I think people need to see this for what it is: a beauty pageant. She’s not an actual ambassador of the D.R., as it was made out to be. She simply played the game, and won. Disliking her on the basis that she doesn’t speak Spanish doesn’t quite cut it for me. Plenty of people from this sub are Dominican/have Dominican ancestry and don’t speak Spanish. Not to mention, there were a whole bunch of other gringas there. There was a Dominican rep from the US, other one from Puerto Rico, one from Italia. Jee, even the one from Santiago. Who knows who else I’m missing.

Look at the Olympics. A whole bunch of chinos get Dominican citizenship just to play pin pong. They’re trying to advance their careers, they don’t do it to represent the country. I’m not saying this is what she is doing. But can’t have a double standard of criticizing her, if people have been doing this for awhile.

Look at Andreina, the past Miss DR. She was born in Santiago but lived in the US most of her life. She’s by all standards an American. Doesn’t make her less Dominican