Miss Universe benefit
Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega from the Dominican Republic will host a fashion show-benefit for the St. Jude Foundation that assists children with cancer in the Dominican Republic. 15 beauty queens from Latin America and the Caribbean will come for the event. Co-hosts of the event are other former winners of the Miss Dominican Republic title, including Selinee Mendez (1998), Merfry Then (1999), international fashion model Ruth Ocumarez (2003) and Larimar Fiallo (2004).
Latin American beauty queens that are coming are Aida Estrada (Miss Guatemala), Johanna Fernandez, Miss Costa Rica; Luisana Cecilia, Miss Aruba; Ximena Zamora, Miss Ecuador; Casandra Castro, Miss World Puerto Rico 2005; Fiorella Castellano, Miss Peru; Karina Buttner, Miss Paraguay; Desiree Duran, Miss Bolivia, and Nicole Dupont, Miss Uruguay. All represented their countries in the 2005 Miss Universe contest.
Fashion designers Nicolas Felizola from Venezuela, Angel Yanez from Colombia, Luis Antonio from Puerto Rico, and Dominicans Jenny Polanco, Jorge Diep and Modesta Castillo will display their creativity at the event scheduled for Thursday, 29 September at the Salon La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua.
There will also be artistic performances by Maridalia Hernandez, Maximo Martinez, the Christian music choir of Ivelisse Gell. Coming from Mexico, former MDO, Pablo Portillo. All will be under the musical direction of maestro Manuel Tejada. This is a production of Chiqui Haddad.
For more information, contact Claudia Mateo at
claud_ara@yahoo.com