This crown belongs to Cuba after so many years. We are going to show the world who we Cubans are and what we are made of,” ...

Fidel Castro called beauty pageants “shallow frivolity.” But Cubans have long loved beauty pageants and this year they will ...

After nearly six decades of not participating in the beauty pageant, Cuba has a Miss Universe contestant. Marianela Ancheta, ...

For the first time since 1967, Miss Universe will have a contestant representing the isle of Cuba. The winner of the contest held in Miami was Cuba born Marianela Ancheta ...

Elina Salabarría was 18 months old when she left Cuba with her parents, and 18 years old when she represented Cubans in exile in the Miss Universe pageant, which was held on July 15, 1967 ...