Miss Grand Dominican Republic

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2023.

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]

Miss Grand Dominican Republic

Formation	5 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-05) (As Miss Grand Dominican Republic pageant)
Founder	Chantel Martinez
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Santo Domingo
Location	Dominican Republic
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	English and Spanish
National Directors	Alejandro Martínez Jorge Cruz (Unprofessional)
Parent organization	Misses of Dominican Republic (2019 – 2021, 2023 – present)

Miss Grand Dominican Rep. licensees timeline
2014 — – 2016 — – 2018 — – 2020 — – 2022 — – 2024 — – 2026 —	Miss Dom. Rep. org. Chantel Martínez Jose Alejandro Misses of DR org. Joe Amhed Misses of DR org.
Stand-alone pageant   Appointed titleholder   Under another pageant

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]

History

Since the first participation of the Dominican Republic in Miss Grand International in 2013, the national pageant that was specifically held for the said international stage happened only once in 2016, under the leadership of Chantel Martinez, the first runner-up Miss Grand International 2013, who served as the national director of Miss Grand Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2018. Contestants from 20 provinces and municipalities participated in the competition held on July 5 at the Cibao Grand Theatre [es] in Santiago de los Caballeros,^[1] in which Lucero Arias, a fashion model from Dajabón, was announced the winner,^[2] but she unfortunately got a non-placement after participating at Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas, United States.^[7] Since no other edition of such a national contest has been additionally held, all the ensuing representatives were either appointed or gained the right from other contests; for instance, the winners or runners-up of the Misses of Dominican Republic pageant were designated as Miss Grand Dominican Republic in 2020 and 2021.^[8]

The Dominican Republic got the placements in Miss Grand International seven times, the best rank was the winner in 2015, won by a Dominican American from Rhode Island, Anea García [es],^[4][5] but was later dethroned in early 2016 and the first runner-up from Australia was promoted to take over the title.^[6]

Editions

Date and venue

Year	Edition	Date	Final venue	Entrants	Ref.
2016	1st	5 July	Cibao Grand Theatre [es], Santiago de los Caballeros	20	[1][2]
2023	2nd	15 August		18	[9][10]
2025	3rd	3 May	Teatro La Fiesta, Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo	32	[11]

Competition results

Year	Miss Grand Dominican Republic	1st runner-up	2nd runner-up	Ref.
2016	Lucero Arias (Dajabón)	Laura Cruz (Dom. commu. in USA)	Reisy Sobrino (Santo Domingo Oeste)	[1][2]
2023	Skarxi Marie (Santiago)	Ashly Santos (La Vega)	Andreina Santos (Dom. commu. in USA)	[9][10]

International competition

The following is a list of Dominican representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Color keys

•   : Declared as the winner
•   : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
•   : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
•   : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	Miss Grand Dominican Republic	Title	Placement	Special Awards	National Director
2024	Maria Felix[12][13]	Appointed	5th runner-up (Top 10)		Alejandro Martínez & Jorge Cruz
2023	Skarxi Marie[10][14]	Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2023	5th runner-up (Top 10)	Best in Swimsuit
2022	Jearmanda Ramos[15][16]	Appointed	Top 20		Joe Amhed
2021	Stephanie Medina[17]	Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2021	Top 20		Alejandro Martínez
2020	Lady León[18]	Miss Asia Pacific Dominicana 2020	Top 20		Jose Alejandro & Chris E. Puesan
2019	Stéphanie Bustamante[19]	Miss International Dominicana 2018	Top 20
2018	Mayté Brito[20][21]	2nd runner-up Miss Mundo Dominicana 2014	Top 10		Chantel Martínez
2017	Sarahai Reyes[22][23]	Appointed	Unplaced
	Leidy Guzman[24]	4th runner-up Miss Grand United States 2017	Did not compete
2016	Lucero Arias[2][7]	Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016	Unplaced
2015	Anea Garcia[5][6]	2nd runner-up Miss USA 2015	Winner[a]
2014	Germania Martínez[25]	Appointed	Unplaced
	Moesha Henriquez[26]	2nd runner up Miss Santiago 2014	Did not compete
2013	Chantel Martínez[27][28]	5th runner-up Miss Dominican Republic 2013	1st runner-up		Magali Febles
	Irina Peguero[29]	Miss Dominican Republic 2013 finalist	Did not compete

Note

1. Later dethroned

Winner gallery

• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2024
  Maria Felix
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2023
  Skarxi Marte
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2022
  Jearmanda Ramos
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2021
  Stephanie Medina
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2015
  Anea Garcia
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2014
  Germanía Martínez
• 
  Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2013
  Chantel Martínez

National pageant candidates

Participating regional and department representatives

Regional/territories	2016	2023
Azua		13
Barahona	Y
Dajabón
Distrito Nacional
Dominican Communities in USA
Duarte	Y	13
Espaillat	12
Hermanas Mirabal	12	13
Jarabacoa	12
La Altagracia	12
La Romana		13
La Vega	6
Monseñor Nouel	12
Monte Cristi	Y
Peravia	12	13
Puerto Plata	6
Samana	Y	Y
San Cristóbal
San Francisco De Macoris		Y
Santiago	Y
Santiago Oeste		13
Santiago Rodriguez	Y	Y
Santo Domingo	6	Y
Santo Domingo Este	Y
Santo Domingo Oeste		Y
Tamboril		Y
Valverde	Y	13
Total	20	18
Color keys    : Declared as the winner    : Ended as a 1st runner-up    : Ended as a 2nd runner-up    : Ended as a 3rd runner-up    : Ended as a 4th runner-up    : Ended as a 5th runner-up  A  : Ended as a finalist, semifinalist and unplaced  ×  : Ended as withdrew during the competition  ×  : Ended as no representative