Vanessa De Roide

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Vanessa De Roide
Vanessa de Roides.jpg
De Roide in 2012
Born
Vanessa De Roide Toledo

(1987-08-01) August 1, 1987 (age 37)
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
Jorge Menendez
(m. 2015)
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Carolina Earth 2005
Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2005
Miss Carolina Universe 2012
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2005
(Winner)
Miss Earth 2005
(Top 8)
(Best in Long Gown)
(Miss Pond's)
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012
(1st Runner-Up)
(Best Smile)
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012
(Winner)

Vanessa Menendez (née: De Roide Toledo born August 1, 1987, in Carolina) is a Puerto Rican TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was the winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012. [1] She was the female image of Fox Deportes.

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Miss Earth 2005

She represented Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2005 and finished in the Top 8. She also won the Best in Long Gown Award. As of 2021, De Roide, Yeidy Bosques, Nellys Pimentel and Krystal Badillo are currently the only 4 delegates from Puerto Rico to place in the finals, with Bosques winning the title of Miss Earth-Fire 2010 (3rd Runner-Up), Pimentel crowned Miss Earth 2019 and Badillo placed Top 8 in 2020.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012

She represented Carolina at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, finishing as first runner-up.

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012

Vanessa de Roide won the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 on May 20, 2012. In addition to the title, she won a one-year contract with the Spanish speaking Univision, $250,000 in cash and prizes, and making her the second Puerto Rican woman to obtain the title, after Melissa Marty in 2008, and appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Español magazine in 2012.

Career

In May 2012, after winning Nuestra Belleza Latina, De Roide joined the Univision network where she made appearances on several TV shows including El Gordo y la Flaca, Sabado Gigante, Despierta America and Sal y Pimienta. She later became a backstage presenter on the third season of Mira Quien Baila. In May 2013, Univision renewed her contract and she joined Univision's longest running TV Show Sabado Gigante starring Don Francisco. She worked as a model on Sabado Gigante until the show's finale on September 19, 2015. In October 2015, De Roide joined her manager and friend Joe Ahmed to create a new talent search competition called Iconic Model Search where young aspiring models would compete for a chance to become a successful model and win several prizes.

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References

  1. Echevarría, Mariam (6 March 2014). "Busca talentos y encuentra el amor". El Vocero . Retrieved 5 October 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nuestra Belleza Latina
2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Flag of Bayamon.svg Stephanie Román
Miss Universe Puerto Rico first runner-up
2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Madeline R. Arroyo
Miss Carolina Universe
2012
Succeeded by
Janyll Cintrón
Preceded by Miss Earth Puerto Rico
2005
Succeeded by
Flag of Orocovis, Puerto Rico.svg Camille Collazo