10 things about Miss Earth 2003 Dania Prince

Dania Patricia Prince Méndez is a Honduran businesswoman, model and beauty queen based in Miami, Florida, United States. Born and raised in Choluteca, Choluteca, Honduras, she is Andres Prince and Luisa Mendez‘s daughter and Sandra Prince and Julio Prince‘s sister.

BIOGRAPHY

Dania is the first and still the only Miss Earth from Honduras. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her husband Frank Fuentes is originally from San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras.
2. She and Frank have a dry cleaning business in Miami and four daughters together namely Valentina Fuentes, Valeria Fuentes, Victoria Fuentes and Vianca Fuentes.
3. She went to Instituto Santa Maria Goretti in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
4. On October 4, 2008, she and Fuentes got married in Miami.
5. She won Miss Honduras 1998.
6. When she represented Honduras at Top Model of the World 1998 and competed against 27 other candidates in Magdeburg, Germany, she was third runner-up to Michelle Khan.
7. She won Miss America Latina del Mundo 1999.
8. She was a Miss Universe 1998 candidate.
9. She won Miss Earth 2003.
10. On February 10, 2025, she turned 45.

TIMELINE

Dania holds a bachelor’s degree in international commerce. She is 5’10” tall.

1998

• On May 12, 1998, she represented Honduras at Miss Universe 1998 and competed against 80 other candidates at the Stan Sheriff Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was unplaced.

1999

• On November 25, 1999, she represented Honduras at Miss America Latina del Mundo 1999 and competed against 18 other candidates in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She won the title.

2000

• On December 1, 2000, she crowned her successor Miss America Latina del Mundo 2000 Grace Martins in Montelimar, Nicaragua.

2003

• On November 9, 2003, she represented Honduras at Miss Earth 2003 and competed against 56 other candidates at the theater of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She won the title.

2004

• On October 24, 2004, she crowned her successor Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles at the theater of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.

2022

• In January 2022, she traveled to Travesia, Cortes.
• In March 2022, she was featured in ICONOS Mag with Fuentes and their daughters when they visited Choluteca.
• In September 2022, she visited Sunrise, Florida.

2023

• In July 2023, she visited different parts of Florida including Hollywood, Orlando, Clermont, Kissimmee and Lake Buena Vista.

2024

• In April 2024, she visited Key West, Florida.