This year, Dominicans dominated the annual Latin Pride Awards. First Lady Margarita Cedeno (Woman of the Year) shared the stage with fellow Dominican Chichi Peralta (excellence in music), artist Hector Acosta (El Torito), high fashion model Arlenis Sosa, artist Wason Brazoban (role model), singer/composer Issa Gadala, swimmer Marcos Diaz, TV businessman of the Year Juan Ramon Gomez Diaz and classical violinist Aisha Syed, in a ceremony that took place in Boston, Mass on 24th September.
Other winners were actors Cesar Evora and Fabian Rios, artist Jerry Rivera, soap opera producer Juan Osorio, writer Laura Posada, Domingo Dauhajre (Men of Spirit award), radio announcer Walter Tailover, artist Obie Bermudez, artist Frankie Negron, artist Diana Reyes, journalist Fernando del Rincon, marketing expert Juan Rios of American Airlines, TV reporter Gelena Solano, businessman Julio Arrieta, comedian Tom Morello and artist Tony Melendez,
Also attending the event was Miss Universe pageant runner-up Ada Aimee de la Cruz. Hoy newspaper says that she was escorted by Dominican NBA basketball player Al Horford.