Sarodj Bertin
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Sarodj Bertin, is best known as a beauty pageant contestant from Port-au-Prince
, Haiti
.
. She speaks French, Spanish, English, and Creole fluently.
Bertin's mother, an outspoken critic of then president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
, was murdered on March 28, 1995 in Port-au-Prince. She was shot in broad daylight while being driven by a client, Eugene "Junior" Baillergeau, away from the US military's Camp Democracy headquarters. Baillergeau, who was killed along with Durocher Bertin, was in litigation with the US military over damages a US helicopter had allegedly done to his private plane.
, Bertin entered the Miss Haiti Universe
contest and won. She then spent several months in Puerto Rico
with the director of the Miss Dominican Republic
and Miss Haiti franchises, Magali Febles, who took charge of her training for Miss Universe
.
She represented Haiti in the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant held in Las Vegas
, Nevada
, U.S.
on August 23, 2010. Bertin believed that competing in Miss Universe would give the people of Haiti a voice, stating, "there are many people who want to help but don't know how and sometimes they need a voice to tell them what are the necessities of the people. I want the people, through me, to be who says what their necessities are."
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
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Personal life
Bertin was born in Haiti, the daughter of Mireille Durocher Bertin, a Haitian lawyer. She worked for the International Alliance for Haiti's Recovery and is currently a law student living in the Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. She speaks French, Spanish, English, and Creole fluently.
Bertin's mother, an outspoken critic of then president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies...
, was murdered on March 28, 1995 in Port-au-Prince. She was shot in broad daylight while being driven by a client, Eugene "Junior" Baillergeau, away from the US military's Camp Democracy headquarters. Baillergeau, who was killed along with Durocher Bertin, was in litigation with the US military over damages a US helicopter had allegedly done to his private plane.
Pageantry
After the 2010 Haiti Earthquake2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
, Bertin entered the Miss Haiti Universe
Miss Haiti Universe
Miss Haiti Universe is a beauty pageant that chooses the delegate that will represent Haiti at the Miss Universe Pageant.- History :Historically, the most notable contestants were Evelyn Miot and Gerthie David. On July 14, 1962, Evelyn Miot was the first black contestant to be one of the 15...
contest and won. She then spent several months in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
with the director of the Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Dominican Republic, or Miss República Dominicana in Spanish, is a pageant where women ranging from the ages of 18 to 26 compete, each representing a Dominican province, city, or community. The Miss Dominican Republic organization is managed by Magali Febles...
and Miss Haiti franchises, Magali Febles, who took charge of her training for Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
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She represented Haiti in the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant held in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
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, Nevada
Nevada
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, U.S.
United States
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on August 23, 2010. Bertin believed that competing in Miss Universe would give the people of Haiti a voice, stating, "there are many people who want to help but don't know how and sometimes they need a voice to tell them what are the necessities of the people. I want the people, through me, to be who says what their necessities are."