Name Bodine Koehler | Hair color Brown Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Home town San Juan | |
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Full Name Bodine Koehler Pena Title(s) Miss Rio Grande Universe 2012Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012 Majorcompetition(s) Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012(Winner)(Best Figure Award)(Payless Best Catwalk Award)(JcPenney Style Award)Miss Universe 2012(Unplaced)Miss Grand Universe 2016(TBA) Parents Robert Koehler, Mariluz Pena | ||
Bodine koehler at the miss universe 2012 preliminary competition
Bodine Koehler Peña (born September 30, 1992) is a Dutch-born Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She represented Río Grande municipality at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012. She represented Puerto Rico in Miss Universe 2012.
Contents
- Bodine koehler at the miss universe 2012 preliminary competition
- Miss universe puerto rico 2012 bodine koehler
- Early life
- Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012
- Controversy
- Miss Universe 2012
- References
Miss universe puerto rico 2012 bodine koehler
Early life
Bodine was on born September 30, 1992 in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Dominican mother. Koehler moved to Puerto Rico when she was 8 years old and was raised in San Juan. She speaks Spanish, Dutch, and English fluently, and is one of the most well-known models in the Island.
She is the second cousin of Miss World 1959, Corine Rottschäfer.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012
On November 7, 2011 Bodine represented Río Grande at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012 and beat out 38 other contestants for the title, gaining the right to represent Puerto Rico at Miss Universe.
Controversy
During her reign, Koehler and the Miss Universe Puerto Rico Organization were ridiculed for the fact that Bodine was of Dominican Republic and Dutch descent, not Puerto Rican. Pageant rules state that in order to compete participants must be citizens of Puerto Rico who have lived there for at least six months. Koehler was born in the Netherlands and moved to Puerto Rico at age 8.
Miss Universe 2012
On December 19, 2012, Koehler represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2012 where she competed to succeed Leila Lopes of Angola. Although considered a big favorite and a front runner, she did not reach a place in the Top 16.