Kiara Liz Ortega Delgado (born August 23, 1993) is a Puerto Rican dancer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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. She represented

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at the

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pageant held in

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. She finished in the Top 5 at Miss Universe 2018. She also participated in a reality dancing show called

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where she won the 8th season of the competition.

Personal life

Ortega was born in

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. She works for an organization named Centro Inés which provides different educational, recreational and support services for children and seniors to help develop a sense of independence, creativity, and mastery of skills.

Pageantry

On 20 September 2018, Ortega began her pageantry career representing Rincón in the

competition at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, where she was crowned as Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018. She succeeded outgoing

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Danna Hernández. Ortega is also the third woman with noticeably mixed (African and Indigenous) features to win

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after

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in 2004 and

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. Ortega represented

pageant in

, finishing in the Top 5, effectively ending a 4-year drought for Puerto Rico and giving the Island its first top five placement since

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when

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finished as fourth runner-up. In 2018 Kiara wore a costume to represent Puerto Rico which featured the Puerto Rican flag colors, three pairs of hands and a star for a

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References

External links

Miss Universe Puerto Rico Official Website
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