Yarelis Salgado

Yarelis Yvette Salgado Rodríguez (born 1994) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss International Puerto Rico 2018 and represented Puerto Rico at Miss International 2018 pageant.[1]

Yarelis Salgado
Born	Yarelis Yvette Salgado Rodríguez 1994 (age 25–26) Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Education	University of Puerto Rico–Bayamon Campus
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Title	Miss Puerto Rico 2014 Miss International Puerto Rico 2018
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Light Brown
Eye color	Green
Major competition(s)	Miss Puerto Rico 2014 (Winner) Miss America 2015 (Unplaced) Miss World Puerto Rico 2018 (2nd Runner-Up) Miss International Puerto Rico 2018 (Winner) Miss International 2018 (Unplaced)

Life and career

Early life

Salgado hails from Rio Grande. She currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico–Bayamon Campus, she is majoring in Biology and hopes to pursue a career as pediatric oncologist. She hopes to attend medical school at Columbia University. She's had her eyes on being a doctor since the first grade, though there was a brief time she considered architecture. But her desire to help others led to medicine. She hopes to specialize in oncology and her platform is connected to her future. Give A Smile to A Child with Cancer is about helping the youngest cope with the disease.

Pageantry

In 2014, Salgado was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 2014 pageant and she will represent her country Miss America 2015 pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on 14 September 2014. while she failed to place in the top 16 semifinalists. In 2018, Salgado previously competed in Miss World Puerto Rico 2018 representing Toa Alta, where she placed 2nd Runner-Up. And also was appointed Miss International Puerto Rico 2018 by Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico. She is now the official representative of Puerto Rico at Miss International 2018. She succeeds Miss International Puerto Rico 2016 Gabriela Berrios as the country skipped its participation last year due to Hurricane Maria.[2][3]

References

1. "Yarelis Salgado is Miss International Puerto Rico 2018". Missosology. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Orgullosa Yarelis Salgado de su desempeño en Miss América" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Dia.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
3. "Miss Puerto Rico 2014 Yarelis Salgado - Miss America 2.0". missamerica.org. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Gabriela Berrios	Miss International Puerto Rico 2018	Succeeded by Ivana Irizarry