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Ruby Pouchet is Dutch beauty pageant titleholder from Bonaire. [1] [2] Pouchet represented Playa Pariba at Miss Bonaire 2022 where she was crowned Miss Bonaire 2022 at the finale. Her court included Caroline Porras of Antriol and Michell Emerenciana of Kralendijk. She also was crowned Miss Universe Bonaire 2024 and will represent her country at Miss Universe 2024. [3]
Ruby Pouchet was born in 1995or1996(age 27–28) in Kralendijk, Bonaire. She obtained a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Houston in 2019, [3] [4] and has since worked as a community and content coordinator for the environmental non-governmental organization, STINAPA Bonaire. [1] [5] [6] [7]
Ruby represented Playa Pariba and won Miss Bonaire 2022. [8] [9] In 2023, she was announced as the first Miss Grand Bonaire. Pouchet later represented Bonaire at Miss Grand International 2023, held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in late 2023, but was unplaced. [10] [11] [1] [12]
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