10 things about Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2025 Jennifer Ventura

Jennifer Rocio Ventura Marte represented Barahona, Dominican Republic in the 69th edition of Miss Republica Dominicana. She represented the country in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Ventura is a Dominican civil engineer and beauty queen. She is an alumna of Florida International University in Miami, Florida, United States, the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) in Mexico City, Mexico and the Instituto Madrileño de Formación (IMF) Smart Education in Madrid, Spain.

In 1997, Ventura was born in Barahona. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her mother Roselin Marte Nova, a Barahona native, studied civil engineering at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2. She underwent a higher vocational training in civil engineering at Florida International University.
3. She has two sisters namely Gisel Ventura Marte and Lissy Ventura Marte and one brother named Saul Ventura Marte.
4. From 2015 to 2018, she attended the UNIBE where she earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
5. From 2019 to 2021, she was a general manager at DOITECA in Sto. Domingo.
6. From 2021 to 2022, she attended the IMF Smart Education in Madrid, Spain where she earned a master’s degree in business management and diplomas in building safety management, risk assessment and project management. 
7. In 2025, she visited Thailand.
8. She won Miss Republica Dominicana 2025.
9. She is Reina del Carnaval de Barahona 2025.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Jennifer was employed at VENTMAR Barahona, a building firm in Barahona, when she won Miss Republica Dominicana 2025. She is the third beauty queen from Barahona to win the title, following Ivonne Lucía Butler de los Montellanos and Melba Altagracia Vicens Bello, who held the title in 1972 and 1985, respectively.

2010s

• In January 2015, she entered Universidad Iberoamericana.
• In July 2018, she graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana.
• In August 2019, she joined DOITECA in Sto. Domingo.

2020s

• In April 2021, she entered IMF Smart Education.
• In May 2021, she left DOITECA.
• In June 2022, she graduated from IMF Smart Education.
• On April 8, 2025, her mother was one of the 236 people who died after the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Sto. Domingo collapsed during a live performance by merengue musician Rubby Pérez. Her mother was 57.
• On August 10, 2025, she represented Barahona at Miss Republica Dominicana 2025 and competed against 28 other candidates at the Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She won the title and was crowned by Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kjær Theilvig.
• On August 24, 2025, she was crowned Reina del Carnaval de Barahona 2025 in Barahona.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She finished in the Top 30.