Massiel Indira Taveras Henríquez (born 7 July 1984 in

Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros (; '' en, James, son of Zebedee, Saint James of the Knights''), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the cap ...

) is a Dominican presenter, designer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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and represented her country at

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Personal life

Born in

, Massiel is daughter of Damían Taveras and Carmen Henríquez de Taveras. She has six siblings, among them, the conductor of television and ex- queen of beauty Rita Isaura Taveras. She is a graduate of

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra ''(Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University)'', named after Pope John XXIII's encyclical ''Mater et magistra'', which means ''Mother and Teacher'', (PUCMM for its Spanish acronym), ...

. Massiel Taveras moved to Hollywood to pursue acting.

Pageant participation

Miss Dominican Republic 2007

Taveras competed at

on March 22, 2007, representing

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, where she was crowned the winner by Mía Taveras (her cousin).

Miss Universe 2007

Massiel competed at the

pageant on May 28, 2007 in

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. Although among of the favorites Taveras did not place.

Reina Hispanoamericana 2007

On October 26 Taveras was crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 during an event held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia ; she also won the most beautiful face award and best figure award.La dominicana Massiel Taveras, "Reina Hispanoamericana 2007"
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