Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez is a Salvadoran politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss El Salvador 1975 and represented El Salvador at Miss Universe 1975 where she placed Top 12.

Carmen Elena Figueroa
Born
Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez

Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss El Salvador 1975
Miss Universe 1975 semifinalist (Top 12)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen

Miss Universe '75

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Figueroa was El Salvador's representative to the Miss Universe Pageant in 1975 and placed in the top 12, the first time a Salvadoran was placed in the semifinals since Maribel Arrieta in 1955.[1]

Legislative Assembly

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She was elected to the El Salvador National Assembly in 2006 where she is currently the Deputy for the party ARENA.[2] Figueroa is married and has two sons. Her father, Carlos Humberto Figueroa, was a colonel in the Salvadoran military. Through him, she is of Spanish descent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Miss Universe 1975
  2. ^ "Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez — Asamblea Legislativa". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  3. ^ Carías, Patricia; Labrador, Gabriel. "Yo era el icono del país de la sonrisa". El Faro. Retrieved 16 September 2014.