Carmen Elena Figueroa

Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodríguez is a Salvadoran beauty pageant winner and politician.

Carmen Elena Figueroa
Born
Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodriguez

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

Miss Universe '75

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 did it in 1955.[1]

Legislative Assembly

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, Figueroa is of [Spanish] descent.[3]

References
  1. Miss Universe 1975
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Carías, Patricia; Labrador, Gabriel. "Yo era el icono del país de la sonrisa". El Faro. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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