Miss Portuguesa 2021, the 2021 edition of the national pageant, held the finale on 11th September 2021 at the mythical Casino Estoril where Oricia Dominguez Dos Santos was crowned Miss Universe Portugal 2021. She succeeded Miss Universe Portugal 2020 Cristiana Silva for the title.
The stunning beauty queen is a model and a fashion stylist who was born and raised in Venezuela. Oricia is of Portuguese and Spanish descent. She attended the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela and she underwent a leadership training at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas. In 2017, she studied marketing at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas. From 2017 to 2018, she attended MVL Consultores in Caracas where she earned her certification in organizational coaching. In 2018, she studied finance for non-financial executives at IESA and was accredited to use the Competencias Económicas para la Formación de Emprendedores (CEFE) methodology. From 2020 to 2021, she studied entrepreneurship at the Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao, Spain.