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Kímberly Marie Jiménez Rodríguez (born February 20, 1997) is a Dominican-Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Dominican Republic 2020. As Miss Dominican Republic, Jiménez represented the Dominican Republic at
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, where she placed fourth runner-up.


Personal life

Jiménez works as a model and actress. She is the daughter of a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother, and she has dual citizenship in the Dominican Republic and the United States. She is one of the founding members of the Dominican Republic Women's Club.


Pageantry

Jiménez began her pageantry career representing Dorado in the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017 competition held at the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in
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on May 4, 2017. During the National Costume show, she dressed in an elaborate crystal-beaded pink gown allusive to a jíbara, made by Venezuelan designer Douglas Tapia. However, during her performance her
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s got tangled in her flowing skirt, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground. Although it likely contributed to her loss (to eventual winner
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), she placed as the second runner-up. Jiménez represented La Romana during the Miss Dominican Republic 2019 pageant, held at the Teatro Nacional in
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on August 18, 2019. She placed as the first runner-up and lost to eventual winner Clauvid Dály. She was also awarded the "Best Body" and "Miss Reality Show" special awards. On September 28, 2020, Jiménez was announced and appointed as
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2020. On May 13, 2021, she took part in the National Costume Competition, for which she wore a "Goddess of Sunflowers" costume designed by Axel Thomas that received positive reviews, although some commentators noted that one of the
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of her costume fell off and was lying behind her on the stage during her performance. She is the fifth woman of predominantly African heritage to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Universe after Ruth Ocumárez in 2002, Ada de la Cruz in 2009, Yaritza Reyes in 2013 and Clauvid Dály in 2019 and the first time in consecutive years. She finished 5th among contestants from 73 countries, and she also won the "
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Spirit Award".


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References

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