# Kimberly Castillo

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{{Short description|Dominican Republic model (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name         = Kimberly Castillo
| image        = 
| competitions = [Miss Italia nel Mondo](/source/Miss_Italia_nel_Mondo) 2010 <br> (Winner) <br> [Miss Dominican Republic 2014](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic_2014) <br> (Winner) <br> [Miss Universe 2014](/source/Miss_Universe_2014) <br> (Unplaced)
| title        = Miss Italia nel Repubblica Dominicana 2010 <br> [Miss Italia nel Mondo](/source/Miss_Italia_nel_Mondo) 2010 <br> Miss [Higüey](/source/Hig%C3%BCey_(city)) 2014 <br> [Miss Dominican Republic 2014](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic_2014)
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|2000|08|26}}
| birth_place  = [Salvaleón de Higüey](/source/Hig%C3%BCey_(city)), Dominican Republic
| birth_name   = Kimberly Altagracia Castillo Mota
| height       = {{height|m=1.7|precision=0}}
| eye_color    = Brown
| hair_color   = Dark brown
}}

'''Kimberly Altagracia Castillo Mota''' (born August 26, 2000) also known as '''Kim Castillo''', is a Dominican beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia nel Repubblica Dominicana 2010 and represented her country at [Miss Italia nel Mondo](/source/Miss_Italia_nel_Mondo) 2010, she also won [Miss Dominican Republic 2014](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic_2014) and represented her country at [Miss Universe 2014](/source/Miss_Universe_2014), but she unplaced.

==Personal life==
Born in [Salvaleón de Higüey](/source/Hig%C3%BCey_(city)) on 26 August 1988, Kim and her siblings were abandoned by their mother at a young age; thereupon they were raised by their father and their paternal grandmother, who are of [Calabria](/source/Calabria)n origin, specifically from the [Province of Cosenza](/source/Province_of_Cosenza).<ref name=Hoy>{{cite web|title=¿Quién es Kimberly Castillo, la nueva Miss Italia Mundo 2010?|url=http://hoy.com.do/quien-es-kimberly-castillo-la-nueva-miss-italia-mundo-2010/|publisher=Hoy|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811013059/http://hoy.com.do/quien-es-kimberly-castillo-la-nueva-miss-italia-mundo-2010/|archive-date=11 August 2014|language=es|date=5 July 2010}}</ref> Her family moved at the age of 12 to [Santiago de los Caballeros](/source/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros) where she was introduced to the modeling world at the age of 15. She is a graduate of two [Bachelor's Degree](/source/Bachelor's_Degree) from [Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra](/source/Pontificia_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_Madre_y_Maestra), in [Architecture](/source/Architecture) and [Fashion Designing](/source/Fashion_Designing).<ref name=ici>[http://www.italiachiamaitalia.net/news/134/ARTICLE/22427/2010-07-01.html Italiani all'estero, Kimberly Castillo Mota è la nuova Miss Italia nel Mondo]</ref>

==Pageant participation==
===Miss Italia nel Republica Dominicana 2010===
She was hand-picked Miss Italia nel Repubblica Dominicana 2010, out of 10 candidates, on May 1, 2010.

===Miss Italia nel Mondo 2010===
She was crowned [Miss Italia nel Mondo](/source/Miss_Italia_nel_Mondo) 2010, representing the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic), June 30, 2010 at the "Palazzo del Turismo" of [Jesolo](/source/Jesolo).

===Miss Dominican Republic 2014===
Kimberly Castillo represented Higuey at [Miss Dominican Republic 2014](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic_2014) in [Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo) and was crowned by outgoing titledholder, [Yaritza Reyes](/source/Yaritza_Reyes).<ref>[http://missrepublica.do/candidatas/ Kimberly Altagracia Castillo Mota, Miss Higüey 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812195226/http://missrepublica.do/candidatas/ |date=2014-08-12 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=707186942650453&id=679993825369765 Kim, Miss Higüey RD]</ref>

===Miss Universe 2014===
Kimberly represented the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic) at [Miss Universe 2014](/source/Miss_Universe_2014), but failed to place between the semi-finalists.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* [http://hoy.com.do/quien-es-kimberly-castillo-la-nueva-miss-italia-mundo-2010/ Kim Castillo, nueva Miss Italia del Mundo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140812195226/http://missrepublica.do/candidatas/ Kimberly Castillo, Miss Higüey]

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{{succession box
| before = [Yaritza Reyes](/source/Yaritza_Reyes)
| title  = [Miss Dominican Republic](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic)
| years  = [2014](/source/Miss_Dominican_Republic_2014)
| after  = [Clarissa Molina](/source/Clarissa_Molina)
}}
{{succession box
| before = Ana Mesa
| title = Miss [Higüey](/source/Hig%C3%BCey_(city))
| years = 2014
| after = Jennifer Cruz
}}
{{succession box
| before = {{flagicon|Moldova}} Diana Curmei
| title = [Miss Italia nel Mondo](/source/Miss_Italia_nel_Mondo)
| years = 2010
| after = {{flagicon|Brazil}} Silvia Novais
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Miss Universe 2014 delegates}}
{{Authority control}}

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Category:Dominican Republic beauty pageant winners
Category:Living people
Category:1988 births
Category:Miss Universe 2014 contestants
Category:Miss Dominican Republic
Category:Dominican Republic people of Italian descent

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