Madrid.– The World's Most Beautiful Flag Contest, an unofficial
competition created by a user on 20minutos.es, has received hundreds of
thousands of votes since it began in the beginning of June.
The contest began with 104 flags, eliminating the five flags
with the least votes every two days. The competition is coming to an end and is now in its final
stage. The last week of voting has begun and users across the world
are chossing their favorite flags.
The final ten flags remaining are Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, the
Dominican Republic, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala and Puerto
Rico.
Dominican Republic's white and blue flag has been in the top ten almost the
entire contest and many Dominicans are eager to see it win. It is currently ranked number four with almost 54,000 points.
Mexico is ranked number one with nearly 193,000 points.
To vote for the world's most beautiful flag, go to http://listas.20minutos.es.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
this contest is for people with more time than brains
From: United States, New York City
"this contest is for people with more time than brains"
Stop being such a sour puss. It's a harmless contest for God's sake.
I remember a co-worker of mine, a young lady of russian extraction, passing by my desk at work and commented on how beautiful the Dominican flag on my desk was. After thanking her I had to agree. The Dominican flag is beautiful:)
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Ciby I guess you are right ...I cold never understand these things Beauty contests and song contests having so much to do with national pride ....I guess it better than going to war
Written by: Duane, 1 Jul 2008 11:56 AM
From: United Kingdom
Its ironic how it was spawned from the Haitian flag - in turn spawned from the French.
Of course the Haitians wanted to cut the white out of theirs - who can blame them.
Its a pretty flag though, but I'd like to delete that over complicated skid mark upon the middle of it.
Any flag containing the bible needs a serious rethink.
The civil flag however is beautiful.
Written by: NYCDR, 1 Jul 2008 1:04 PM
From: United States
its also the only flag in the world with the bible open!!!!
Written by: arcatype 
, 1 Jul 2008 1:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Well we know why the haitians took out the white part. "Racist country"!!!!!
From: United States, New York City
"Its ironic how it was spawned from the Haitian flag - in turn spawned from the French.
Of course the Haitians wanted to cut the white out of theirs - who can blame them."
"Well we know why the haitians took out the white part. "Racist country"!!!!!"
Ei diablo..can some of you give it a rest for at least one goddamn thread? Not everything has to be turned into a dominico-haitian issue...the article was about a flag contest!...Eso esta hasta aburriendo a uno ya.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Let us talk about something even dumber like Eurosong or wrestling or beauty contests
Written by: lunapark, 1 Jul 2008 3:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Here he comes again, the "brain", the guy with plenty of time to give his opinion and judge every single post in this site... For God´s sake, go write a book, go find a new love, go to Antarctica!
From: United States, Washington
Chicos,
our flag could come in LAST, and I would not love it any less or more than if it comes in first!!! The thing is not about being first, its about having a flag that represents a fair, just, human society. Well, we're working toward that goal. Until then, I still love my Flag, but I love it more when we treat every human being in the DR with dignity; when the wealth of the corripios, vincinis, and all the other huele-fundillos who keep our country in their pocket is distributed to the poor campesinos, the stuents in the UASD, the Small-medium shop-owners, the people struggling in barrios and bateyes. When all that wealth is taken and a capable, transparent, democratic, and representative government provides all the public services people need to live a safe and decent life. That's when my love for my flag will incrase more than what it is.
This contest is fun, but it should not take us away from the struggle to build a better society!
Written by: MrDom, 1 Jul 2008 5:54 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, DN
El pais mas hermoso del mundo tiene la bandera mas hermosa del mundo... I was born Dominican, if I ask for more, I should be punish.....
From: United States, New York City
Baldoria, I'm not for wealth distribution but their's nothing wrong with wanting a "fair, just, (and) human(e) society". All Dominicans should strive for such a thing.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Hear Hear
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Mr Dom ask for an honest government
From: Dominican Republic
gouletcolonial, you were the first to add a comment to this page and I must say it seems YOU probably HAVE more time on your hands than brains.. Vote for YOUR FLAG, its a nice one, and stop venting off like a ?_)(__+*&^%^%. PS... Wouldnt make too many comments if I were you... I am new at this, but could become very good at this.
Written by: rom1804 , 1 Jul 2008 10:52 PM
From: Zimbabwe
LOL YOU PEOPLE can't do anything without the Name Haitian popping up. Even your Flag has our names all over. I guess when you do win that competition if you do I hope they do I want some dominican to stand up on national Television and tell the rest of the world how they came up with the most beautiful flag in the world without mentioning Haiti. I want to see how they plan on doing that. I want DR to win this stupid flag contest so I can say you only won it because of US Haitians we gave you that flag. LOL lol lol lol take that.
From: United States, Spring Valley, NY
You know, I'm not going to front....DR does have a very beautiful flag, but I got my money on Brazil. "tudo bem" baby!!!!!
Written by: rom1804 , 2 Jul 2008 4:19 AM
From: Zimbabwe
You mean the Haitians have a beautiful Flag.
Written by: Lautaro, 2 Jul 2008 7:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
rom1804:"You mean the Haitians have a beautiful Flag."
You mean the French have a beautiful flag. I mean, that's the source from where you took yours, isn't it so, rom? Vive la France. LOL
I think that this fact is all the more poignant when you consider the fact that you're currently sharing a flag with the city of Paris (sans the coat of arms):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParisIn short, rom, as the saying goes: "Ladron que le roba a ladron, tiene cien años de perdón".
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
You always have Your brain attached to Your A.. on all Your biased, narrow minded opinions.
From: United States, Washington
ummmm.... aguacate :-)
Written by: Lautaro, 2 Jul 2008 12:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
"a nation that eats arroz abichuela y carne con aguacate y tostone."
Se te olvidó mencionar los fritos maduros con salami, las empanadas de jamón y queso, etc. :-)
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Z man bring us up to date on Comrade Bob
From: Dominican Republic
By the way, use all your browsers to vote (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Flock, etc. )
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
the old dominican voting procedure Balaguer invented or copied from mayor Daley ....VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN
From: Haiti
Most if not all flags that bear the colors and various combinations of either red, blue, and white are beautiful. There is just something about those colors that make it so visually attractive. The flag of the Netherlands, French tricolor, Haitian flag, Dominican flag, Costa Rican, Belizean, Cuban and Puerto Rican, Panamanian flags all are appealing.
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Stop being such a sour puss. It's a harmless contest for God's sake.
I remember a co-worker of mine, a young lady of russian extraction, passing by my desk at work and commented on how beautiful the Dominican flag on my desk was. After thanking her I had to agree. The Dominican flag is beautiful:)
Of course the Haitians wanted to cut the white out of theirs - who can blame them.
Its a pretty flag though, but I'd like to delete that over complicated skid mark upon the middle of it.
Any flag containing the bible needs a serious rethink.
The civil flag however is beautiful.
Of course the Haitians wanted to cut the white out of theirs - who can blame them."
"Well we know why the haitians took out the white part. "Racist country"!!!!!"
Ei diablo..can some of you give it a rest for at least one goddamn thread? Not everything has to be turned into a dominico-haitian issue...the article was about a flag contest!...Eso esta hasta aburriendo a uno ya.
our flag could come in LAST, and I would not love it any less or more than if it comes in first!!! The thing is not about being first, its about having a flag that represents a fair, just, human society. Well, we're working toward that goal. Until then, I still love my Flag, but I love it more when we treat every human being in the DR with dignity; when the wealth of the corripios, vincinis, and all the other huele-fundillos who keep our country in their pocket is distributed to the poor campesinos, the stuents in the UASD, the Small-medium shop-owners, the people struggling in barrios and bateyes. When all that wealth is taken and a capable, transparent, democratic, and representative government provides all the public services people need to live a safe and decent life. That's when my love for my flag will incrase more than what it is.
This contest is fun, but it should not take us away from the struggle to build a better society!
You can also join the facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33295296920
You mean the French have a beautiful flag. I mean, that's the source from where you took yours, isn't it so, rom? Vive la France. LOL
I think that this fact is all the more poignant when you consider the fact that you're currently sharing a flag with the city of Paris (sans the coat of arms): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
In short, rom, as the saying goes: "Ladron que le roba a ladron, tiene cien años de perdón".
You always have Your brain attached to Your A.. on all Your biased, narrow minded opinions.
Se te olvidó mencionar los fritos maduros con salami, las empanadas de jamón y queso, etc. :-)