobar191.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Azua de Compostela
Baní Maryann Tejeda Moncada211.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Baní
Bonao Jeimy Castíllo Molina231.68 m (5 ft 6 14 in) Santo Domingo
Com. Dom. en Nueva Jersey Elizabeth Espinal Veras251.80 m (5 ft 10 34 in) Newark
Com. Dom. Puerto Rico Margie Tavarez Henríquez261.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ponce
Distrito Nacional Merfry Mercedes Then Rijo241.80 m (5 ft 10 34 in) Santo Domingo
Duarte Carolina Martínez Rojas201.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) San Francisco de Macorís
El Seibo Patricia María Oviedo Merán181.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Santa Cruz de El Seibo
La Altagracia Soraya Tavares Rivera241.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in) Sosúa
La Romana Aura Jonelys García Mena191.67 m (5 ft 5 34 in) Santiago de los Caballeros
La Vega Flor Patricia Curet Veras181.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Santo Domingo
Moca Maite Alvarez Paulino181.71 m (5 ft 7 14 in) Moca
Monte Plata Karina Torres Brito241.66 m (5 ft 5 14 in) Santo Domingo
Neiba Susan Jimenoa Gómez251.76 m (5 ft 9 14 in) Santo Domingo
Pedernales Jodalys Collado Pimentel181.82 m (5 ft 11 34 in) Santiago de los Caballeros
Puerto Plata Michelle ALix P .201.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) San Felipe de Puerto Plata
Salcedo Yesenia Rosario Mota211.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Salcedo
Sánchez Ramírez Elisa Arias Bernandino221.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Santo Domingo
San Francisco de Macorís Jessica Mendez211.72 m (5 ft 7 34 in) San Francisco de Macorís
San Juan Claudia Cristiana Cruz de los Santos181.81 m (5 ft 11 14 in) San Juan de la Maguana
San Pedro de Macorís Erica Rodríguez Andrade201.86 m (6 ft 1 14 in) Santo Domingo
Santiago Carmen Rosa Dionicio de las Palmas261.80 m (5 ft 10 34 in) Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago Rodríguez Altagracia Rosario Quirós201.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Villa de los Almácigos
Santo Domingo Norte Alexis Medina Espinoza181.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Villa Mella
Santo Domingo Oeste Sonia Sinayda Inoa Alvarado251.77 m (5 ft 9 34 in) Santo Domingo
Valverde Mao Michelle Peralta Vargas211.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Santo Domingo

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