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Joan Smalls Rodríguez was born and raised in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, with her two sisters. [9] Her father, Eric Smalls, is an accountant, and is West Indian, of African and Irish heritage, from Saint Thomas. [10] Smalls' mother, Betzaida Rodríguez, is a social worker, [11] who is Puerto Rican, and of Spanish and Taíno heritage.
Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural Without a Trace (2005–2009), as Carmen Luna on the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids (2013–2016), and as Elena Roarke on the new Fantasy Island (2021–2023).
Muñoz was the first of three siblings born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Her father, Teodoro was a nuclear engineer and her mother, Astrid, a retired executive secretary. They were both strict in their upbringing of Muñoz, who received her primary and secondary education in San Juan.
Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actress, TV host, dancer, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles.She was previously crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006.
Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez (born September 1, 2000) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 and represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2021 where she finished in the Top 10. She is the first Afro-Puerto Rican to win the national title. [1] [2]
Giselle Rivera-Flores, a communications director in Worcester, Massachusetts, didn’t need a DNA test to know she was Afro Latina — her Puerto Rican family’s “Black skin and coarse hair ...
The model has made several partnerships with different brands, as well as upcoming modeling shows in Puerto Rico. [12] She has also made appearances in videos telling her story, as well as awareness campaigns about Down Syndrome encouraging the community that there's no limits to accomplish one's dreams. [21] [22] [23] [24]
NEW YORK (AP) — Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family's search for a missing girl, has won the ...