Deborah Carthy Deu (born January 5, 1966) is a Puerto Rican actress, television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1985. She was the second Puerto Rican to win

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since Marisol Malaret in

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Early life

Deborah Carthy Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the Santurce district of

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to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish and Spaniard-Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for

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and modeling, Academia de Ballet y Modelaje Vicky Sanz, under the name of Vicky Sanz.Lexjuris.com, Biographies.
/ref> Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started taking ballet lessons at her mother's school and 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 Ballet Concierto 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

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on April 27, 1985. On July 15, 1985, she was crowned Miss Universe 1985, representing

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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 ''

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'', (Gala Night Ball) with

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, ''Desde Mi Pueblo'', (From My Town) with Yoyo Boing and Tony Croatto, and ''La Buena Vida''. She wrote a column for '' The San Juan Star''"De Puerto Rico a Venezuela"
''Univisión''. Retrieved on January 27, 2008. as well as a fashion review in the entertainment magazine '' Teve Guia'' until the publication closed. From 2007 to 2009, Carthy Deu hosted a remake of ''

'', 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''.

References

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Early life

Miss Universe

After Miss Universe

See also

References