Uma Blasini
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Wilmadilis Blasini Pérez March 4, 1982 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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Other names | Uma Blasini |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Hair color | Blonde |
Eye color | Brown |
Title(s) |
Miss San Juan Universe 2005 Miss Guayanilla Universe 2007 Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2005 (4th Runner-Up) Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 (Winner) Miss Universe 2007 Miss Continente Americano 2007 (Top 6) Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 |
Spouse | Abel Misla (m. 2012) |
Children | 1 |
Wilmadilis Blasini Pérez (born March 4, 1982 in Ponce), best known as Uma Blasini, is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageant.
Early years
Blasini was born March 4, 1982, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in Guayanilla.
Career
A thyroid cancer survivor, Blasini competed in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant in 2005, representing San Juan, and reached the 4th Runner-up position. Two years later, she went on to compete at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant yet again, representing her home town Guayanilla. This time she won the crown and became the new Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007.[1] She was crowned by Zuleyka Rivera, who held the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 title before she was crowned Miss Universe 2006.
Uma then travelled to Mexico to compete at Miss Universe 2007. She was unplaced at the pageant, which was won by Riyo Mori, Miss Japan.
She also represented Puerto Rico at Miss Continente Americano 2007 in Ecuador, where she placed in the Top 6, and at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 in China where she won the Best Long Gown Award.
Tallest
Blasini holds the record for the tallest Miss Puerto Rico at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m).
Personal life
In 2012, Blasini married long time boyfriend Abel Misla. In that same year they welcomed their first child, Fabian Esteban.[2]
References
- ↑ "Puerto Rico gets its new Beauty Queen". India Times. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- ↑ http://www.metro.pr/entretener/uma-blasini-celebra-cumpleanos-de-su-hijo/pGXmea!V2sTN73nDoirQ/
Preceded by Zuleyka Rivera |
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 |
Succeeded by Ingrid Rivera |
Preceded by Evelisse Fermín |
Miss Continente Americano Puerto Rico 2007 |
Succeeded by Kristina Ruisánchez |