24-year old professional model Celinee Santos won the right to represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe contest during the contest held on 5 May 2024. She was chosen from 18 participants during the event televised from the Sambil Convention Center in Santo Domingo.
Santos will represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe pageant that this year is scheduled for Mexico on 28 September 2024, under new more relaxed rules.
Santos won the crown on her second intent in the pageant. She had competed in the contest in 2023. She represented the DR in the Miss International 2022 in Tokyo, Japan coming in as the fourth finalist.
Santos was 15 years old when she won a first beauty contest and was crowned Reina de Santa Ana in San Francisco de Macorís on a vacation trip to that northeastern city. She was born and raised in Santo Domingo.
Santos studies law at the Universidad del Caribe in Santo Domingo.
Melissa Núñez, representing the Dominican community in the USA, was the runner-up, followed by Miss Montecristi Haidy Cruz, Miss Santo Domingo East Gemmy Quelliz, Miss Jarabacoa Alba Blair, and Miss Santiago Karibel Perez.
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6 May 2024