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titleholder who was the winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012. She was the female image of

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Miss Earth 2005

She represented

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and finished in the Top 8. She also won the Best in Long Gown Award. As of 2021, De Roide,

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and Badillo placed Top 8 in 2020.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012

She represented Carolina at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, finishing as first runner-up.

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012

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, $250,000 in cash and prizes, and making her the second Puerto Rican woman to obtain the title, after

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, and appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Español magazine in 2012.

Career

In May 2012, after winning Nuestra Belleza Latina, De Roide joined the

network where she made appearances on several TV shows including

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, Sabado Gigante,

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and Sal y Pimienta. She later became a backstage presenter on the third season of Mira Quien Baila. In May 2013,

renewed her contract and she joined Univision's longest running TV Show Sabado Gigante starring Don Francisco. She worked as a model on Sabado Gigante until the show's finale on September 19, 2015. In October 2015, De Roide joined her manager and friend Joe Ahmed to create a new talent search competition called ''Iconic Model Search'' where young aspiring models would compete for a chance to become a successful model and win several prizes.

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