Kiara Ortega
Kiara Ortega | |
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Born | Kiara Liz Ortega Delgado (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 31) Rincón, Puerto Rico[citation needed] |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[citation needed] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Rincón Universe 2018[citation needed] Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018[1] |
Hair color | Black[citation needed] |
Eye color | Dark Brown[citation needed] |
Major competition(s) | Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018 (Winner) Miss Universe 2018 (Top 5) |
Kiara Liz Ortega Delgado (born August 23, 1993) is a Puerto Rican dancer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018. She represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand.[2] She finished in the Top 5 at Miss Universe 2018. She also participated in a reality dancing show called Mira quién baila (American TV series) where she won the 8th season of the competition.
Personal life
Ortega was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[citation needed] She works for an organization named Centro Inés which provides different educational, recreational and support services for children and seniors to help develop a sense of independence, creativity, and mastery of skills.[citation needed]
Pageantry
On 20 September 2018, Ortega began her pageantry career representing Rincón in the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018 competition at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, where she was crowned as Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018.[citation needed] She succeeded outgoing Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017 Danna Hernández.[citation needed] Ortega is also the third woman with noticeably mixed (African and Indigenous) features to win Miss Universe Puerto Rico after Alba Reyes in 2004 and Zuleyka Rivera in 2006. Ortega represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, finishing in the Top 5,[1] effectively ending a 4-year drought for Puerto Rico and giving the Island its first top five placement since 2009 when Mayra Matos finished as fourth runner-up.
In 2018 Kiara wore a costume to represent Puerto Rico which featured the Puerto Rican flag colors, three pairs of hands and a star for a headdress.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Denise: Reina de la Disciplina – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | San Juan, Puerto Rico". 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Miss Rincón es la nueva Miss Universe Puerto Rico". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Shaw, Gabbi. "The wildest outfits in the history of Miss Universe's National Costume Show". Insider.
External links
- Miss Universe Puerto Rico Official Website
- Kiara Ortega at IMDb
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | Miss Universe Top 5 Finalist (with H'Hen Niê) 2018 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Danna Hernández, San Juan | Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018 | Succeeded by Madison Anderson, Toa Baja |
Preceded by Sara Rivera | Miss Rincón Universe 2018 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- ALB: Trejsi Sejdini
- AGO: Ana Liliana Avião
- ARM: Eliza Muradyan
- ABW: Kimberly Julsing
- AUS: Francesca Hung
- BLZ: Jenelli Fraser
- BOL: Joyce Prado
- BRA: Mayra Dias
- VGB: A'yana Keshelle Phillips
- KHM: Rern Sinat
- CAN: Marta Stępień
- COL: Valeria Morales
- CRI: Natalia Carvajal
- HRV: Mia Pojatina
- CUR: Akisha Albert
- DNK: Helena Heuser
- DOM: Aldy Bernard
- SLV: Marisela de Montecristo
- FIN: Alina Voronkova
- FRA: Eva Colas
- GEO: Larissa Petrosyan
- GBR: Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
- GUM: Athena McNinch
- HTI: Samantha Colas
- ISL: Katrín Lea Elenudóttir
- IND: Nehal Chudasama
- IDN: Sonia Fergina Citra
- IRL: Grainne Gallanagh
- ISR: Nikol Reznikov
- ITA: Erica De Matteis
- JAM: Emily Maddison
- JPN: Yuumi Kato
- KAZ: Sabina Azimbayeva
- KOS: Zana Berisha
- LBN: Maya Reaidy
- MYS: Jane Teoh
- MLT: Francesca Mifsud
- MUS: Varsha Ragoobarsing
- MEX: Andrea Toscano
- MMR: Hnin Thway Yu Aung
- NAM: Selma Kamanya
- NPL: Manita Devkota
- NLD: Rahima Ayla Dirkse
- NIC: Adriana Paniagua
- PAN: Rosa Montezuma
- PRY: Belén Alderete
- PER: Romina Lozano
- PHL: Catriona Gray (winner)
- POL: Magdalena Swat
- POR: Filipa Barroso
- PUR: Kiara Ortega
- RUS: Yulia Polyachikhina
- SGP: Zahra Khanum
- ZAF: Tamaryn Green
- ESP: Ángela Ponce
- THA: Sophida Kanchanarin
- TUR: Tara De Vries
- USA: Sarah Rose Summers
- VEN: Sthefany Gutiérrez
- VNM: H'Hen Niê