Clarissa Molina Contrera (born September 23, 1991) is a Dominican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Dominican Republic 2015 and represented Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
Molina was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic and is the daughter of Domingo Molina and Clara Contrera. At the age of 11, her parents separated and moved to New York City. She was left in the Dominican Republic with her brother and his wife. At age 15 she and her siblings moved to New Jersey.
Molina auditioned for Univision's reality show and beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015 in New York City on October 4, 2014. Judge Jomari Goyso and guest judges Daniel Arenas and Veronica Bastos did not give her a pass to enter the competition because they saw her as arrogant. A couple of days later head judge Osmel Sousa went to her home in New Jersey to personally invite her to be part of the competition. After several eliminations, she was selected to be part of the 12 finalists who enter the mansion of Nuestra Belleza Latina where she became a favorite among both the judges and audience. After 13 weeks of competition, she made it to the Top 4 and finished as 3rd Runner-Up.
Molina or La Molina may refer to:
Pecetto di Valenza (Apsèj in Piedmontese) is a commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy with a population of 1282 (December 2008 estimate). It is south of the river Po, and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of the provincial capital of Alessandria, on an eastern spur of the hills of the Basso Monferrato. The commune’s neighbours are Alessandria, Bassignana, Montecastello, Pietra Marazzi, and Valenza.
The municipal boundaries enclose an area of 11.5 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi) that ranges in elevation from 85 to 261 metres (279 to 856 ft) above sea level and is predominantly agricultural in character: the economy is largely based on the cultivation of cereals and grapes. Four distinct settlements are identified in the Statuto comunale as "historically recognised by the community"; these were also the four designated places for the 2001 census. Pecetto di Valenza itself, which stands at 212 metres (696 ft) above sea level and is the capoluogo of the commune, was the most populous with 499 of the commune’s 1,312 inhabitants. Pellizzari, at 407 metres (1,335 ft), had a population of 120. Gasperini, at 192 metres (630 ft), had 30 inhabitants and Molina, at 171 metres (561 ft), 16. A further 360 residents, 27 percent of the total, were counted in isolated dwellings such as farmhouses.
Molina is a Spanish, Portuguese, African, and Italian surname. The Molina surname originates from medieval Spain, in the Christian Kingdom of Castile, and is an occupational surname as it is derived from the word Molino or "mill" or "miller". This surname originates from the late Middle Ages for someone who manages, works in, or owns a mill.