Anea Garcia

Anea Garcia

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	November 21, 1994 Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation	Model and beauty queen
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Rhode Island USA 2015 Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2015 Miss Grand International 2015
Major competition(s)	Miss Rhode Island USA 2015 (Winner) Miss USA 2015 (2nd Runner-up) Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2015 (Winner) Miss Grand International 2015 (Dethroned)

Anea Wauneegunn Garcia (born November 21, 1994) is an American–Dominican model and beauty queen. She represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Grand International 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand and won the first crown for Dominican Republic, but on March 24, 2016, Anea Garcia was dethroned from the title for not being able to fulfill her duties.^[1]

Early life

Anea was born and raised in Cranston, Rhode Island. She was adopted by her grandmother who has instilled in her the ideals of perseverance, principles, and values. She is a second semester sophomore at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island on a full tuition grant through the International Leadership Award and is pursuing a double major in Legal Studies and Philosophy.

Miss USA 2015

On July 12, 2015 Anea placed as the 2nd Runner-up Miss USA 2015 while Olivia Jordan won the crown. Anea represented Rhode Island at the Miss USA pageant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

On August 30, 2015 Anea gave up her title to Theresa Agonia, the new 2016 Miss Rhode Island USA. After completing her duties, in September 2015 Anea was appointed Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2015 by Chantel Martinez, National Director of Miss Grand Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Miss Grand International 2015

On October 25, 2015 Anea was crowned Miss Grand International, where she represented the Dominican Republic in Bangkok, Thailand. She competed with seventy six contestants from different countries and territories of the world, and at the end of the evening she was crowned Miss Grand International 2015 at the hands of its predecessor Daryanne Lees from Cuba.

Reign

After her crowning, Anea was interviewed by Siam Pageant Channel, Nation TV 22 Thailand, News Plus Channel and up next, Channel 9 MCOT on Woody Talk TV program one of the most famous Variety Talk Show in Thailand.

On November 24, 2015 Anea attended Krabi Tourism event to promote tourism and donated education funds for an underprivileged boy who lost his parents when he was young and was living with his unemployed grandmother. On November 27, 2015 she returned to the United States to attend a family event.

In February, Anea traveled to Myanmar for charity program.

During her reign, Anea has traveled across Thailand, Myanmar and South Sudan.

Dethroned

On March 24, 2016, the Miss Grand International Organization released a statement on their official Facebook page that Anea Garcia "will step down from her position as Miss Grand International 2015 due to unable to fulfil and follow the contractual agreement with Miss Grand International Organisation." Her first runner-up, Claire Elisabeth Parker, will immediately take over the title of Miss Grand International 2015.

Refer^[2] ences

1. "Anea Garcia Dethroned From Miss Grand International 2015 Title". The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry.
2. https://www.facebook.com/MISSGRANDINTERNATIONAL/

External links

• http://www.missgrandinternational.com/