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Top 10 Beauty
Queens
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Marisol Malaret
(b. 1949)
After winning the Miss
Puerto Rico and Miss
Universe 1970 titles,
Malaret became a TV host.
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Wilnelia Merced
(b. 1959)
Winner of the Miss World
1975 title, Merced married TV
entertainer Bruce Forsythe.
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Deborah Carthy-Deu
Ricky Martin
(b. 1966)
This ballerina became Miss
Puerto Rico 1985 and was
then crowned Miss Universe.
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Laurie Tamara
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Ricky Martin (b. 1971)
Born Enrique Martín
Morales, this Latin pop singer
rose to fame as a member of the
boy band Menudo. Since going
solo in 1991, he has had more
than 20 top-ten singles.
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Tito Rodríguez (1923-73)
Simpson (b. 1967)
This blonde Miss Puerto Rico
1987 later won the Miss
International title.
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Dayanara Torres
Rodríguez, a singer-song-
writer born in Santurce, formed
his own band in the 1940s,
studied at the Julliard School in
New York, and later earned the
nickname “El Inolvidable” (The
Unforgettable) for his version of
a Cuban song with that name.
His mambo renditions were
huge successes in the 1950s.
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Maxwell (b. 1973)
(b. 1974)
Torres won the Miss Universe
title in 1993 and later married
Marc Anthony.
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Denise Quiñones
(b. 1980)
In 2001, Quiñones became
the fourth Puerto Rican winner
of the Miss Universe title.
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Susie Castillo (b. 1980)
A teen model, Castillo
held the Miss USA 2003 title
and has been an MTV host.
This R & B artist, christened
Gerard Maxwell Menard, rose to
fame playing the New York club
scene. His single,
Fortunate,
was
the top-selling US R & B song of
1999. He has been nominated
for five Grammy Awards.
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Tony Orlando (b. 1944)
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Cynthia Olavarria
(b. 1982)
Olavarria won her first beauty
title at 11 and was crowned
Miss Puerto Rico in 2004.
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Ingrid Marie Rivera
(b. 1983)
Placed third in the 2005 Miss
World contest, Rivera was
Miss Puerto Rico in 2008.
Raised in New York by a
Puerto Rican mother and Greek
father, Orlando formed the band
Dawn, known for such 1970s hits
as
Knock Three Times
. He later
hosted television's first multi-
ethnic variety show.
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Zuleyka Rivera (b. 1987)
This actress won the
Miss Puerto Rico and
Miss Universe titles in 2006.
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