10|07|02 - The Miss Italia nel Mondo 2010 winner is Kimberly Castillo Mota. a 21-year-old college student from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned at the Palazzo del Turismo di Jesolo, Italy, an event televised by Raiuno and watched worldwide by more than 3,500,000 spectators.

Miss Mota was born in August 26, 1988 in Higuey, and raised by her grandmother and her father, Antonio, whose roots hail from Cosenza, Italy. She has two brothers and three sisters. Miss Mota is studying architecture at the Università Pontificia Madre Y Maestra (PUCMM) and is also a model. She is 5’11” tall and will celebrate her 22nd birthday on August 26. It was her first trip to Italy and said that she fell in love with the Coliseum and the Vatican.

Miss Italia Germania, Giuseppina Cannella, placed second and, Miss Italia Amazzonia, Esmeralda Yaniche, was the third place winner.

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(Photo courtesy of Miss Italia Channel)

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