Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016

Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 (Spanish: Miss Grand República Dominicana 2016) was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Dominican Republic beauty pageant, held on July 5, 2016, at the Cibao Grand Theatre [es] 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][3] 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.^[2][4]

Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016
Santiago de los Caballeros, the host city of the contest
Date	5 July 2016
Presenters	Radhames Espiritu Brenda Sanchez
Venue	Cibao Grand Theatre [es], Santiago de los Caballeros
Broadcaster	YouTube
Entrants	20
Placements	12
Winner	Lucero Arias (Dajabón)
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External videos
Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 Grand Final Competition, on July 8, 2016, YouTube video

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^[2]^[4]
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

References

1. . Caribbeandigital.net (in Spanish). May 8, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
2. Carlos Bueno (July 16, 2016). . SabanetaSR.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 5, 2016.
3. "Ashley Santos Electa Reina de Las Fiestas Patronales Nuestra Señora Antigua La Vega" (in Spanish). La Vega Municipal Council. August 6, 2022. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
4. "Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 - Final" (in Spanish). Miss Grand Dominican Republic. July 8, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via YouTube.
5. . Miss Grand International. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
6. "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

External links

•  Dominican Republic portal

•   Media related to Miss Grand Dominican Republic at Wikimedia Commons