Miss Dominican Republic

Miss Dominican Republic (Spanish: Miss República Dominicana) is a pageant where women ranging from the ages of 18 to 27 compete, each representing a Dominican province, city, or community. In 2003, the pageant was split into four organizations with four separate national pageants: Miss República Dominicana Universo, Miss Mundo Dominicana, Miss Tierra República Dominicana, and Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana to represent Dominican Republic in the four major international pageants namely Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss International. In 2011, Reina Nacional de Belleza also obtained the national franchise for Miss World.

Dominican Republic also sends representatives in other minor global pageants such as Miss Intercontinental Pageant, Miss Tourism Queen International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano, Miss America Latina, Miss Supranational, Miss Caribbean, Miss Global Cities, Miss Globe International, Miss Global Teen, Miss Bikini International, Miss Asia Pacific, Miss Interamerica, Miss Leisure, Miss Tourism World, and Miss Worldovision.