Ingrid Marie Rivera
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Ingrid Marie Rivera
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| Birth name: | Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos |
| Birthdate: | October 8, 1983 |
| Birth location: | Luquillo, Puerto Rico |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Eye color: | Blue |
| Hair color: | Brown |
| Ethnicity: | Latina/Hispanic |
| Title(s): | Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2005, Miss World Caribbean 2005, Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 |
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Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos (born in Luquillo, Puerto Rico on October 8, 1983) is Miss Puerto Rico 2008 and is a former Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico who obtained the title of Miss Caribbean when she placed 2nd Runner-up at the 2005 Miss World pageant. Ingrid will now compete at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant to be held in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
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[edit] Participation in international beauty pageants
Rivera has participated in several beauty pageants. In 2003 she won Miss Global Queen, two years later she won 2005 Miss World of Puerto Rico and finished second at Miss World International, receiving the title of Miss World Caribbean.[1]
On November 23, 2008, Rivera represented Dorado, Puerto Rico in the final event of Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008.[1] Rivera advanced to the five semifinalist phase, along participants representing Isabela, Utuado, Trujillo Alto and Santurce.[1] As part of a "final question" segment she was asked "With what social labor do you indentify yourself and why?" to which she responded that she supported women that are victims of domestic abuse.[1] Rivera advanced to the final two semifinalist spots along Santurce, and was selected the contest winner by a jury.[1]
[edit] Pepper spray incident
On November 25, 2007, two days after winning the 2008 Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, Rivera asserted that her competition gown and her makeup had caused a strange reaction on her skin. Pageant organizers claimed that someone had doused her personal items with pepper spray. [2] [3]
On November 30, 2007, the island's Forensic Science Institute announced that no traces of pepper spray had been found on the garment or her makeup brushes, which had been submitted for testing by pageant organizers.[4] [5] However, FSI spokesperson Abigail Marrero did point out that the test was not conclusive.[6] [7] Nevertheless, during an on-air interview of the incident at San Juan's Channel 4 WAPA-TV, Police Superintendent Pedro Toledo stated that he would look into what he called false accusations as well as the possibility of pressing perjury charges. He said he would not tolerate the use of public resources for publicity purposes. [8]
A subsequent investigation by the FSI conclusively determined that someone had indeed doused Rivera's garments with pepper spray.[9] Lt. Eddie Hernández, a Puerto Rico Police spokesman, stated on December 19, 2007, that "Miss Puerto Rico Universe was speaking the truth. She was being sincere about the allegations."[10] Evidence has been forwarded to the district attorney's office for possible criminal prosecution.
[edit] Beauty titles
- Miss Barranquitas World 2002 (designated)
- Miss Puerto Rico Hawaiian Tropic 2002 (designated)
- Miss Puerto Rico Global Queen 2003 (designated)
- Miss Global Queen 2004
- Miss Dorado World 2005 (designated)
- Miss World Puerto Rico 2005
- Miss World Caribbean 2005
- Miss Dorado Universe 2008 (designated)
- Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e Aixa Sepúlveda Morales (2007-11-24). "Así", Ingrid Rivera: Sin sorpresa su triunfo (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: Primera Hora, 40-42.
- ^ "Stung Beauty Almost Quit", New York Post, 2007-11-27. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ "Beauty Queen's Gowns, Makeup Spiked", WJLA News, 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Authorities: Beauty queen's items negative for chemicals", USA Today, 2007-11-30. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World - Items belonging to Puerto Rican beauty queen test negative for chemicals
- ^ La Prensa - Sin "gas pimienta" vestido de Miss Puerto Rico / 30 / 11 / 2007 / Ediciones / La Prensa
- ^ El Aguila News - Noticias de todo el mundo en español | New York State's, Westchester first daily spanish language online newspaper
- ^ ADENDI
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ National Ledger - No Hoax for Miss Puerto Rico: Ingrid Marie Rivera Was Peppered
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Claudia Cruz |
Miss World Caribbean 2005 |
Succeeded by Sara Lawrence |
| Preceded by Cassandra Castro Holland |
Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2005 |
Succeeded by Thebyam Carrión Álvarez |
| Preceded by Uma Blasini |
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 |
Succeeded by TBA |
