{{Short description|Dominican beautician}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2011}} {{family name hatnote|Febles||lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Magali Febles | image = | imagesize = | caption = Magali Febles | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|24}} | birth_place = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | height = | birth_name = Magali Febles | other_names = | website = | occupation = Beautician<br>National director<br><small>Dominican Republic (2004–present)<br>Puerto Rico (2003–2009)<br>Haiti (2010–2015)</small> }}
'''Magali Febles''' (born 24 December 1964 in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican beautician<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Negrón-Muntaner|editor-first=Frances|title=None of the above Puerto Ricans in the global era|year=2006|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4039-6246-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68Vd6RrXLOYC&dq=%22Magali+Febles%22&pg=PA113|edition=1. ed., 1. publ.|accessdate=20 January 2011|page=113}}</ref> and beauty pageant circuit personality.
Febles is the national director for the Miss Dominican Republic Universe franchise and has previously served as national director for Miss Universe Puerto Rico and Miss Haiti franchises.
==Pageantry== ===Miss Dominican Republic and Miss Puerto Rico=== Febles acquired the Miss Puerto Rico Universe in 2003 and Miss Dominican Republic Universe in 2004. As holder of the franchises, she was responsible for preparing and sending delegates from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to Miss Universe. Her most successful delegate to date is Zuleyka Rivera from Puerto Rico, who was crowned Miss Universe 2006. She was the former owner of two salons, ''Magali Febles Salon and Spa'' in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which she later sold in order to concentrate her energy on running both franchises.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magali Febles asegura que perdió su apartamento con una candida |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/amp/revista/cultura/2025/09/14/magali-febles-asegura-que-perdio-su-apartamento-con-una-candida/3244415 |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=www.diariolibre.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Magali Febles retiene Miss Universo RD |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/amp/revista/magali-febles-retiene-miss-universo-rd-CBDL187630 |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=www.diariolibre.com}}</ref>
In 2009, shortly after Mayra Matos was crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009, Febles lost the Miss Puerto Rico Universe franchise to Luisito Vigoreaux and Desiree Lowry, who took over the training of Matos and renamed the pageant Miss Universe Puerto Rico. Febles' alleged treatment of Ingrid Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, and problems with the organization are allegedly reasons for her losing the franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Ediciones/2009/02/03/Noticias/Febles-pierde-franquicia-de-Miss-Puerto-Rico-Universe |title=Febles pierde franquicia de Miss Puerto Rico Universe |accessdate=2013-12-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219064642/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Ediciones/2009/02/03/Noticias/Febles-pierde-franquicia-de-Miss-Puerto-Rico-Universe |archivedate=2013-12-19 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brugueras |first=Por Melba |date=2016-06-16 |title=Magali Febles: “Nadie sabe lo que tiene hasta que lo pierde” |url=https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/reinas-belleza/notas/magali-febles-nadie-sabe-lo-que-tiene-hasta-que-lo-pierde/ |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=Primera Hora |language=es}}</ref>
===Miss Haiti=== In 2010, she began managing the Miss Haiti Universe franchise. A delegate from Haiti had not placed in Miss Universe from 1975, when Gerthie David finished as 1st Runner-Up in the contest and the second black woman to be placed in the finals, until 2016, a year after Febles lost the franchise rights, when Raquel Pélissier finished as 1st Runner-Up as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salvicharm.com/2010/02/recordar-es-vivir-gerthie-david.html |title=Recordar es Vivir - Gerthie David | Salvadorean Charm Almanac |accessdate=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229082432/http://www.salvicharm.com/2010/02/recordar-es-vivir-gerthie-david.html |archivedate=2014-12-29 }}</ref>
In 2016, the license of Miss Haiti Universe was awarded to Chris Puesan from the Dominican Republic, a pageant coach and license holder.
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