{"id":519093,"date":"2026-07-31T19:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/camila-issa-miss-dominican-republic-universe-2026-changed-my-life\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:10:23","slug":"camila-issa-miss-dominican-republic-universe-2026-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/camila-issa-miss-dominican-republic-universe-2026-changed-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Camila Issa: \u201cMiss Dominican Republic Universe 2026 changed my life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo.\u2013 <\/strong>The representative of Santo Domingo de Guzm\u00e1n and third runner-up of Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2026, Camila Issa Svelti, <\/a>stated that her participation in the pageant marked a turning point in her life, describing the experience as a process of personal and professional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The also Reina Hispanoamericana of the Dominican Republic assured that the nearly three months of preparation represented a challenge that transformed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFor me, this was a dream come true. I learned so much in this process. I went in as one woman and came out as a completely different one, and I love the result,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Isa explained that the competition required long workdays that started at 4:00 a.m. and ended near midnight, with very few hours of rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt is not easy at all. There were days when I would leave a photo shoot at 4:00 in the morning and by 8:00 I already had to be ready, with hair and makeup done. Even with the exhaustion, I had to smile and always give my best,\u201d she recounted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Regarding living with the other candidates, she highlighted that the pageant allowed her to create friendships that she hopes to keep for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are all dreamers who dared to take a leap of faith. I am taking away great friends from this experience,\u201d she maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When sending a message to the participants who did not manage to advance in the competition, she motivated them to keep working towards their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMay they continue to grow and compete with themselves. The true competition is to be better than yesterday’s version,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Although he said he did not know what his next projects will be, he assured that he will continue working to take advantage of the opportunities that arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, he\/she thanked the public for the support received during the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was surprised by all the support I received. Thanks to my team, my friends, my family, and everyone who believed in me. I am just a girl with a dream, and thanks to you, that dream came true,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Santo Domingo.\u2013 The representative of Santo Domingo de Guzm\u00e1n and third runner-up of Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2026, Camila Issa Svelti, stated that her participation in the pageant marked a turning point in her life, describing the experience as a process of personal and professional growth. The also Reina Hispanoamericana of the Dominican Republic assured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133559,"featured_media":519094,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2b2t","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-2026-07-31T190920.848.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Preciosa Jimenez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-2026-07-31T190920.848.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519093","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\/133559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}