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Carmen Elena Figueroa

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Carmen Elena Figueroa
Born
Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez

Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss El Salvador 1975
Miss Universe 1975 semifinalist (Top 12)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen

Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez is a Salvadoran politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss El Salvador 1975 and represented El Salvador at Miss Universe 1975 where she placed Top 12.

Miss Universe '75

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Figueroa was El Salvador's representative to the Miss Universe Pageant in 1975 and placed in the top 12, the first time a Salvadoran was placed in the semifinals since Maribel Arrieta in 1955.[1]

Legislative Assembly

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She was elected to the El Salvador National Assembly in 2006 where she is currently the Deputy for the party ARENA.[2] Figueroa is married and has two sons. Her father, Carlos Humberto Figueroa, was a colonel in the Salvadoran military. Through him, she is of Spanish descent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Miss Universe 1975
  2. ^ "Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez — Asamblea Legislativa". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  3. ^ Carías, Patricia; Labrador, Gabriel. "Yo era el icono del país de la sonrisa". El Faro. Retrieved 16 September 2014.