The women who represented Aruba, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Spain, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil at this year’s Miss Universe have accepted an invitation from the Dominican candidate to the pageant, Miss Luz García to be part of a fashion show-benefit to build a home for Dominican children with AIDS. Designers Gerardo Rebollo from Mexico; Luis Antonio, David Antonio and Sonia Santiago from Puerto Rico; Ronchi de Cuba from Aruba and Giannnina Azar, Modesta Castillo and Leonel Lirio from the Dominican Republic are contributing some of their latest designs. Miss Dominican Republic is the organizer of the event. She met the beauty queens and they became close friends, thus agreeing to participate in the benefit, "Beauty for a Cause." The event will take place 14 October at 9 pm at the Salon La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua. Admission is RD$1,000 per person.
