Honking car horns and waving flags, Puerto Ricans celebrated after their own Miss Puerto Rico, Denise Quinones, was crowned Miss Universe 2001 before a delirious home crowd. San Juan’s streets were ...

Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented ...

Despite a bulletproof vest-and-gown, Israel’s Ilanit Levy was among those defeated in the Miss Universe contest by Denise Quinones August of Puerto Rico. Quinones won the 50th Miss Universe pageant in ...

BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) Puerto Ricans took to the streets shouting for joy, waving flags and dancing after their island s beauty queen was crowned Miss Universe. With her coronation on Friday night, ...

How do you pack Isabel Allende’s densely imagined, generously populated, multigenerational epic The House of the Spirits into a small Off-Broadway theater with a cast of 11? Playwright Caridad Svich ...