Raquel Pélissier

Raquel Pélissier
Raquel Pélissier
Born	August 21, 1991; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Title	Miss Haiti 2016
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Black[2]
Eye color	Brown[2]
Major; competition(s)	Miss Haiti 2016; (Winner); Reina Hispanoamericana ; (3rd Runner-up); Miss Universe 2016; (1st Runner-up)

Raquel Pélissier (born August 21, 1991) is a Haitian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Haiti 2016. She represented Port-au-Prince at the pageant and represented Haiti at Miss Universe 2016 where she ended as 1st Runner-Up, being the first Haitian delegate to place in the finals in 41 years, with their last placement being back in 1975.

Personal life

Pélissier was born in Haiti.[3] At the age of three, Pélissier was in a twenty-one day coma, came out of it and was paralyzed for a week.[3] She later survived the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[4]

Pélissier started doing photo shoots for local magazine Rebelle Haiti,[2] then lost to France's Iris Mittenaere, the eventual victor in Miss Universe 2016, held in Manila, Philippines. Post-Miss Universe, Pélissier has done several pageant-related videos on her YouTube channel, which has almost 7,000 subscribers.

Pélissier has a master's degree in Scientific Research from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.[3][1] She is fluent in English and Spanish, alongside her native tongues of French and Haitian Creole.[3]

References

Grace, Jenny, ed. (30 August 2016). "Raquel Pelissier: Facts About Newly-Crowned Miss Universe Haiti 2016". Morning News USA. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
Model Mayhem: Raquel Pélissier
Darius, Danio, ed. (30 January 2017). "Raquel Pélissier, de miraculée à Miss Univers". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 4 February 2017. (in French)
Juste, Carl, ed. (2 February 2017). "Miss Haiti wows the hearts of Haitian Americans on Miss Universe tour in Miami". Miami Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ariadna Gutiérrez	Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up 2016	Succeeded by Laura González
Preceded by Lisa Drouillard	Miss Haiti 2016	Succeeded by Cassandra Chéry

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[Grace-1] Grace, Jenny, ed. (30 August 2016). "Raquel Pelissier: Facts About Newly-Crowned Miss Universe Haiti 2016". Morning News USA. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[Model_Mayhem-2] Model Mayhem: Raquel Pélissier

[Darius-3] Darius, Danio, ed. (30 January 2017). "Raquel Pélissier, de miraculée à Miss Univers". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 4 February 2017. (in French)

[4] Juste, Carl, ed. (2 February 2017). "Miss Haiti wows the hearts of Haitian Americans on Miss Universe tour in Miami". Miami Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2017.