Vanessa De Roide

Vanessa Menendez (née: De Roide Toledo;[note 1] born August 1, 1987 in Carolina) is a Puerto Rican TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012.[1] She was the female image of Fox Deportes.

Vanessa De Roide
Vanessa De Roide in 2012.
Born
Vanessa De Roide Toledo

(1987-08-01) August 1, 1987
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
TitleMiss Carolina Earth 2005
Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2005
Miss Carolina Universe 2012
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012
Spouse(s)
Jorge Menendez
(m. 2015)
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2005
(Winner)
Miss Earth 2005
(Top 8)
(Best in Long Gown)
(Miss Pond's)
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012
(1st Runner-Up)
(Best Smile)
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012
(Winner)

Miss Earth 2005

She represented Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2005 and finished in the Top 8. She also won the Best in Long Gown Award. As of 2019, De Roide, Yeidy Bosques, and Nellys Pimentel are currently the only 3 delegates from Puerto Rico to place in the finals, with Bosques winning the title of Miss Earth-Fire 2010 (3rd Runner-Up) and Pimentel crowned Miss Earth 2019.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012

She represented Carolina at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, finishing as 1st Runner-Up.

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012

Vanessa de Roide won the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 on May 20, 2012. In addition to the title, she won a one-year contract with the Spanish speaking Univision, $250,000 in cash and prizes, and making her the second Puerto Rican woman to obtain the title, after Melissa Marty in 2008, and appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Español magazine in 2012.

Career

In May 2012, after winning Nuestra Belleza Latina, De Roide joined the Univision network where she made appearances on several TV shows including El Gordo y la Flaca, Sabado Gigante, Despierta America and Sal y Pimienta. She later became a backstage presenter on the 3rd season of Mira Quien Baila. In May 2013, Univision renewed her contract and she joined Univision's longest running TV Show Sabado Gigante starring Don Francisco. She worked as a model on Sabado Gigante until the show's finale on September 19, 2015. In October 2015, De Roide joined her manager and friend Joe Ahmed to create a new talent search competition called Iconic Model Search where young aspiring models would compete for a chance to become a successful model and win several prizes.

See also

  • Miss Puerto Rico 2012

Notes

References

  1. Echevarría, Mariam (6 March 2014). "Busca talentos y encuentra el amor". El Vocero. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Nastassja Bolívar
Nuestra Belleza Latina
2012
Succeeded by
Marisela de Montecristo
Preceded by
Stephanie Román
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1st Runner-Up
2012
Succeeded by
Génesis Dávila
Preceded by
Madeline R. Arroyo
Miss Carolina Universe
2012
Succeeded by
Janyll Cintrón
Preceded by
Shanira Blanco
Miss Earth Puerto Rico
2005
Succeeded by
Camille Collazo


  1. Brankin, Una (3 September 2015). "'As a trainee quantity surveyor I'm a woman in a man's world but being Miss Earth lets me show my feminine side'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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