Deborah Carthy-Deu

Deborah Fátima Carthy Deu (born January 5, 1966) is a Puerto Rican actress, television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1985. She was the second Puerto Rican to win Miss Universe since Marisol Malaret in 1970.

Early life Deborah Carthy Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the Santurce district of San Juan to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish and Spaniard-Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for ballet and modeling, Academia de Ballet y Modelaje Vicky Sanz, under the name of Vicky Sanz. Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started taking ballet lessons at her mother's school and was trained as a classical ballerina. She attended a Catholic elementary school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at Commonwealth High School. From age thirteen, she spent her summers in New York City taking dance classes. She later attended the University of Puerto Rico and pursued a major in drama. At thirteen, she also auditioned for Ballet Concierto and became part of the dance company and later a soloist.

Miss Universe While she was in college, she was selected Miss San Juan on March 22, 1985, and Miss Puerto Rico on April 27, 1985. On July 15, 1985, she was crowned Miss Universe 1985, representing Puerto Rico in Miami, Florida.

After traveling the world as Miss Universe, she went to Argentina to play the leading character in the telenovela El Cisne Blanco. as well as a fashion review in the entertainment magazine Teve Guia until the publication closed.

From 2007 to 2009, Carthy Deu hosted a remake of Noche de Gala, produced by Paquito Cordero and broadcast by WIPR-TV.

Since 2003, she has been a fashion contributor for WAPA's newscast Noticentro Al Amanecer.

Personal life In October 2009, she gave birth to son Luke in San Juan.