Andreína Martínez

Andreina Martínez
Andreina Martínez
Born	Andreína Martínez Founier; September 22, 1997; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Education	Bronx Bridges High School
Alma mater	City College of New York, University of New York (BA)
Height	1.83m (6 ft 0 in)
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Dominican Republic 2022
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major; competition(s)	Miss República Dominicana US 2021; (Winner); Miss Dominican Republic 2021; (Winner); Miss Universe 2022; (2nd Runner-Up)

Andreína Martínez Founier-Rosado (born September 22, 1997) is a Dominican-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Dominican Republic 2021 and represented Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2022 pageant, placing as 2nd Runner-Up.[1]

Biography

Martínez was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic and raised in New York City, United States. She attended Bronx Bridges High School where was the captain of the school's softball team. After high school she attended the City College of New York, University of New York where she graduated summa cum laude a bachelor's degree in psychology and Latin American studies.

Pageantry

Miss Dominican Republic 2021

Martínez represented the Dominican Community in the United States at Miss Dominican Republic 2021 on November 7, 2021, at the Salón de Eventos Sambil in Santo Domingo where she was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Kimberly Jiménez.[2] She is the sixth woman of predominantly African heritage to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Universe after Ruth Ocumárez in 2002, Ada de la Cruz in 2009, Yaritza Reyes in 2013, Clauvid Dály in 2019 and Kimberly Jiménez in 2020 and the third in four years.

Miss Universe 2021 and 2022

Martínez was initially set to complete at Miss Universe 2021 but was replaced by 1st Runner-up Debbie Aflalo after Martínez tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the pageant. She was later designated as Miss Dominican Republic 2022 and will instead compete at the 2022 edition.[3] In the 2022 edition, she was among the top 16, top 5, and top 3. She later became the 2nd runner up. [4]

References

Feliz, Elmer (November 8, 2021). "Andreina Martínez es coronada como la nueva Miss República Dominicana 2021". El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
Group, 2006–2020, Merit Designs Consulting. "The diaspora wins Miss Dominican Republic Universe". DominicanToday. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
Krause, Samantha Grindell, Anneta Konstantinides, Rachel Askinasi, Amanda. "Meet the 86 women competing to be the next Miss Universe". Insider. Retrieved January 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Miss Universe [@MissUniverse] (January 15, 2023). "The second runner up is DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! #MISSUNIVERSE The 71st MISS UNIVERSE Competition is airing LIVE in the U.S. on @TheRokuChannel! t.co/4ijzpmKI0m" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Twitter.

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[1] Feliz, Elmer (November 8, 2021). "Andreina Martínez es coronada como la nueva Miss República Dominicana 2021". El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[2] Group, 2006–2020, Merit Designs Consulting. "The diaspora wins Miss Dominican Republic Universe". DominicanToday. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[3] Krause, Samantha Grindell, Anneta Konstantinides, Rachel Askinasi, Amanda. "Meet the 86 women competing to be the next Miss Universe". Insider. Retrieved January 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Miss Universe [@MissUniverse] (January 15, 2023). "The second runner up is DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! #MISSUNIVERSE The 71st MISS UNIVERSE Competition is airing LIVE in the U.S. on @TheRokuChannel! t.co/4ijzpmKI0m" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Twitter.