Raquel Pélissier
Raquel Pélissier | |
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Born | (1991-08-21) August 21, 1991 (age 33) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Haiti 2016 |
Hair color | Black[1] |
Eye color | Brown[1] |
Major competition(s) | Miss Haiti 2016 (Winner) Reina Hispanoamericana 2016 (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,[1] then lost to France's Iris Mittenaere, the eventual winner 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][2] She is fluent in English and Spanish, alongside her native tongues of French and Haitian Creole.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Model Mayhem: Raquel Pélissier
- ^ a b Grace, Jenny, ed. (30 August 2016). "Raquel Pelissier: Facts About Newly-Crowned Miss Universe Haiti 2016". Morning News USA. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d 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 | ||
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Preceded by | Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up 2016 | Succeeded by Laura González |
Preceded by | Miss Haiti 2016 | Succeeded by Cassandra Chéry |
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- ALB: Lindita Idrizi
- AGO: Luísa Baptista
- AUS: Caris Tiivel
- BRA: Raissa Santana
- CAN: Siera Bearchell
- CHI: Catalina Cáceres
- CHN: Li Zhenying
- COL: Andrea Tovar
- HRV: Barbara Filipović
- DNK: Christina Mikkelsen
- DOM: Rosalba García
- FIN: Shirly Karvinen
- FRA: Iris Mittenaere (winner)
- GER: Johanna Acs
- GUA: Virginia Argueta
- GUY: Soyini Fraser
- HAI: Raquel Pélissier
- ISL: Hildur María Leifsdóttir
- IND: Roshmitha Harimurthy
- IDN: Kezia Warouw
- ISR: Yam Kaspers Anshel
- ITA: Sophia Sergio
- JPN: Sari Nakazawa
- KEN: Mary Esther Were
- KOR: Jenny Kim
- MYS: Kiran Jassal
- MUS: Kushboo Ramnawaj
- MEX: Kristal Silva
- MMR: Htet Htet Htun
- NED: Zoey Ivory
- NZL: Tania Dawson
- NIC: Marina Jacoby
- NGA: Unoaku Anyadike
- PAN: Keity Drennan
- PER: Valeria Piazza
- PHL: Maxine Medina
- PUR: Brenda Jiménez
- RUS: Yuliana Korolkova
- SGP: Cheryl Chou
- SWE: Ida Ovmar
- THA: Chalita Suansane
- USA: Deshauna Barber
- VIR: Carolyn Carter
- VEN: Mariam Habach
- VNM: Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng
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