{"id":825,"date":"2022-06-14T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=173842"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:04:21","slug":"nicole-jimeno-made-it-to-the-top-ten-of-miss-dominican-republic-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2022\/06\/14\/nicole-jimeno-made-it-to-the-top-ten-of-miss-dominican-republic-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Jimeno made it to the top ten of Miss Dominican Republic pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tlc\/the-family-chantels-nicole-has-made-her-money-through-the-show-and-pageants\">Nicole Jimeno<\/a> strutted her stuff at a pageant in the hopes of becoming Miss Dominican Republic. Fans are rooting for The Family Chantel star, but the question is did she actually win and where is she in the pageant world now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s had her fair share of success when it comes to making her mark in Caribbean country, having already been crowned Miss Earth Dominican Republic 2016. More recently, Nicole has given the grand title a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viewers are clapping at the screen with their fingers crossed that Nicole rises to the successful reign. Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;ve got you covered. <em>Reality Titbit<\/em> has all the details on just where she placed in the well-known competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/celebrity-gossip-and-news\/pedro-jimeno-makes-thousands-from-tlc-on-top-of-his-gaming-career\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WOAH:<\/strong><\/a> Pedro Jimeno makes thousands from TLC on top of his gaming career<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Look: This Season on The Family Chantel!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-cy2MEa7iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fans-react-to-nicole-s-pageant\">Fans react to Nicole&#8217;s pageant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When Nicole began sharing her Dominican Republic pageant journey on <em>The Family Chantel<\/em>, viewers instantly began rooting for the reality star. Although she hadn&#8217;t been entering pageants for a while, we saw her regain her confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing Valverde, Lidia Nicole Jimeno Morel, who was 27 at the time, was one of 15 pageant stars competing in the contest. Although she competed back in 2021, fans are only seeing how it all plays out on the TLC show now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are several fans who were more interested in her coach Stalin&#8217;s treatment towards Nicole while trying to teach her to strut like a model. He was strict, and described as the &#8220;perfect coach&#8221; for the star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_yellowjacket\/status\/1536507495937605632\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote<\/a>: &#8220;Stalin&#8217;s tough attitude shows he&#8217;s the perfect coach to help Nicole! Seeing him walk was hilarious!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreamcatch27\/status\/1536567127641055232\" rel=\"nofollow\">reacted<\/a>: &#8220;I\u2019m not Nicole and I was offended when Stalin said Nicole is very raw lol <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheFamilyChantel?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"nofollow\">#TheFamilyChantel<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nicole\u2019s pageant coach is the MVP, a fan simply posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRBandTrumpet\/status\/1536507757020467209\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I Really want Nicole to Win Miss Dominican Republic \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thefamilychantel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thefamilychantel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3XADHnQY8\">pic.twitter.com\/O3XADHnQY8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wayne Blake (@GlamaWayne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlamaWayne\/status\/1536515552973164544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spoiler-nicole-didn-t-win-the-grand-title\">Spoiler: Nicole didn&#8217;t win the grand title<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicole didn&#8217;t win Miss Dominican Republic 2021, but she did end up in the top ten. She first confirmed her participation in the contest back in October last year, sharing little teasers along her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, which took place on Sunday November 7th, saw Nicole get eliminated before making it into the top five. Andreina Mart\u00ednez was initially crowned the winner but tested positive for\u00a0Covid-19\u00a0just after the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, runner-Up\u00a0Debbie \u00c1flalo\u00a0of\u00a0Azua\u00a0represented Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2021 as  Mart\u00ednez, of Comunidad Dominicana en los Estados Unidos, didn&#8217;t have time to quarantine before the contest began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXT0z5ao7Xp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\"><div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXT0z5ao7Xp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div> <div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div> <div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px\"> <div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div> <div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div> <div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto\"> <div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div> <div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXT0z5ao7Xp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">A post shared by Miss Dom republic Universe (@missrduniverseoficial)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/whats-on\/jah-from-the-family-chantel\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GET TO KNOW:<\/strong><\/a> Meet Jah from TLC&#8217;s The Family Chantel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-family-chantel-star-s-pageants\">The Family Chantel star&#8217;s pageants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from receiving a wage for appearing in the show, Nicole did have a career as a model and pageant queen in the mid-2000s, a skill she has been seen revisiting in the latest season of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tlc\/the-family-chantel-fans-convinced-chantel-everett-has-had-plastic-surgery\">The Family Chantel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After her success at winning Miss Earth Dominican Republic in 2016, she later decided to stop trying out at pageants until her most recent attempt in 2021. During training, her coach said &#8220;there are girls more beautiful than her.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now working in a public office for the state, she went five years without entering pageants after her 2016 win. So, she hired a runway teacher who works with the Miss Republic Organization to help her &#8211; Stalin &#8211; who she met at a casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She then contacted him to help her with her runway walk since she is \u201cextremely rusty.\u201d Nicole told TLC cameras that Stalin is a person \u201cwith a lot of flavor&#8221; and has an &#8220;electric personality&#8221; during their training sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only one who\u2019s ever been real with Nicole in her whole life! Pageant trainer for the win!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheFamilyChantel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheFamilyChantel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xorqaINvfF\">pic.twitter.com\/xorqaINvfF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Peia Alexander (@Peia_Alexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peia_Alexander\/status\/1536569144736350209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>WATCH THE FAMILY CHANTEL ON TLC MONDAYS AT&nbsp;8\/7C<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong class=\"\">&nbsp;AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>AND&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole Jimeno strutted her stuff at a pageant in the hopes of becoming Miss Dominican Republic. Fans are rooting for The Family Chantel star, but the question is did she actually win and where is she in the pageant world now? 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