Wilmadilis Blasini Pérez (born March 4, 1982 in Ponce), best known as Uma Blasini, is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder who represented

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at the

Miss Universe 2007 Miss Universe 2007 was the 56th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007. At the end of the event, Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico crowned Riyo Mori from Japan as Miss Universe 2007. It is Jap ...

beauty pageant.

Early years

Blasini was born March 4, 1982, in Ponce,

, and raised in

Guayanilla Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 16 ...

Career

thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer is cancer that develops from the tissues of the thyroid gland. It is a disease in which cells grow abnormally and have the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms can include swelling or a lump in the neck. C ...

survivor, Blasini competed in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant in 2005, representing

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, and reached the 4th Runner-up position. Two years later, she went on to compete at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant yet again, representing her home town Guayanilla. This time she won the crown and became the new Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007. She was crowned by Zuleyka Rivera, who held the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 title before she was crowned Miss Universe 2006. Uma then travelled to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

to compete at Miss Universe 2007. She was unplaced at the pageant, which was won by Riyo Mori,

Miss Japan Miss Japan ( ja, ミスジャパン) is a national beauty pageant in Japan. The pageant first ran from 1952-1995 and was led by Yoshinaga (Japanese-American Press). In 2019, the Miss Japan pageant returned with Akihiro Yoshida, Takako Hashimura, ...

. She also represented Puerto Rico at Miss Continente Americano 2007 in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, where she placed in the Top 6, and at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 in

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where she won the Best Long Gown Award.

Tallest

Blasini holds the record for the tallest Miss Puerto Rico at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m).

Personal life

In 2012, Blasini married long time boyfriend Abel Misla. In that same year they had their first child, Fabian Esteban.

Photofake of Maria Putina

British newspaper

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published a controversial article by PHIL BOOTH named "Maria Putin: Everything you need to know about Vladimir Putin's daughter as she flees Dutch home" (dated 25 July 2014) about the oldest daughter of

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

and her secret life in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The on-line version of that article can be found here: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/maria-putin-everything-you-need-3912791 The article made quite a sensation and news-storm in Russian mass-media but no legal claim from Russian Federation to the newspaper was made. The first photo in the article pretending to represent Maria Putina (http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3913555.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/PAY-Maria-Putin.jpg) but it is Uma Blasini. She didn't made any legal action against newspaper either. Daily Mirror or\and the author never tried to give any excuses for the use of Uma Blasini photo (or the next photos which shows Darja Zakharova together with Putin and his wife during 2008 election in Moscow ).

References

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