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How Puerto Rico’s Isalys Quinones achieved her Olympic dream

SAITAMA, Japan —

Isalys Quinones had a choice.

She could chase her professional basketball dream, to be like her favorite players Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker, or work toward a career as an environmental engineer.

She had signed a contract to play professionally in Greece but three weeks later, the pandemic shut down her league. She went back to Chula Vista, to her parents’ home and tried to figure it out — basketball or work.

“So, I was doing a little bit of both,” Quinones said.

Months later, things haven’t changed with Quinones starting at center for the Puerto Rican women’s basketball team while trying to keep tabs on her work. Her phone fills with news about practice times and new product launches while she plays against pro basketball players from around the world.

Most of the women she’s trying to beat are studying their statistics on the internet while Quinones, who almost majored in statistics at Dartmouth, is managing her LinkedIn profile.

Her spot in two worlds — the business one and the basketball one — forced her to face questions not everyone playing basketball at these Olympics has to deal with. The biggest, she said, was whether or not to tell prospective employers about her other life as an Olympic athlete.

“That was the hardest part for me finding jobs,” Quinones, 23, said. “Do I let people know that there is going to be a chunk of time where I’m not going to be working? Do they like athletes?”

With jobs at a premium, Quinones wanted to keep it sort of a secret, leaving the whole Olympic starting center thing off her resume, while looking for a job that would let her make the world a more environmentally conscious place.

Quinones had heard too many stories from women playing her sport about bosses who weren’t OK with saying “goodbye” to their employees so they could work on zone defense and corner threes.

“The reality is that most of the athletes, especially with team Puerto Rico, they do have jobs, but they end up having to quit them,” Quinones’ mother, Frances, said. “Because most employers, you know, they don’t allow you to take an extensive amount of time off, even if it’s without pay and then allow you to come back.”

Puerto Rico’s Isalys Quinones controls the ball during a game against Belgium on Friday.

(Eric Gay / Associated Press)

“Isalys has had so much pressure on her and she has been able to just balance it and come out to be at the Olympic level.”

— Frances Quinones, Isalys’ mother

Luckily Quinones had a former teammate at Dartmouth working with a Bay Area-based company, QNOPY, that had a boss who loved hiring former athletes.

“Whenever we hire athletes,” said Saurabh Gogate, QNOPY founder and chief executive, “I’m blown away by the work ethic.”

Frances marvels at it too, seeing her daughter balance basketball at Otay Ranch with AAU teams and academic commitments. But Dartmouth was different.

“It was way out of my league,” Quinones said of her early classwork.

During her first winter at Dartmouth, Quinones wasn’t playing much. The work was hard. In tears, she called her mother, telling her she needed her. Frances had been reading about the pressures on athletes after a high-profile suicide by a runner at Penn.

Frances got on a plane.

“To this day, I don’t have a reason why she needed me,” Frances said. “To be an athlete and an Ivy Leaguer is not easy.”

Things got better. Quinones found her passion — engineering — after a class project involved designing a cardboard chair that could support a person. And on the court, her talent was undeniable, a big center with guard skills and smooth jumper. A six-inch growth spurt one summer gave her guard skills with a center’s limbs.

By her senior year at Dartmouth, she was averaging 14 points a game. Isalys was able to surprise her mom with a visit before Frances’ successful surgery to treat breast cancer.

“Isalys has had so much pressure on her and she has been able to just balance it and come out to be at the Olympic level,” Frances said. “You know, I don’t think many people have that kind of stress and survive it.”

She graduated and then stayed another year to further study environmental engineering.

While that was happening, Frances, who was born in Puerto Rico and served in the U.S. military before retiring, called and found out what Isalys needed to do to play for the island’s national team. Isalys flew down for a tryout, made the team and, eventually after Puerto Rico qualified at a FIBA tournament in February 2020, she was headed to Tokyo.

Except the COVID-19 pandemic put that on hold.

Working remotely for QNOPY, Quinones went about trying to train for the Olympics from Chula Vista, where the parks and gyms were all closed. Before her mother could find proper weights, Isalys did strength workouts with water jugs.

She turned the living room into a fitness studio, doing on-demand Beachbody workouts. For basketball, she got a hoop at a sporting goods store and rolled it around a small space in her back yard. To make up for the sliver of makeshift court space, Quinones would move the hoop to change angles and directions.

The worksheets she used to organize those at-home workouts — the strength, the skill and the conditioning — are still in the living room.

“That was all her,” Frances said.

She timed her workouts around her work schedule — everything was being done remotely.

Puerto Rico plays for the final time these Olympics on Monday night. The real world waits, those work emails need to be answered.

For now, the plan is to keep playing basketball. Quinones has signed to play in France, heading there later this month. She also wants to keep working with QNOPY, balancing basketball and engineering with expert precision.

Why choose when you don’t have to?

Maya Quinones | US Forest Service Research and Development

About Research and Development
About the Agency

Natural Resources Specialist

International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Jardin Botanico Sur
1201 Calle Ceiba
San Juan, PR 00926-1119
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Education & Experience
Publications & Products
Research Highlights

Professional Experience

Natural Resources Specialist,
International Institute of Tropical Forestry,
2019 –
Current
Cooperative Forestry Program Manager in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands with State and Private Forestry Unit
Cartographic technician,
International Institute of Tropical Forestry,
2005 –
2019

Featured Publications

Maya Quiñones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Yunque National Forest Atlas
Maya Quiñones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Atlas del Bosque Nacional El Yunque
Jessica Castro-Prieto, William Gould, Coralys Ortiz-Maldonado, Sandra Soto-Bayó, Ivan Llerandi-Román, Soledad Gaztambide-Arandes, Maya Quinones, Marcela Cañón, Kasey R Jacobs. 2019. Inventario detallado de áreas protegidas y otros mecanismos de conservación en Puerto Rico
Jessica Castro-Prieto, William Gould, Coralys Ortiz-Maldonado, Sandra Soto-Bayó, Ivan Llerandi-Román, Soledad Gaztambide-Arandes, Maya Quinones, Marcela Cañón, Kasey R Jacobs. 2019. A Comprehensive Inventory of Protected Areas and other Land Conservation Mechanisms in Puerto Rico
Ashley Van Beusekom, Nora Alvarez-Berríos, William Gould, Maya Quiñones, Grizelle González. 2018. Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Caribbean: Disturbance Forces, Variation of Effects, and Implications for Future Storms
Stephen J. Fain, Maya Quiñones, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould. 2017. Climate change and coffee: assessing vulnerability by modeling future climate suitability in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico
Ana Carolina Monmany, William Gould, Maria Jose Andrade-Nunez, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maya Quinones. 2017. Characterizing Predictability of Fire Occurrence in Tropical Forests and Grasslands: The Case of Puerto Rico
Ashley E. Van Beusekom, William A. Gould, A. Carolina Monmany, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Maya Quiñones, Stephen J. Fain, Maria José Andrade-Núñez, Grizelle González. 2018. Fire weather and likelihood: characterizing climate space for fire occurrence and extent in Puerto Rico

Other Publications

William Gould, Maya Quinones. 2019. An All Lands Approach
William A. Gould, Frank H. Wadsworth, Maya Quinones, Stephen J. Fain, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos. 2017. Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico
Azad Henareh Khalyani, William A. Gould, Eric Harmsen, Adam Terando, Maya Quinones, Jaime A. Collazo. 2016. Climate Change Implications for Tropical Islands: Interpolating and Interpreting Statistically Downscaled GCM Projections for Management and Planning
J. Castro-Prieto, Maya Quinones, William Gould. 2016. Characterization of the Network of Protected Areas in Puerto Rico
M. Quinones, W.A. Gould, J. Castro-Prieto, S. Martinuzzi. 2013. Spatial analysis of Puerto Rico’s terrestrial protected areas [1:240 000]
M. Quinones, W.A. Gould, J. Castro-Prieto, S. Martinuzzi. 2013. Analisis espacial de las areas protegidas terrestres de Puerto Rico
William A. Gould, Maya Quinones, Mariano Solorzano, Waldemar Alcobas, Caryl Alarcon. 2011. Protected Natural Areas of Puerto Rico
William A. Gould, Maya Quinones, Mariano Solórzano, Waldemar Alcobas, Caryl Alarcon. 2011. Areas naturales protegidas de Puerto Rico
William A. Gould, Michael E. Jimenez, Gary Potts, Maya Quinones. 2008. Landscape units of Puerto Rico: influence of climate, substrate, and topography
Sebastian Martinuzzi, William A. Gould, Olga M. Ramos Gonzalez, Maya Quinones, Michael E. Jimenez. 2008. Urban and rural land use in Puerto Rico
A.M.J. Robbins, C.M. Eckelmann, M. Quinones. 2008. Forest fires in the insular Caribbean
W. A. Gould, C. Alarcon, B. Fevold, M.E. Jimenez, S. Martinuzzi, G. Potts, M. Quinones, M. Solórzano, E. Ventosa. 2008. The Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project Volume 1: land cover, vertebrate species distributions, and land stewardship
William Gould, Michael E. Jimenez, Gary Potts, Maya Quinones, Sebastian Martinuzzi. 2008. Unidades del paisaje de Puerto Rico: la influencia del clima, el substrato y la topografia
Sebastian Martinuzzi, William A. Gould, Olga M. Ramos Gonzalez, Maya Quinones, Michael E. Jimenez. 2008. Uso de terreno urbano y rural en Puerto Rico
Maya Quinones, William Gould, Carlos D. Rodriguez-Pedraza. 2007. Geospatial Data Availability for Haiti: An Aid in the Development of GIS-Based Natural Resource Assessments for Conservation Planning.
A.E. Lugo, E. Román Nunci, M. Quinones, H. Marcano Vega, I. Vicéns. 2005. El bosque estatal del nuevo milenio antes y después del huracán Georges
CHRISTOPHER DALY, E. H. HELMER, MAYA QUINONES. 2003. Mapping the Climate of Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra.
Eileen Helmer, Olga Ramos, T. DEL M. LÓPEZ, Maya Quinones, W. DIAZ. 2002. Mapping the Forest Type and Land Cover of Puerto Rico, a Component of the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot

Research Highlights

Miss Puerto Rico | vv-travel.ru

Miss Puerto Rico is a common title or sash used to identify Puerto Rico’s representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico and Miss Puerto Rico International are the official national qualifiers for the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International pageants. Each year both events are held to select representatives for the island to both competitions.

In addition, Miss Puerto Rico International and the Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Program select official representatives for the Miss International and Miss America pageants, respectively.

1.1 History 1.2 Last holders 1.3 Municipality rated

2 Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico

2.1 History 2.2 right holders

3 Miss International

3.1 Representatives

4 Miss Earth

4.1 Representatives

5th Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Program

5.1 Representatives

6 Nuestra Belleza Latina

6.1 Representatives

7 Additional contests 8 References 9 External connections

Miss Universe Puerto Rico

History

In its various forms, “Miss Puerto Rico” beauty pageant has been almost held every year since 1950 years. The winner of the pageant represents Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe Pageant each year.

The selection of Miss Puerto Rico begins one year before the winner advances to the Miss Universe pageant. Each Puerto Rican city can choose a representative who then enters the Miss Puerto Rico finals, which are traditionally held in the San Juan area hotel. The winner crowns the final competition.

There were three changes in the organization that led to changes in the pageant’s name. Miss Puerto Rico hasn’t run since 1952 until 1998 under the direction of Anna Santisteban, in 1996 the contest lost its franchise to Miss Universe. From 1996 to 1998 Telemundo organized this event called “Miss Universe Puerto Rico”. From 1999 to 2002 TeleOnce (now the Univision of Puerto Rico) obtained a franchise and renamed it “Miss Puerto Rico Universe”. Magali Febles organized the pageant between 2003 and 2009, but the name of the competition has remained the same. In 2009, Desiree Lowry and Luisito Vigoreaux received the Miss Universe franchise and renamed the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant.

Ingrid Marie Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2008

Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant has now turned into technology to attract more people through podcasting. Since the 2006 pageant, Miss Puerto Rico Universe has become the first pageant for the Miss Universe franchise to have a podcast. [1] In this, Wilton Vargas, an international multimedia and technology personality, interviewed all contestants with the aim of helping people get to know them better so they could participate in the voting process using mobile phones. This podcast is published as a section of the technology news and information site Tecnetico. com and various podcast directories, including iTunes.

Delegates are allowed to compete more than once in the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, with the caveat that they are not eligible to compete again after they have won. For example, Cynthia Olavarria placed first runner-up in 2003 and returned in 2005 by winning the title and placing first runner-up at Miss Universe. A number of delegates and winners competed in the “Miss Mundo Puerto Rico” (Miss World Puerto Rico) pageant, a preliminary to the Miss World pageant. There are frequent crossovers between the two contests: for example Joyce Giraud was crowned Miss Puerto Rico twice by Ana Rosa Brito, first at 19’94 as Miss Mundo Puerto Rico and then in 1998 as Miss Universe Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is one of the most successful competitors in the history of the Miss Universe pageant, having won five times. Marisol Malaret, Miss Puerto Rico 1970, was the first Puerto Rican to win the Miss Universe title. Four other Puerto Rican delegates who have won the Miss Universe title are Deborah Carty Daewoo (1985), Daynare Torres (1993), Denise Quinones (2001), and Zuleyka Rivera (2006).

On November 7, 2011, Miss Universe Puerto Rico made history by choosing the first woman who was not born in Puerto Rico to represent the island at Miss Universe 2012. Bodine Kehler Pena was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012. Koehler was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Dominican mother, but grew up in Puerto Rico. [2]

Latest copyright holders

Main article: List of Miss Puerto Rico copyright holders

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2014	Gabriela Berrios Pagan	Toa Baha	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TBA
2013	Monic Marie Perez Diaz	Arecibo	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Semi-finalist (Top 16)
2012	Bodin Koehler Foam	Rio Grande	San Juan, Puerto Rico	–
2011	Viviana Ortiz Pastrana	Corozal	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Semi-finalist (Top 16)
2010	Mariana Paola Vicente Morales	Rio Grande	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Finalist (Top 10)
2009	Maira Matos Perez	Cabo Rojo	Ato Rey, Puerto Rico	4th Prize Winner
2008	Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos	Corifena	Santurce, Puerto Rico	–
2007	Wilmadilis “Uma” Blasini Perez	Guayanilla	San Juan, Puerto Rico	–
2006	Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza	Salinas	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Winner
2005	Cynthia Enid Olavarriya Rivera	Salinas	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st Prize Winner
2004	Alba Gisele Reyes Santos	Cidra	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd Prize Winner
2003	Carla Tricoli Rodriguez	Vieques	San Juan, Puerto Rico	–

Municipality rating

Titles	Municipality	Profitable years
11	San Juan	1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1985 [1], 1987, 1997
06	Pimp	1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 2006 [2]
04	Salinas	1976, 1989, 2005, 2006 [1]
Guayanabo	1981, 1988, 1990, 2000
03	Lara	1952, 1999, 2001 [1]
Toa Alta	1991, 1993 [1], 1996
San German	1975, 1985 [2], 1986
Santurce	1968, 1970 [1], 1972
02	Rio Grande	2010, 2012
Corozal	1995, 2011
Mayaguez	1979, 1984
01	Toa Baha	2014
Arecibo	2013
Cabo Rojo	2009
Dolphin	2008
Guayanilla	2007
Cidra	2004
Vieques	2003
Utuado	2002
Anasco	2001 [2]
Aguas Buenas	1998
Isabela	1994
Bayamon	1992
Trujillo Alto	1983
Juncos	1982
Caguas	1980
Orocovis	1973
Rio Piedras	1969
San Lorenzo	1967
Fajardo	1956

1 Won Miss Universe Title

2 First runner-up, took over the title after the original champion won Miss Universe

Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico

Jennifer Guevara, Miss World Puerto Rico 2007

History

Together with Miss Puerto Rico Universe , Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico is one of the most important national pageants in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico made his Miss World debut in 1959, then was absent from 1960 to 1969.

In 1970 a new organization took over the responsibility of not sending contestants under 1985 through castings. Puerto Rico competed in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989 and sent the first Miss Puerto Rico runner-up to Miss World until 1995.

Yvonne Orsini, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008

In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Puerto Rico’s only Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz, obtained a franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant whose winner has been competing ever since in international competition. Puerto Rico has produced one winner (1975), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010). In 2012, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico is Janelee Chaparro, who was crowned by Amanda Vilanova.

Copyright holders

Nadyalee Torres Lopez Caguas – – 2012 Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colon Barceloneta Quarter-finalist – 2011 Amanda Victoria Vilanova Perez San Juan 2nd Prize Winner Miss World Caribbean 2011 2010 Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago Barranquitas Semi-finalist Miss World Beach Beauty 2009 Jennifer Colon Alvarado Bayamon – – 2008 Yvonne Marie Orsini Lopez San Juan Semi-finalist – 2007 Jennifer Guevara Campos Orocovis Semi-finalist – 2006 Thebyam Carrión Alvarez Arecibo Semifinalist – 2005 Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos Dolphin 2nd Prize Winner Miss World Caribbean 2005 2004 Cassandra Castro Holland Luquillo – – 2003 Jocelyn Montero Garcia Bayamon Semi-finalist – 2002 Cassandra Polo Berrios Guayanabo Semi-finalist –

Miss International

The first Puerto Rican delegate to Miss International was Carmen Sarah Latimer, sent in 1960. Since 1960, Puerto Rico has produced one winner (Lori Tamara Simpson in 1987), one third runner-up and nine semi-finalists. The Miss Puerto Rico pageant was a Miss International franchise from 1960 to 1997, after a two-year hiatus, a new pageant was created called Miss Puerto Rico Turismo that sent no representatives until 2007 when a new organization purchased the franchise (Creative Opportunities Inc. – Mr. Fernando Oquendo Vega).

Representatives

Ashley Beth Perez Calderon Humacao 2012 Ashley Michelle Ruiz Rodriguez Rincon – – 2011 Desiree Del Rio De Jesus Bayamon 3rd Prize Winner Miss Activity 2010 Aideliz Hidalgo Betances San Juan Semi-finalist – 2009 Monica Pastrana Manati – – 2008 Miriam Pabon Juncos Semi-finalist – 2007 Haydil Rivera Escobales Adjuntas Semi-finalist – 2006 Sharon Heidi Gomez Diaz Mayaguez Semi-finalist Miss Goodwill 2005 Dinorah Collazo Orocovis – – 2004 Meredith Herrera Morales Toa Alta – – 2003 Dignelis Taymi Jimenez Hernandez Arecibo – – 2002 Mariela Lugo Marine Yauko – –

Miss Earth

Puerto Rico sent its first Miss Earth representative in 2001 with Amaricelys Reyes Guzman. The Puerto Rican delegate has yet to win a major title, but it has produced one finalist in the Miss Earth 2005 edition and in 2010 Mayaguezana Yeidy Enid Bosques Pérez won one of the Miss Earth elementary titles, Miss Earth Fire 2010. [3] Miss Puerto Rico Universe sent representatives to Miss Earth between 2002-2004.

Representatives

Year Champion City Placement at Miss Earth Awards

2001	Amaricelys Reyes Guzman	Isabela	–	–
2002	Deirdre Rodriguez Santiago	Santa Isabel	–	–
2003	Norelis Ortis Acosta	Toa Baha	–	–
2004	Shanira Mariette Blanco Colon	Carolina	–	Miss Leonardo-
2005	Vanessa De Roide Toledo	Carolina	best 8	Best in long dress
2006	Camille Collazo Ortiz	Orocovis	–	–
2008	Natalie Del Mar Cuevas Suarez	Salinas	Did not participate
2009	Dignelis Taymi Jimenez Hernandez	Arecibo	–	New placenta face
2010	Yeidy Enid Bosques Perez	Mayaguez	3rd Runner-Up	Miss Earth-Fire
2011	Agnes Eileen Benitez Santiago	Catano	–	–
2012	Darla Arnie Pacheco Montanez	Toa Baha	–	–
2013	Velmary Paola Cabassa Veles	Cabo Rojo	TBA	TBA

Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Program

As of 2010, Puerto Rico will send a delegate to Miss America [4], this will be the first time Puerto Rico has done so since 1961.

Representatives

Year Champion Placement in Miss America [5] Special Awards

1937	Malene Pietrantoni	–	–
1948	Irma Nydia Vasquez	–	–
1949	Marlene Carozzo	–	–
1950	Avelina Medillo	–	–
1951	Evangeline Moragon	–	–
1952	Otilia Jimenez, Evangeline Moragon	–	Miss Congeniality
1953	Helga Edmee Monroig	–	–
1954	Nidia Power	–	–
1955	Maria del Carmen Mejias	–	–
1956	Gladys Rodriguez	–	–
1958	Winnie Rodriguez	–	–
1961	Rosita Giusti	–	Best in Talent Competition (Classical Vocal) Miss Congeniality
2009	Miriam Yvette Pabon Carrion	–	Lifestyle and Fitness Preview Award
2010	Mariselle Morales	–	–
2011	Laura Ramirez	–	Duke of Recipient Bronze Medal Edinburgh
2012	Kiaraliz Medina	–	–
2013	Shenti Lauren	–	–

Nuestra Belleza Latina

The first Puerto Rico to receive the crown was Melissa Marty in 2008. Recently, Vanessa De Roide won the second island crown on May 20, 2012.

Representatives

Year champion City Placement in Nuestra Belleza Latina Before / After NBL

2007	Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago	Barranquitas	2nd Runner-Up	Miss World Puerto Rico 2010 Semifinalist at Miss World 2010), Miss Teen International 2001, Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2001
2007	Madelis Soto Martinez	Bayamon	Semi-finalist (7th place)
2007	Lorraine Lara	Brooklyn	Semi-finalist (11th place)
2008	Melissa Marty Caro	Caguas	Winner	Miss Caguas Universe 2008 (Top 13 at Miss Puerto Rico 2008)
2008	Natalia Rivera Pinero	Toa Alta	Semi-finalist (7th place)	Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006 & Anchorman
2008	Aideliz Hidalgo Betances	Cayey	Semi-finalist (9th place)	Miss World Exclusive 2012 (first runner), Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 (Top 15 at Miss International 2010)
2009	Monica Cristina Pastrana Gonzalez	Arecibo	Semi-finalist (7th place)	Miss Puerto Rico International 2009 (Unlisted at Miss International 2009), TV and radio host
2009	Chastelyn Rodriguez	Springfield	Semi-finalist (9th place)
2010	Tatiana Marie Delgado Quinones	Canovanas	2nd Runner-Up	Miss Universe Canovanas 2010 (Unlisted at Miss Puerto Rico 2010) and professional dancer
2011	Gredmarie Colon	Cayey	1st Runner-Up	News Anchor and TV presenter at Univision Puerto Rico, Miss Cayey Teenage 2005 (first runner up)
2011	Patricia Corcino	Caguas	Semi-finalist (6th place)	Miss Universe Caguas 2010 (not placed at Miss Puerto Rico 2010) and Miss Universe Fajardo 2013 (Top 10 at Miss Puerto Rico 2013)
2011	Darla Delgado	Kamui	Semi-finalist (9th place)	Objetivo Fama 2005 participant and professional dancer
2012	Vanessa De Roide	Carolina	Winner	Miss Puerto Rico Earth 2005 (finalist in Miss Earth 2005) and Miss Universe Carolina 2012 (1st Runner-Up at Miss Puerto Rico 2012)
2012	Shalimar Rivera	Guayama	Semi-finalist (6th place)	Miss Mundo Guayama 2007 (1st Runner-Up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2007) and Miss Piel Canela Teen 2001
2012	Khanty Vargas	San Juan	Semi-finalist (8th place)	Miss Intercontinental 2011 (semi-finalist), Miss Puerto Rico Intercontinental 2011, Miss Universe-San Juan 2010 (not placed at Miss Puerto Rico 2010)
2012	Tatiana Ares	San Juan	Semi-finalist (11th place)	Teen Latina International 2006

Additional pageants

There are other international pageants that don’t get as much publicity as the big four, but have nonetheless given Puerto Rico some extra beauty queens:

Miss Intercontinental

Elizabeth Robinson – 1986 Carmen Linda Diaz – 1991 Maydelise Columna – 2010

Miss America Latina

Maria Rosa – 1983 Gamalis Fermin – 2004

Miss Turismo Teen International

Zailyn Matos – 2008

Miss Teen International

Katherine Gonzalez Rivera – 1997 Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago – 2001 Maira Matos – 2006 Valerie Hernandez – 2012

Nuestra Belleza Latina

Melissa Marty – 2008 Vanessa De Roide -2012

Miss Panamerican International

Nicole Colon – 2012

Puerto Rican delegate yet to win Miss Globe International or Miss Tourism Queen International Beauty Pageant. The other Miss Puerto Rico Petit and Miss Puerto Rico Teen contests are operated by Luis Santiago Productions. The Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Organization also celebrates its Teen version by awarding Teen Miss Puerto Rico. The winner represents Puerto Rico at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. Some women of Puerto Rican descent have competed at Miss USA, such as Susie Castillo, who won the Miss USA 2003 title and later placed as a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant. Gloria Almonte competed at the Miss USA 2007 pageant, but did not place, however she previously placed first runner-up at the Miss Teen USA 2001 pageant. Marisol Montalvo, who won the Miss New York title and competed at Miss America, placed first runner-up at Miss America 1992 competition.

Created a male beauty pageant since 2000, gentlemen from Puerto Rico. This is the male version of the female beauty pageant Miss Universe Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Portal

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Denise Quinones | vv-travel.ru

Denise Marie Quinon August [Note 1] (born September 9, 1980 in Ponce) is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant title who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe pageant. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant.

1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Movies 4 TV series 5 Theater 6 Note 7 See also 8 Links 9 External links

Career

Quinones, won the Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageant in Bayamon, Puerto Rico in 2001. She was crowned Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000 India. Her victory, over Greek rival Evelina Papantoniou, came out on Miss Universe’s 50th birthday. As Miss Universe, Quinones resided in New York City for a year, enjoying the benefits that all beauty pageant winners receive, including free makeup and hair care, a car, a complete closet, professional representation by the Miss Universe Organization, a $60,000 scholarship to New York Film School, and, traveling opportunities. [1

On the night of the 2002 Miss Universe pageant, she passed on her crown, once again in Puerto Rico (this time the event was held in the city of San Juan) to Oksana Fedorova of Russia. [2]

Since relinquishing the title, Quinones went to school for film and a two-year program at the Television Acting Conservatory. Currently an actress, Quinone starred in the Spanish version of Nilo Cruz’s play Ana en el Tropico (Anna in the Tropics) and continues to hone her talent in the United States. For her role in Anna in the Tropics, she was nominated and awarded the HOLA Award (from the Latin American Organization of Latin Actors) and the ACE Award. In October 2005, she was cast as Don Rosita, in Federico Garcia Lorca’s production of Don Rosita la Soltera.

Quinones guest starred in season 5 episode of the WB network television series Smallville. She played Andrea, a masked vigilante who fought crime in Metropolis and invited Clark Kent (Tom Welling) to join her on her adventures. On the heels of her Smallville role, she was also cast in the role of “Rachel”, a young fighter pilot in the pilot for the television series Aquaman, which was in development for the CW Television Network. The pilot did not make the fall 2006 lineup.

In November 2006, Quinones helmed the off-Broadway cast of Zanahorias (Or Carrots in English), a Spanish comedy by Spanish playwright Antonio Zancada. For her role in Zanahorias, she received an ACE Award in 2007.

In July 2008, it was announced that Quinones would play the role of Lara in the upcoming film I Hope to Serve Beer in Hell, based on the book of the same name. On July 24, 2008, producer Tucker Max announced on the film’s official production blog that Quinones had dropped due to a scheduling conflict. [3]

Personal life

Quinones was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. [4] She dated Rene Perez, also known as Residente from Puerto Rican alternative-Reggaeton duo Calle 13. [5] In March 2010, Dominican actor Frank Perozo confirmed that he and Quinones were in a relationship. [6]

Movies

Elite[7] (2010) – Special Agent Sandra Torres La Soga[8] aka The Butcher’s Wife (2009) – Jenny Party Time[9] Bad Boys II[10] (2003) (uncredited not specified) – Street walker in Cuba

TV series

Elena Santos[11] – Yarelis (series de TV de PR) Aquaman[12] (2006) TV series – Rachel Smallville[13] – “Revenge of the Chronicle” (2006) Webisode – Andrea Rojas (Angel revenge) Smallville[14] – “Revenge” (2006) TV episode – Andrea Rojas (Angel of revenge) Bedford Diaries[15] (2006) series – Mia Thorne (post-production) Freddie[16] – “The Two Who Gone “(2006) TV episode – Denise Freddy[17] – “Mixer” (2006) TV episode – Denise Love Monkey[18] – Pilot (2006) TV episode – Gorgeous Miss Universe[19]] (2002) (TV) – Miss Universe 2001 Miss Universe[20] (2001) (TV) – Miss Puerto Rico / Miss Universe 2001 (winner)

Theater

Panteleimon y las visitadoras[21] Ana an el Tropico[22] Dona Rosita la Soltera[23] Dona Flor Y Sus dos Maridos[24] Zanahorias (Prima Edicion) [25]

Note

This name is used by Spanish naming customs, the first or paternal surname is Quinone and the second or maternal surname is August.