Karla Guilfu Acevedo, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023 She arrived on Friday in El Salvador, the host country of the international pageant, and within hours she began to feel the affection of Salvadorans who, according to her, have already stolen her heart.
The Puerto Rican representative, who wants to bring the sixth universal crown to the island, left on Friday morning with the director of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, Yizette Cifredo Towards El Salvador. The two first traveled to the Central American country, then the rest of the franchise national team will join them in the coming days.
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The national beauty queen shone with beauty Red jumpsuit by designer Ángel Guzmán.
“I’ve only been in El Salvador for hours and the wonderful people have already stolen my heart. “I feel blessed and grateful to have had this beautiful experience. Thank you to my dear @angelguzmanmoda for this beautiful dress,” the beauty queen said along with a video release of herself walking through the streets of El Salvador with everyone watching her.
The arrival of the 25-year-old Queen coincides with the arrival of the rest of the delegates, who begin to discover the so-called “El Pulgarcito de América” before the general pageant will take place next November 18th at José Adolfo Pineda National High School, San Salvador. This year they are taking part about 84 candidates and the representative of Puerto Rico is one of the favorites for the coveted title.
In fact, the digital sites that follow the competitions are starting to include the Puerto Rican representative among the favorites. The Puerto Rican queen appears very confident when speaking and on the catwalk. She has the gift of public speaking, she is simple and very nice to people.
Before boarding the plane, she said that in addition to fulfilling her big dream of representing Puerto Rico in the popular Miss Universe pageant, she also hopes to fully enjoy and learn from this experience.
Others who attracted attention upon their arrival included representatives of the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Thailand, Costa Rica, Brazil and Colombia.
Ours also carries the Puerto Rican culture in the typical costume that this year is dedicated to symbolic street festivals of San Sebastián. The bright and colorful suit was designed and created by fashion designer Joshuan Aponte.