Miss Dominican Republic, six-footer and 22 year old Renata Sone was the second
runner up in the Miss Universe pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand and televised
to audiences in the Western Hemisphere on the evening of 30 May. She came in
third place, behind Miss Puerto Rico and the winner, Miss Canada, Natalie
Glebova. Renata Sone, a psychology graduate who works in education, aspires to
become an international model and her high placement will surely guarantee that
she reaches this goal.
Three Dominicans participated in the 2005 Miss Universe pageant. In addition to
Renata Sone who wore the Dominican banner, others of Dominican origin
represented Italy and Aruba. Italy was represented by DR-born Maria Teresa
Francville, daughter to a Dominican mother and Italian father. This is
Francville’s second time representing Italy in the Miss Universe pageant. Aruba
was represented by Luisana Cicilia, daughter to a Dominican mother. In 2003, the
Dominican Republic won its first Miss Universe title with Amelia Vega in Panama.
This year, Claudia Cruz of the DR was the runner up in the Miss World pageant.
Yadira Geara of the DR also recently won the first runner up position in the
International Queen of Coffee pageant held in January in Manizales, Colombia.
See
http://www.missuniverse.com/ and
http://www.missosology.org/