 deborah carthy-deu (born in january 5, 1966 in santurcehttp://www.prpop.org/biografias/d_bios/deborah_carthy_deu.shtml) is a puerto rican actress, host, and former beauty queen. she is known for being the second miss universe from puerto rico. the contest was held at the james l. knight center in miami, florida on july 15, 1985. ==biography== ===early years=== deborah carthy-deu was born in the santurce district of san juan, puerto rico to ramÃ³n carthy sanchez and vicky sanz deu, of irish and of 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.lexjuris.com, biographies. her father was a photography director. at age nine she started to take ballet classes at the school her mother directed. she was trained as a classical ballerina.miss universe, history: deborah carthy deu. she attended an elementary catholic school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at commonwealth high school. from age thirteen on she spent her summers in new york city taking dance classes. she later attended the university of puerto rico pursued a major in drama. at thirteen she also auditioned for ballet concierto and becomes part of the dance company. ===miss universe=== while she was in college, she was selected miss san juan on march 22, 1985 and later miss puerto rico on april 27, 1985.http://www.lexjuris.com/biografias/buscar/search2.asp?kw=c on july 15, 1985, she was crowned miss universe 1985 representing puerto rico in miami, florida. once her miss universe obligations were over she moved to california where she lived for several months where she tried to become an actress. although she did not have much success as an actress, she had s
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