Ada Perkins

Ada Perkins
Born
Ada Cecille Perkins Flores

(1959-09-07)7 September 1959
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died24 May 1980(1980-05-24) (aged 20)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss San Juan 1978
Miss Puerto Rico 1978
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorHazel
Major
competition(s)		Miss Teen International 1978
(3rd place)
Miss Puerto Rico 1978
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1978

Ada Cecille Perkins Flores[note 1] (7 September 1959 – 24 May 1980) was a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 1978 pageant.

In 1980, Puerto Rico was moved by the media news coverage of her death which resulted from the injuries sustained in an automobile accident in San Juan.[1]

Early years

Perkins, the oldest of three siblings, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Oswald Evan Perkins from San Juan and Ada Flores Sanchez. She received her primary and secondary education at St. John's School in the Condado area and later at the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro in Miramar. She graduated from high school in 1977 and enrolled at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon where she was studying journalism.[1]

Model and beauty contestant

Perkins was a model who participated in television commercials for various companies, among them: "Chicklets Adams", "Texaco", "Salem cigarette" and for "INDULAC" (Dairy Producers Industry of Puerto Rico). In 1978, she represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Teen Intercontinental beauty pageant held in Oranjestad, Aruba. Perkins came in 3rd place.[2]

In May of that same year, Perkins represented the city of San Juan in the Miss Puerto Rico contest and won the title.[3] Miss Puerto Rico is the official national preliminary to the Miss Universe international pageant. Each year the event is held to select the representative from the island to the contest. There is a picture of her pictured with the Miss Puerto Rico sash and crown which she was entitled to wear during her reign.[1]

She then traveled to Acapulco, Mexico where she represented Puerto Rico in the first Miss Universe pageant hosted by that country. Margaret Gardiner from South Africa won the title of Miss Universe that was held on July 21, 1978.[4]

In 1979, Perkins crowned her successor to the title, Audrey Teresa López (Miss Mayaguez) in an event which included the presence of actor Erik Estrada.

Death

In 1980, she and her boyfriend, Luis A. Ballester were involved in an automobile accident which occurred while they were traveling to her home in Punta las Marias, San Juan. She died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident. She was buried at the Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perkins and the second or maternal family name is Flores.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Make Your Life Prime Time: How to Have It All Without Losing Your Soul"; author: Maria Celeste Arraras; page 26; Publisher: Atria Books; ISBN 1-4165-8581-8; ISBN 978-1-4165-8581-7
  2. ^ Miss Intercontinental Titleholders
  3. ^ Miss Puerto Rico Archived February 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Miss Universe Delegates 1978". Pageantmania. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.
  5. ^ Related on YouTube
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ponce María del Mar Rivera
 Miss Puerto Rico
1978 		Succeeded by
Mayagüez Teresa López

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