Valerie Hernandez
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Born |
Valerie Hernández Matías July 19, 1993 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Teen International 2012 Miss International Puerto Rico 2014 Miss International 2014 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Teen International 2012 (Winner) Miss Puerto Rico International 2014 (1st runner-up / Winner) Miss International 2014 (Winner) |
Valerie Hernández Matías (born July 19, 1993 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the second winner from Puerto Rico after Laurie Simpson in 1987.
Hernández was crowned Miss Teen International in 2012, she was the fourth Puerto Rican to obtain this title.
Valerie competed in Miss International Puerto Rico 2014 where she finished as the 1st runner-up. She later assumed the title after the original winner, Patricia Quiñones, resigned for personal reasons.
on November 11, 2014 Valerie competed in Miss International 2014 in Tokyo, Japan where she was crowned the winner by outgoing title-holder Bea Santiago of the Philippines. She is the second woman from Puerto Rico to win.
During her reigned as Miss International 2014, Valerie will work her responsibility with ICA (International Cultural Association). Meanwhile, she is traveling around cities in Japan such as Kasama, Niigata, Toshima and Tokyo.
On November 22, 2014 after staying for a while in Japan and doing some interviews, Valerie returned to her country, Puerto Rico to participate in her first interview in her country in under Miss Puerto Rico International Organization.
On May 31, 2015 Valerie and her runners-up will travel Japan again after more than 4 months left Japan and back to Puerto Rico. In this case Valerie was sponsored by Miss Paris and Japan Airlines. After missing her connecting flight in New York City from Puerto Rico, Valerie Hernandez, the reigning queen, has finally arrived in Tokyo to fulfill her duties as Miss International 2014. She now joins her runners-up who arrived yesterday and are now staying at the Tokyo Dome Hotel, which will also be the official residence of the delegates of the Miss International 2015 pageant.
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