Miss Dominican Republic: Carlina Duran relinquish her crown

Carlina Durán Baldera (born January 17, 1987 in Concepción de La Vega) is a Dominican model who won the national crown of Miss Dominican Republic 2012 and will compete in the event of Miss Universe 2012 representing her country in December 2012. After representing her home province of La Vega in the 2012 Miss Dominican Republic, Carola was crowned by Miss Dominican Republic 2011 Dalia Fernandez. She later got dethroned for being known to be married.

Durán was a culinary student in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, where she graduated at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. She first started modeling at the age of 15. Her first pageant was Miss World La Vega, and was able to compete in the Reina Nacional de la Belleza República Dominicana 2011, in which she placed as first runner up. Being a finalist in the contest RNB allowed her to enter Miss Tourism Queen International where she didn't placed.

Miss Dominican Republic 2012
Durán competed as a representative of the province of La Vega, being one of 37 candidates in the country of Dominican Republic in the national beauty contest, Miss Dominican Republic 2012, broadcast live from Santo Domingo on April 17, 2012, where she became the winner of the title, winning the right to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Universe 2012.

The first runner up is Dulcita Lieggi from the Distrito Nacional, who will represent the Dominican Republic in the contest of Miss Continente Americano 2012 in Ecuador. The second runner up,Carolyn Hawa the Santiago, who will represent the Dominican Republic in the contest of Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 in Bolivia. The third runner up was Alondra Peña of Peravia and the fourth runner up was Luz Quezada of San José de Ocoa.

On April 24, 2012, exactly one week after she won the crown, Carola was dethroned due to the fact that she was once married.