Valerie Hernández

Valerie Hernández Matías (born July 19, 1993, in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the second winner of the pageant from Puerto Rico after Laurie Simpson in 1987.

Pageantry

Miss Teen International 2012 Hernández was crowned Miss Teen International in 2012, she was the fourth Puerto Rican to obtain this title.

Miss International Puerto Rico 2014 Valerie competed in Miss International Puerto Rico 2014 where she finished as the first runner-up. She later assumed the title after the original winner, Patricia Quiñones, resigned for personal reasons.

Miss International 2014 In 2014, Hernández represented Puerto Rico at Miss International where she won the title, becoming the second Puerto Rican to win that title after Laurie Simpson in 1987.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018 On May 31, 2018, Hernández was designated as Miss Carolina Universe and was initially set to compete at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018 for a chance to represent the island at Miss Universe 2018 but withdrew for personal reasons.