Marisela de Montecristo

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Marisela de Montecristo
Marisela de Montecristo en La Prensa Grafica.jpg
de Montecristo for La Prensa Gráfica in 2018
Born (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)
Olocuilta, El Salvador
Occupations
  • Model
  • television presenter
  • actress
  • beauty pageant titleholder
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013
Miss El Salvador 2018
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Major
competition(s)		 Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013
(Winner)
Miss El Salvador 2018
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2018
(Unplaced)

Marisela de Montecristo (born 25 August 1992) is a Salvadoran-born model, television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who has been crowned Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 and Miss El Salvador 2018.

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After winning Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, de Montecristo made appearances on several television shows, was a backstage presenter on Premios Juventud , worked as a model on Sábado Gigante , and made a cameo appearance in the "Fun" music video by Pitbull. As Miss El Salvador 2018, she represented El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018 but failed to place in the Top 20.

Early life

De Montecristo was born on 25 August 1992 in Olocuilta, La Paz. [1] When she was ten years old, the family left El Salvador and settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. [2] [3] She studied communications at university. [4]

Pageantry

In 2013, de Montecristo auditioned in Los Angeles to be a part of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 , a Latina beauty pageant reality show broadcast on Univision. During the competition, her mentor was Venezuelan Osmel Sousa. [5] She was ultimately selected as one of the twelve finalists, and progressed each week until being declared as the winner. [5] De Montecristo became the first woman from El Salvador to win the competition, in addition to being only the second Central American after Nastassja Bolívar of Nicaragua won Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011 . Following her win, she was awarded US$250,000, a new Kia Forte, and a year-long television presenting contract with Univision. [4]

Following her reign as Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, de Montecristo had planned to take part in Nuestra Belleza El Salvador 2015 competition. However, she dropped out following comments against Mexican immigrants said by Donald Trump, who owned the Miss Universe Organization at the time, which the winner of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador went on to compete in. [6] After Trump sold the organization to WME-IMG, de Montecristo announced that she would compete in the Miss El Salvador 2018 competition. [7] [8] She won and was crowned Miss El Salvador 2018. She went on to represent El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018, where she was unplaced.

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References

  1. ↑ "¡Alerta Hot! Marisela de Montecristo está muy segura de sus curvas (+Fotos)" (in Spanish). La Presna Grafica. 23 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Henríquez, Azucena (30 April 2018). "Ellas son las rivales de Marisela de Montecristo en Miss El Salvador 2018" (in Spanish). El Mundo.
  3. ↑ "Marisela de Montecristo está lista para Miss Universo, representando a El Salvador" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 23 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 Salazar, Francisco (25 September 2013). "El Salvador's Marisela Demontecristo Quickly Rising to Fame After 'Nuestra Belleza Latina' Win". Latinos Post.
  5. 1 2 Fridmann, Mandy (20 May 2013). "Marisela Demontecristo Crowned 'Nuestra Belleza Latina' 2013". Huffington Post.
  6. ↑ Roiz, Jessica Lucia (26 June 2015). "Former 'Nuestra Belleza Latina' Marisela De Montecristo Calls Out Of Miss El Salvador Pageant After Trump's Comments". Latin Times.
  7. ↑ "Marisela de Montecristo se fue al centro de San Salvador" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 12 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Lemus, Carmen (15 June 2018). "Hoy coronan a miss El Salvador 2018, y hay una favorita ¿Ya la conoces?" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nuestra Belleza Latina
2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss El Salvador
2018		Succeeded by
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