Miss Grand Dominican Republic

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2023.
Miss Grand Dominican Republic
FormationJuly 5, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-05) (As Miss Grand Dominican Republic pageant)
FounderChantel Martinez
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSanto Domingo
Location
  • Dominican Republic
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English and Spanish
National Directors
  • Alejandro Martínez
  • Jorge Cruz
Parent organization
Misses of Dominican Republic (2019 – 2021, 2023 – present)
External videos
video icon Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 Grand Final Competition, on July 8, 2016, YouTube video

Miss Grand Dominican Republic (Spanish: Miss Grand República Dominicana) is a female national beauty pageant in the Dominican Republic, founded in 2016 by a Dominican American business person, Chantel Martinez, with the aim of selecting a country representative to participate in its parent pageant, Miss Grand International.[1][2] After Chantel Martinez ended the partnership with the Miss Grand International in 2019, the competition franchise was taken over by different local organizers, such as the Iconic Model Search Inc. of Joe Amhed (2022) and Misses of Dominican Republic-related personels (2019–2021, 2023).[3]

Since the first participation in 2013, the Dominican Republic won the Miss Grand International competition once in 2015, through a Rhode Island–based model, Anea Garcia,[4][5] but was later replaced by the first runner-up from Australia, Claire Parker, due to being unable to fulfill the agreement with the international organizer.[6]

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