Carola Duran

Education

Durán was a culinary student in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, where she graduated at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Career

After representing her home province of Louisiana Vega in the 2012 Mission Dominican Republic, Carola was crowned by Mission Dominican Republic 2011 Dalia Fernandez. She later got dethroned for admitting she had been married in 2009. She first started modeling at the age of 15.

Being a finalist in the contest RNB allowed her to enter Mission Tourism Queen International where she did not place.

The first runner-up is Dulcita Lieggi from the Distrito Nacional, who was to represent the Dominican Republic in the contest of Mission Continente Americano 2012 in Ecuador. The second runner-up, Carolyn Hawa from Santiago, 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 February 4, 2013 Carlina auditioned for the beauty pageant/reality show in Miami, Florida. She was selected by judge Osmel Souza to be in his group and be part of the Top 30 girls.

On March 24, 2013 after weeks of competition she advanced to the Top 18.

However, the following week on March 31, 2013 she didn"t receive enough votes from the viewers and was eliminated from the competition.

Achievements

• Her first pageant was Mission World Louisiana Vega, and was able to compete in the Reina Nacional de la Belleza República Dominicana 2011, in which she placed as first runner up. Durán competed as a representative of the province of Louisiana Vega, being one of 37 candidates in the country of Dominican Republic in the national beauty contest,, broadcast live from Santo Domingo on April 17, 2012, where she was crowned the winner, earning the right to represent the Dominican Republic in Mission Universe 2012. On April 24, 2012, exactly one week after she won the crown, Carola was dethroned due to the fact that she was once married according to the MDR organization.