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Deborah Fatima Carthy-Deu (born January 5, 1966) is a Puerto Rican actress, TV host and beauty queen. She was the second Puerto Rican
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Biography


Early years

Deborah Fatima Carthy-Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the Santurce district of San Juan to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish-Colombian and Spanish-Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for
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/ref> Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started to take ballet classes at her mother's school. She was trained as a classical ballerina. She attended a Catholic elementary school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at Commonwealth High School. From age thirteen, she spent her summers in
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taking dance classes. She later attended the
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and pursued a major in drama. At thirteen, she also auditioned for
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and became part of the dance company and later a soloist.


Miss Universe

While she was in college, she was selected Miss San Juan on March 22, 1985, and later
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on April 27, 1985.http://www.lexjuris.com/biografias/buscar/search2.asp?kw=C On July 15, 1985, she was crowned
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representing
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in
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,
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. After traveling the world as Miss Universe, she went to
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to play the leading character in the
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''El Cisne Blanco''. This allowed her to continue working as an actress and a model internationally, as well as a television host for both
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and
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Network.


After Miss Universe

Carthy-Deu graduated magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico and obtained the Theater Medal, awarded to the most distinguished graduate. She majored in theater arts and education. As an actress, she has worked both in theater and television and has earned the respect of critics for her participation, both in comedies and dramas. She owns a
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and finishing school, known as Deborah Carthy Deu Estudio y Agencia de Modelos, in which she helps girls and women to develop social skills and self-esteem, as well as to start careers in modeling, the arts, television and participation in beauty pageants. Carthy-Deu has hosted several television shows in Puerto Rico, New York and Miami, working for both Univision and the Telemundo network on television programs such as '' Noche de Gala'', (Gala Night Ball) with
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, ''Desde Mi Pueblo'', (From My Town) with Yoyo Boing and
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, and ''La Buena Vida''. She wrote a column for ''
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''."De Puerto Rico a Venezuela"
''Univisión''. Retrieved on January 27, 2008.
and had a fashion review on the entertainment magazine known '' Teve Guia'' until the publication closed. From 2007 to 2009, Carthy-Deu hosted a remake of '' Noche de Gala'', produced by
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and broadcast by
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. Since 2003, she has been a fashion contributor for WAPA's newscast ''Noticentro Al Amanecer''. In December 2017, Carthy-Deu helped with the aftermath of
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by going door-to-door with the
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(FEMA) to help inspect residential damage.


See also

* List of Puerto Ricans *
Irish immigration to Puerto Rico Irish immigration to Puerto Rico began during the period of Spanish colonization of the island, continuing through 19th century to the present day. During the 16th century, many Irishmen, who were known as " Wild Geese", deserted from the Eng ...
*
History of women in Puerto Rico The recorded history of Puerto Rican women can trace its roots back to the era of the ''Taíno'', the indigenous people of the Caribbean, who inhabited the island that they called "Boriken" before the arrival of Spaniards. During the Spanish c ...


References

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