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competition, where she finished as the 1st Runner-Up.

Early life

Anderson was born on November 10, 1995 in

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to an American father, Adam Anderson, and a Puerto Rican mother, Belinda Berríos. She relocated with her family to Orlando, Florida when she was three months old, and later graduated from Dr. Phillips High School. After graduating from high school, Anderson began studying fashion design and textiles at the

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; she has since begun studying marketing and public relations. Anderson previously worked in

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, helping women who were domestic violence victims.

Pageantry

Anderson began her pageantry career as a teenager, placing as the fourth runner-up at Miss Florida Teen USA 2014. Afterwards, she won the right to represent Puerto Rico in the Top Model of the World 2015 competition where she placed as 4th Runner-Up to the eventual winner Elena Kosmina of Ukraine. Afterwards, Anderson was crowned Miss Grand Puerto Rico 2016. As Miss Grand Puerto Rico, Anderson placed as the 3rd Runner-Up in

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, behind eventual winner Ariska Putri Pertiwi of

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. After Miss Grand International, Anderson went on brief hiatus from pageantry until competing in Miss Florida USA 2019. She placed as the 1st Runner-Up behind winner Nicolette Jennings, who went on to place in the top ten of

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. Anderson later entered the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 competition, representing the municipality of Toa Baja. On June 13, 2019, Anderson went on to win the competition, succeeding Kiara Ortega. As Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Anderson won the right to represent Puerto Rico at the

competition where she finished as 1st Runner-Up, becoming the country's highest non-winning placement since

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who also finished as 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2005.

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