Pageant winner and actress who first rose to fame competing on Univision's Nuestra Belleza Latina, winning the title in the show's third season in 2009. She has since become a face for brands like Maybelline, AT&T, and JCPenney. Even as a child she was interested in the arts and took singing, dancing, and theatre lessons. However, her studies were postponed for a year when, at fourteen, she was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome.