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Zuleyka Rivera Profile |
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Birth Date: October 3, 1987
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Birth Place: Cayey, Puerto Rico
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Birth Name: Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987 in
Cayey, Puerto Rico, and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a
Puerto Rican beauty queen who has held the titles Miss
Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Universe 2006. Presently she's
making her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap
opera Dame Chocolate.
Prior to winning the Miss Puerto Rico title she won the
local pageant for her hometown of Salinas. She had also
placed as the first runner-up in the Miss Teen Puerto Rico
pageant. Only eighteen years of age when she was crowned
Miss Universe, Rivera is one of the youngest women to win
the title. She is also the first winner from Puerto Rico to
have noticeable mixed heritage features, as her four
predecessors (Marisol Malaret, Deborah Carthy-Deu, Dayanara
Torres, and Denise Quiñones) all have distinctly European
features. She dating the former Manhunt International winner
Jaime Augusto Mayol, who is 7 years older than she is. She
and Jaime wins their respectives international titles in the
same year, 2006. |
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Won the title of Miss Universe in 2006, becoming the 5th
Puerto Rican winner of the Miss Universe title. |
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since July 9, 2008