Marisela de Montecristo

Marisela de Montecristo (born 25 August 1992) is a Salvadoran-American model, television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who has been crowned Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 and Miss El Salvador 2018.

After winning Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, de Montecristo made appearances on several television shows, was a backstage presenter on Premios Juventud, worked as a model on Sábado Gigante, and made a cameo appearance in the "Fun" music video by Pitbull. As Miss El Salvador 2018, she represented El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018 but failed to place in the Top 20.

Early life De Montecristo was born on 25 August 1992 in Olocuilta, La Paz. When she was ten years old, the family left El Salvador and settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. She studied communications as a university student.

Pageantry In 2013, de Montecristo auditioned in Los Angeles to be a part of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, a Latina beauty pageant reality show broadcast on Univision. During the competition, her mentor was Venezuelan Osmel Sousa. She was ultimately selected as one of the twelve finalists, and progressed each week until being declared as the winner. After Trump sold the organization to WME-IMG, de Montecristo announced that she would compete in the Miss El Salvador 2018 competition. She won and was crowned Miss El Salvador 2018. She went on to represent El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018, where she was unplaced.