Susie De Los Santos (born November 6, 1988)[1] is an American model and DJ of Dominican and Mexican descent. De Los Santos is from Corona, Queens, New York.[2] She later began a career in modeling.

Susie De Los Santos
Born (1988-11-06) November 6, 1988 (age 36)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009
(10th Place)
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016
(Top 20)

Achievements

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In 2007, De Los Santos won the Miss North Carolina Hawaiian Tropic pageant and went on to compete in the United States Miss Hawaiian Tropic finals in Hawaii.[3] Later that year, she hosted a weekly entertainment segment for North Carolina's Univision[4] 40 called Muévete Carolina.[5] She also auditioned for America's Next Top Model and did not even make it to the top house.[6]

In December 2009, De Los Santos won Miss Dominican Republic for Fox Sports en Español's Premios Fox Sports out of over 50 contestants nationwide.[7] She has done promotions for Eurosport, Compare Foods and Wendy's.[8] In 2010, De Los Santos won Model Of The Year in the Carolina Music Awards.[9] Later that year, she won a national model search featured on Telefutura's Escandalo TV "Buscando la Modelo del Chapo de Sinaloa." In 2011 she appeared alongside El Chapo de Sinaloa as the lead model in his music video, "Embrujado."[10]

In 2010 De Los Santos won model of the year in the Carolina Music Awards.[9]

Nuestra Belleza Latina

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Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009

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In 2009, De Los Santos auditioned for Univision's Nuestra Belleza Latina.[2][11] Out of thousands of models, she was selected as a finalist and to date she is the only girl from North Carolina to have made it to the top 12. She was on the show for two months before she was eliminated. Susie gained international exposure and some degree of fame through her participation. Susie has been interviewed on various occasions on Univision shows including, Don Francisco Presenta, Despierta America and El Gordo y La Flaca.

NBL VIP "All★Star"- Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016

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Susie De Los Santos has been chosen by producers to compete in the first ever "All★Star" season of Nuestra Belleza Latina, The season of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016 will premiere on Sunday February 28, 2016. Susie was eliminated from the competition on 3/13/16 as the judge Osmel Souza said that her performance was worse than when she first auditioned in 2009

Personal life

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Susie is the owner of her own beauty pageant and magazine called Nuestra Belleza Carolina[12] and is C.E.O. of DLS Premiere.[13] She is part owner of Susie Taxi, a taxicab company in Durham, North Carolina. [citation needed]

Susie is signed to Elite Miami.[8]

Susie De Los Santos dated music producer A.B. Quintanilla III, brother of Selena Quintanilla and creator of Los Kumbia Kings and Los Kumbia All Starz, in 2013. They remain good friends after their relationship ended and on August 2, 2017, Susie De Los Santos defended and spoke positively about A.B. Quintanilla during his 2017 court case against an ex-romantic partner of his, saying "We are very, very good friends" and "He'll take care of it" in regard to his court case.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Susie de los Santos". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Susie de los Santos es una de las doce finalistas de Nuestra Belleza Latina". Univision.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ^ "TropicBeauty.com: The Hottest Bikini Models, Model Searches, and Swimsuit Calendar!". Tropicbeauty.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Las modelos bailaron con El Chapo en Escándalo TV". Univision.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "FilesTube - Files Search Engine, Search & Download". Video.filestube.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ^ Frank Houston (6 February 2007). "Calling All Latin Beauties". Riptide 2.0. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Miss Premios Fox Sports". Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Avanti Model and Talent Management". Avantimandt.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Carolina Music Awards". Carolinamusicawards.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Susie de los Santos en pasión con el Chapo". Univision.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Susie De Los Santos fue eliminada". Univision.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  12. ^ "DLS Premiere LLC". Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  13. ^ "DLS PREMIERE OFFICIAL". Dlspremiere.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  14. ^ "A.B. Quintanilla y Susie de los Santos de NBL: juntos y besándose en Miami antes del escándalo" [A.B. Quintanilla and Susie de los Santos of NBL: Together and Kissing in Miami Before the Scandal]. Univision (in Spanish). August 1, 2017.
  15. ^ El Gordo y La Flaca (August 1, 2017). "¡OMG! @susiedelossantos ex participante de @nuestrabellezalatina con #abquintanilla 😲 #GyFopina". Instagram.
  16. ^ Agencia México (August 1, 2017). "AB Quintanilla, entre los 10 delincuentes más buscados; ofrecen recompensa en EU". Vanguardia.com.mx (in Spanish).
  17. ^ Mangal, Mayra (August 2, 2017). "Ex de A.B. Quintanilla habla de sus problemas con la justicia: "[Él] se encargará y lo manejará, ya es un hombrecito"" [Ex of A.B. Quintanilla talks about his problems with justice: "[He] will take care of it, he's a big boy"]. People en Español. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018. Susie de los Santos, ex concursante de Nuestra Belleza Latina, habló de su ex, el músico A.B. Quintanilla, quien es buscado por la policía en Texas. [Susie de los Santos, former contestant of Nuestra Belleza Latina, spoke about her ex, the musician A.B. Quintanilla, who is wanted by police in Texas.]
  18. ^ Thatiana Diaz and Mayra Mangal (August 3, 2017). "Ex-Girlfriend Defends Selena Quintanilla's Brother Amid Legal Drama". People. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Although critics on social media attacked Quintanilla's character, Susie De Los Santos, ex-girlfriend and close friend of the 53-year-old, told People Chica that Quintanilla is "a man of his word" and will fulfill his obligations. "I don't know what's going on; he hasn't spoken to me about it, but I'm pretty sure he'll take care of it. He's a big boy," the former beauty queen said.
  19. ^ Medina, John Henry (August 5, 2017). "Ex-Girlfriend defends A.B. Quintanilla in child support case". Tejano Nation. The 28-year-old model and DJ, rose to fame in 2016 after participating in the beauty pageant reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina on Univision. Although their relationship ended four years ago, she says they still have a strong friendship. "We are very, very good friends. We're almost like family," she said.
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