Janelee Chaparro

{{short description|Puerto Rican beauty pageant winner}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{family name hatnote|Chaparro|Colón|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name=Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón | image=Janelee Chaparro.png | caption = Chaparro in 2014 | title= {{ubl|[[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Miss Barceloneta World 2011]]|[[Miss Puerto Rico#Miss World|Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2012]]|Miss Grand International 2013}} | competitions= {{ubl|[[Miss Puerto Rico#Miss World|Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2011]]|(1st Runner-Up)|[[Miss World 2012]]||(Top 30)|[[Miss Grand International 2013]]|(Winner)}} | birth_place= [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]], [[Puerto Rico]] | birth_name= Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1991|9|12}} | height={{height|ft=5|in=7}} | eye_color= Brown | hair_color= [[Brown hair|Brown]] | homepage= }}

'''Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón''' (born September 12, 1991 in [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]]), known professionally as '''Janelee Chaparro''', is a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] model and beauty queen who represented [[Puerto Rico]] at [[Miss World 2012]] where she finished in the Top 30 and at [[Miss Grand International 2013]] where she became the first winner in the pageant's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanook.com/women/13605/ |title=สาวจีนซิวมงกุฎมิสเวิลด์2012 ณฉัตร ไม่ผ่านรอบ 15 คน |website=/www.sanook.com |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/284658 |title=สาวจีนครองมงกุฎ 'มิสเวิลด์ 2012' คนดูถล่มค้านสายตา |website=www.thairath.co.th |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Chaparro was born in [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico]] to Sonia Colón and Sergio Chaparro, both pastors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/farandula/nota/exreinadebellezaboricuaseconvierteenmadre-1359378/|title=Exreina de belleza boricua se convierte en madre|accessdate=August 20, 2019|website=Primera Hora|language=es}}</ref> In August, 2019, Colón gave birth to a baby girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sggp.org.vn/nguoi-dep-puerto-rico-dang-quang-miss-grand-international-2013-118354.html|title=Người đẹp Puerto Rico đăng quang Miss Grand International 2013|publisher=Sài Gòn Giải Phóng|language=vi|accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref>

==Pageant participation== ===Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2011=== Chaparro competed in Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2011, representing [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]], where she placed 1st Runner-Up to [[Amanda Vilanova]] of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.thaiza.com/news/280973/ |title=เจนลี ซาปาโร มิสแกรนด์ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล คนแรกของโลก |website=entertainment.thaiza.com |accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref> On April 26, 2012, Janelee was appointed as Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2012 in a press conference as no competition was held that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voicetv.co.th/read/88492 |title='เจนลี ซาปาโร' สาวงามจากเปอร์โตริโกวัย 22 คว้ามงกุฏ Miss Grand International 2013 ที่ไทยเป็นเจ้าภาพจัดงานครั้งแรก |website=www.voicetv.co.th |accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref>

===Miss World 2012=== Chaparro represented Puerto Rico at [[Miss World 2012]] pageant, held at [[Ordos (city)|Ordos]], [[China]] on August 18, 2012 where she placed in the Top 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanook.com/women/13605/ |title=สาวจีนซิวมงกุฎมิสเวิลด์2012 ณฉัตร ไม่ผ่านรอบ 15 คน |website=/www.sanook.com |accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/284658 |title=สาวจีนครองมงกุฎ 'มิสเวิลด์ 2012' คนดูถล่มค้านสายตา |website=www.thairath.co.th |accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref>

===Miss Grand International 2013=== Janelee represented Puerto Rico at the first [[Miss Grand International]] pageant on November 19, 2013, where she won<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/quiere-tener-una-sucesora-boricua/article_fcac7598-9c3e-11e9-9af7-073b13df5a33.html|title=Quiere tener una sucesora boricua|first=Yomaris|last=Rodríguez|newspaper=El Vocero de Puerto Rico|language=es}}</ref> becoming the first winner in the pageant's history. During her reign, she had travelled to Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, South Sudan, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/383977 |title=แจ่ม ทะลุสงคราม!'มิสเปอโตริโก'คว้าที่ 1 มิสแกรนด์อินเตอร์ฯ |website=www.thairath.co.th |accessdate=August 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manager.co.th/Campus/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9560000144102&Html=1&CommentReferID=24252880&CommentReferNo=2& |title="เจนลี ซาปาโร" สาวเปอร์โตริโก คว้ามงกุฎมิสแกรนด์ อินเตอร์ฯ คนแรกของโลก |website=manager.co.th |accessdate=August 20, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{Instagram|janelee_chaparro}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before=''First Edition'' | title=Miss Grand International | years=2013 | after=[[File:Flag of Cuba.svg|border|22x20px|Cuba]] [[Daryanne Lees]] }} {{succession box | before=''First Edition'' | title=Miss Grand International Puerto Rico | years=2013 | after=Rebeca Valentin (Dorado) }} {{succession box | before=[[Amanda Vilanova]] (San Juan) | title=[[Miss Puerto Rico#Miss World|Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico]] | years=2012 | after=[[Nadyalee Torres]] (Caguas) }} {{s-end}}

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