Ada Perkins

Ada Cecille Perkins Flores (7 September 1959 – 24 May 1980) was a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 1978 pageant.

In 1980, Puerto Rico was moved by the media news coverage of her death, which resulted from the injuries sustained in an automobile accident in San Juan.

Model and beauty contestant Perkins was a model who participated in television commercials for various companies, among them: "Chicklets Adams", "Texaco", "Salem cigarette" and for "INDULAC" (Dairy Producers Industry of Puerto Rico). In 1978, she represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Teen Intercontinental beauty pageant held in Oranjestad, Aruba. Perkins came in 3rd place.

In May of that same year, Perkins represented the city of San Juan in the Miss Puerto Rico contest and won the title. Miss Puerto Rico is the official national preliminary to the Miss Universe international pageant. Each year the event is held to select the representative from the island to the contest. There is a picture of her pictured with the Miss Puerto Rico sash and crown, which she was entitled to wear during her reign.