Viviana Ortiz Pastrana is a Puerto Rican beauty queen

Beauty Queen

"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...

 who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011

The 56th Annual Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant was held at the Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, on November 4, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico....

 on November 4, 2010.

Early life

Born in Corozal

Corozal, Puerto Rico

Corozal is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central-eastern region, north of Orocovis and Barranquitas; south Vega Alta; southwest of Toa Alta; east of Morovis and Orocovis; and west of Naranjito. Corozal is spread over 12 wards and Corozal Pueblo...

, Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in telecommunications at the Sacred Heart University of Puerto Rico, graduating magna cum laude.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico

Ortiz, who stands tall, competed as Miss Corozal

Corozal, Puerto Rico

Corozal is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central-eastern region, north of Orocovis and Barranquitas; south Vega Alta; southwest of Toa Alta; east of Morovis and Orocovis; and west of Naranjito. Corozal is spread over 12 wards and Corozal Pueblo...

 in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011

The 56th Annual Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant was held at the Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, on November 4, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico....

, held in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

, where she obtained the Best Runway and Best Fashion Style awards and the title of Miss Universe Puerto Rico, the official representative to the 2011 Miss Universe

Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

 pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo

São Paulo

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, Brazil

Brazil

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 on September 12, 2011.

External links

• Official Miss Universe Puerto Rico website