Karla Inelisse Guilfú Acevedo (born July 19, 1998) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023. She represented

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, where she reached the top five. Guilfú was previously crowned Miss Supranational Puerto Rico 2021; she represented Puerto Rico at the

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pageant in

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and finished as the first runner-up.

Personal life

Karla started a Community Organization for

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in Puerto Rico called ''Comencemos a Sanar Inc.'' to help people struggling with this illness through education projects, agency collaborations and grassroots initiatives

Her hard work and dedication was recognized with a $12,000 donation from the Voice for Change Award of Miss Universe and Citalks.co
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Pageantry

Miss Supranational

In 2021, Karla Guilfú represented Puerto Rico at the

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pageant, where she achieved significant success. She was crowned Miss Supranational Puerto Rico 2021 and went on to finish as the 1st runner-up in the

pageant held in

. This achievement marked Puerto Rico's second-best result at Miss Supranational since ''Valeria Vázquez'' won the title in

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. Guilfú's performance was exemplary, and she was also recognized with the titles of Supra Top Model of the Caribbean and Miss Elegance during the competition.https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/reinas-belleza/notas/la-boricua-karla-guilfu-queda-primera-finalista-en-miss-supranational-2021/

Miss Universe

Following her success in Miss Supranational, Guilfú continued her journey in pageantry by winning the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023 pageant, representing the municipality of Patillas. Her victory granted her the opportunity to represent Puerto Rico at the

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pageant. Guilfú's performance at

was highly anticipated, and she lived up to expectations by finishing as a Top 5 finalist. This achievement placed her among a select group of Puerto Rican women who have consistently placed in the semifinals of Miss Universe, starting from the country's streak in

References

2. https://www.instagram.com/karlaguilfu/ 3. https://citalks.com/videos/series/72nd-miss-universe-voice-for-change

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guilfú, Karla 1998 births American beauty pageant winners Living people Miss Universe 2023 contestants People from Patillas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican beauty pageant winners Puerto Rican female models