Carlina Durán Baldera (born January 17, 1987 in
Concepción de La Vega) is a
Dominican model who won the national crown of
Miss Dominican Republic 2012, initially giving her the right to compete in
Miss Universe 2012 representing her country in December 2012. After representing her home province of La Vega in the 2012 Miss Dominican Republic, Carola was crowned by
Miss Dominican Republic 2011 Dalia Fernandez
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. She later got dethroned for admitting she had been married in 2009.
Biography
Durán was a culinary student in the city of
Santiago de los Caballeros, where she graduated at
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. She first started modeling at the age of 15. Her first pageant was Miss World La Vega, and was able to compete in the
Reina Nacional de la Belleza República Dominicana 2011, in which she placed as first runner up. Being a finalist in the contest RNB allowed her to enter Miss Tourism Queen International where she did not place.
Miss Dominican Republic 2012
Durán competed as a representative of the province of
La Vega, being one of 37 candidates in the country of
Dominican Republic in the national beauty contest,
Miss Dominican Republic 2012, broadcast live from
Santo Domingo on April 17, 2012, where she was crowned the winner, earning the right to represent the
Dominican Republic in
Miss Universe 2012.
The first runner-up is Dulcita Lieggi from the
Distrito Nacional, who was to represent the
Dominican Republic in the contest of Miss Continente Americano 2012 in
Ecuador. The second runner-up, Carolyn Hawa from
Santiago, will represent the
Dominican Republic in the contest of
Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 in
Bolivia
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. The third runner-up was Alondra Peña of
Peravia
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and the fourth runner-up was Luz Quezada of
San José de Ocoa.
On April 24, 2012, exactly one week after she won the crown, Carola was dethroned due to the fact that she was once married according to the MDR organization.
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013
On February 4, 2013 Carlina auditioned for the beauty pageant/reality show
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013
''Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013'' was the seventh season of ''Nuestra Belleza Latina'' and the seventh season to be aired on Univision. The season premiere was on March 10, 2013 at 8pm/7c and was aired every Sunday.
The auditions were shown on the ...
in Miami, FL. She was selected by judge Osmel Souza to be in his group and be part of the Top 30 girls. On March 24, 2013 after weeks of competition she advanced to the Top 18. However, the following week on March 31, 2013 she didn't receive enough votes from the viewers and was eliminated from the competition.
External links
Bio, Facts and pictures of Carola DuránOfficial Miss Dominican Republic website
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1987 births
Living people
People from La Vega Province
Miss Dominican Republic