Stella Diaz
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Stella Diaz is a Puerto Rica
n fashion model and former contestant on the NBC
reality television
show Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
. Diaz was the only Latina
to participate on the program, which premiered on January 5, 2005, on NBC and ended with the season finale on February 9, 2005. She was eliminated on the second episode and was the sixth model eliminated out of 12 contestants.
Since her appearance on the show, Diaz has continued to work as a professional model in Puerto Rico. She has received three Paoli Awards
for Model of the Year: one in 2006 and two in 2005, Orlando Edition and Puerto Rico Edition.
She is a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of University of the Sacred Heart
.
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...
n fashion model and former contestant on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search is a reality TV show produced by NBC that debuted in January 2005, prior to the launch of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue....
. Diaz was the only Latina
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
to participate on the program, which premiered on January 5, 2005, on NBC and ended with the season finale on February 9, 2005. She was eliminated on the second episode and was the sixth model eliminated out of 12 contestants.
Since her appearance on the show, Diaz has continued to work as a professional model in Puerto Rico. She has received three Paoli Awards
Antonio Paolí
Antonio Paoli was a Puerto Rican tenor. He was known at the height of his fame as "The King of Tenors and The Tenor of Kings." He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican to reach international fame in the musical arts...
for Model of the Year: one in 2006 and two in 2005, Orlando Edition and Puerto Rico Edition.
She is a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of University of the Sacred Heart
University of the Sacred Heart
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón —or Sacred Heart University in English, or simply Sagrado. Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico is a higher education institution based in Santurce, Puerto Rico and one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious institutions in Puerto Rico.Its...
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