{"id":492131,"date":"2025-11-22T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gisselle-mancebo-the-queen-of-larimar-receives-recognition-for-her-career-and-contributions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:42:28","slug":"gisselle-mancebo-the-queen-of-larimar-receives-recognition-for-her-career-and-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/gisselle-mancebo-the-queen-of-larimar-receives-recognition-for-her-career-and-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gisselle Mancebo, \u201cThe Queen of Larimar\u201d, receives recognition for her career and contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Barahona. \u2013 <\/strong>Amidst the most emotional applause of the day, the outstanding designer Gisselle Mancebo, known as <strong>\u201cThe Queen of Larimar\u201d<\/strong>, received a special recognition for her 23 years of artistic legacy and for positioning the Dominican blue stone on international stages, including <strong>United Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nMancebo, originally from Barahona, recalled that her passion was born since she was a child, influenced by her mother and grandmother, who instilled in her a love for jewelry. <strong>\u201cI started working with Larimar as a hobby\u2026 I never imagined living off this,\u201d<\/strong> she expressed with emotion.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Celebran el D\u00eda Nacional del Larimar con un vibrante homenaje cultural en Barahona\">http:\/\/Celebran el D\u00eda Nacional del Larimar con un vibrante homenaje cultural en Barahona<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nHe recounted how the Larimar went from being<strong> &#8220;a little stone found on the beach&#8221;<\/strong> to becoming works of art that today represent the cultural and economic identity of the province. &#8220;Working with Larimar is for me a moral responsibility. Each piece carries soul, history, and social commitment,&#8221; he said.\n\nThe designer also highlighted the effort of the miners and artisans, stating that &#8220;without them, Larimar would have no life.&#8221;\n\nAuthorities, family members, and representatives of the mining sector took to the stage to accompany her at the time of the presentation, describing her as &#8220;a creative pillar and a symbol of pride for the community.&#8221;\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His pieces were exhibited in the central display of the event, where visitors could appreciate the evolution and artistic sensibility that characterize his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barahona. \u2013 Amidst the most emotional applause of the day, the outstanding designer Gisselle Mancebo, known as \u201cThe Queen of Larimar\u201d, received a special\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15239,"featured_media":492132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_dum_aida_pretitle":"","_dum_aida_subtitle":"","_dum_aida_city":"","_dum_aida_author":"","_dum_aida_caption":"","_dum_aida_captionauthor":"","_dum_aida_quote":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntitle":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntext":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[25187],"class_list":["post-492131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-news","tag-larimar"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-241B","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-22-at-4.06.40-PM-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Diana S\u00e1nchez","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69c8b1e2bccf3de82d67a11dbfe000ad325e79bc5968852a7240d1237ac986d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-22-at-4.06.40-PM-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}