Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Hil Yesenia Hernández Escobar 1 December 1984 Castro, Chiloé, Chile |
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Height | 5 ft 11.35 in (1.81 m) |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Brown |
Title(s) |
Miss Model of The World 2004 (Semifinalist) Reina Sudamericana Chile 2004 Miss Earth Chile 2006 Miss Earth 2006 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss Earth 2006 |
Hil Yesenia Hernández Escobar (born December 1, 1984) is a Chilean journalist, model, environmentalist, and beauty queen who won Miss Earth 2006 pageant becoming the first Chilean to win the coveted crown.
Hernández was born in Castro, Chile on 1 December 1983. She spent her childhood years in the Chiloé Island, the second-largest island in South America. The youngest of three children, her father died when she was young. She was raised by her mother, Yorki Escobar.
Hernández studied tourism and took up modelling, then advanced her studies in Journalism. She once spent a month working as a model in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. After that, she lived in Santiago, the capital of Chile.
She enjoys outdoor recreations such as cycling, jogging, and volleyball to maintain her figure, but not fascinated with heavy machines in the gym. She admires Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks and intends to be a broadcast journalist or a talk show host.
In 2004, she represented Chile in Miss Model of the World (Semifinalist) and South American Queen. She also took part in Miss World Chile 2003 (Finalist) and Miss Earth Chile 2004 (First Runner-up). A year after, she competed in Miss Earth Chile for the second time and won the title Miss Earth Chile 2005. She succeeded Nataly Chilet Miss Earth Chile 2004, who was a top eight finalist at the Miss Earth 2005 pageant.
These contests gave her the experience and path to be crowned Miss Earth 2006, the third most important international beauty pageant after Miss Universe and Miss World.