Priscila Perales

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Priscila Perales
Born
Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo

(1983-02-24) February 24, 1983 (age 41)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2005
(Winner)

Nuestra Belleza México 2005
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2006
(Top 10)
Miss International 2007
(Winner)

Priscila Perales (born Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo; February 24, 1983 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican actress, spokesperson, beauty queen,[1] author and former model. She was crowned Nuestra Belleza México 2005 (Miss Mexico). She was a top ten finalist in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant. The following year, she became the first Mexican to win the title of Miss International in 2007.[2]

After competing in beauty pageants, Priscila debuted as an actress in Hispanic

soap operas with Univision and Telemundo television networks in Miami, Florida where she currently resides. She retired from modeling in 2014 and married[3] race car driver Adrián Fernández
in 2018.

Early life

Priscila Perales was born in

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico to Mexican parents Jesús Perales and Sylvia Elizondo. She has a younger brother, Jesus Perales Elizondo. She was raised in the neighborhood of San Pedro Garza García where she lived until 2008. She studied elementary, middle school and high school in the American School Foundation of Monterrey (ASFM). As a teen she did local modeling and studied a Communications Major in the University of Monterrey (UDEM) falling one semester short of graduating, given she won the Miss Mexico title in 2005 and moved to Mexico City for training, in preparation for the Miss Universe
pageant.

Pageant career

Priscila began competing in beauty pageants at the age of 21 in her hometown of Monterrey. She won her first title of

Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006. Perales made it to the top ten finalists in the Miss Universe
competition.

A year later, she competed once again in the international scene, representing her country in the 47th edition of the Miss International 2007 beauty pageant. Priscila became the first Mexican to win this title, beating out the 61 other contestants from all over the world on October 15, 2007, at The Prince Park Tower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. She is also the second Mexican woman to win all mayor international beauty pageants after Lupita Jones in Miss Universe 1991 after 16 years.

Acting career

Before pursuing an acting career, Priscila worked as a news anchor in

Reina de Corazones
portraying the character of Delfina Ortiz.

Personal life

After almost five years of acting in television productions, Priscila decided to retire to pursue other interests and got certified as a holistic nutritionist by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in 2015. Also, she has always been an avid writer, publishing her first book Priscila, Queen of My Destiny in 2012 and published her second book Trascendent Love: A Metaphysical Perspective in 2018.

She met longtime boyfriend, the retired race car driver Adrián Fernández, on November 1, 2012, through a mutual friend in Miami, Florida and they got married[4] later in Miami Beach, Florida (May 4, 2018). The couple live in Miami with their son Adrián Fernández Jr. born on October 29, 2020. Currently, Priscila is dedicated to her family and shares holistic lifestyle videos too.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 El justiciero Sofía Debut film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010-2011
Eva Luna
Liliana Solís Television debut
2012 Corazón valiente Nelly Balbuena Recurring role
2013 Pasión prohibida Eliana Ramírez Recurring role
2014
Reina de corazones
Delfina Ortíz Recurring role

Books

  • Priscila, Queen of My Destiny. Priscila Perales. 2012. .
  • Trascendent Love: A Metaphysical Perspective. Create Space. 2018. .

References

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss International
2007
Succeeded by
Spain Alejandra Andreu