Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza
Retired teacher Manuel Colon Santiago, neighbor of the newly crowned Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza at her hometown of Salinas, Puerto Rico, shows a local newspaper with the headline: 'Zuleyka our Miss Universe', Monday, July 24, 2006. People in this coastal town partied in the streets all night long to celebrate the crowning of the 18-year-old girl, after she was named Miss Universe late Sunday in Los Angeles. Several people in Salinas said Rivera, who grew up in a working-class neighborhood of small houses and narrow streets, never forgot her roots. (AP Photo/Herminio Rodriguez) |
