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True story of one of my favorite people. Today's death of Puerto Rico's first Miss Universe, Marisol Malaret, is mourned. RIP

In 1970, I attended a boring press conference for the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, hosted by its president, George Knapp, who complained to the 20 or so journalists sitting around the oversized conference table, all politely pretending to take notes on this non-headline-making story about damage to the telephone infrastructure due to a strike and failed labor negotiations. I took some tight headshots of Mr. Knapp and sat down to stay awake.

The conference room fell silent as a stunning young woman, for whom the miniskirt was created, entered and casually walked the length of the table to put some papers near George Knapp's chair. As she left, everyone watched this beauty.

I asked George Knapp, "Who was that beautiful girl who just interrupted your press conference?" George said she was a PR assistant. "Marisol Malaret," he said. I forgot about it until George Knapp's office called two weeks later. The secretary connected me to George, which surprised me. He wanted me to photograph that same beautiful girl at the telephone company right away.

He said they had just held their first "Miss Telephone Company" beauty contest, and the girl in the mini skirt won. Since I asked about her, he wanted me to take her picture for the paper. I assumed he wanted to promote the struggling phone company. I asked Director Don Carlos Castenada, who was preparing the next day's newspaper. After hearing about the call, he said, "We can always use a pretty girl's picture. It sells newspapers: "Let me know when you return if we can use it in the front section."

I drove to San Patricio's Telephone Company and visited George's office. He introduced me to Marisol in public relations. A "Miss Puerto Rico Telephone Company" sash was printed. We could sit her at an old switchboard as a prop. They found an old PBX in the basement, so I took Marisol's picture holding a phone receiver with her million-dollar smile in front of the switchboard.

Carlos liked the picture and used it the next day.

I sort of forgot about her until one night a few months later, while hanging out with my friend Corky at his discotheque in Condado, he asked me to come upstairs to his apartment to have a drink with him and his drummer Les while he waited for an important phone call from his new girlfriend Marisol. Call came. He answered and they had a lively ten-minute conversation. After he hung up, he told us she had called from Miami to tell him she had won "Miss Universe."

Local media didn't cover beauty pageants then. That changed instantly! Corky mentioned Marisol Malaret in his excited chatter. I wondered aloud if it was the miniskirt girl from the "Miss Puerto Rico Telephone Company" photo. “Yeah, she worked at the Puerto Rico Telephone Company in public relations,” Corky said.

I gasped and said "Wow" and told him the whole "I photographed her when..." story, proud to have helped discover her and how far this sweet girl had come.

The next day at work, Carlos was excited about "Miss Puerto Rico" becoming Miss Universe and trying to get more pictures from Miami, where he had connections. He planned our photos of her airport arrival and parade. He sent all four staff photographers, including me, to the airport, which was packed with people trying to see the first Puerto Rican "Miss Universe."

My camera was as close as possible as she got off the plane so she could see me in the crowd. She kissed me and said thanks. I felt like it was just for me, but I was the only photographer allowed on the float she rode in the San Juan parade. Tens of thousands of proud Puerto Ricans lined the road to wave and wish her well as "Miss Universe" as we left the airport.

Carlos led us through our first major photo editing experience when I returned to the paper with my film. He would put all the pictures on a big conference table and start sorting them. I had lots of pictures in the paper that day, but not the cover. He preferred images over words.

Marisol and I worked together often after her regal year as she modeled for La Femme, a Condado clothing store where she became a partner. After divorcing Butch James, a male model I had worked with for our fashion pages, she married Corky Stroman and had a beautiful daughter named Sasha.

Carlos was right. Only after he loaded that edition with Marisol's arrival photos did END become the "go-to" paper for photo coverage and become Latin America and the Caribbean's most successful newspaper.

A press conference miniskirt caused it!

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"Marisol malaret, you will be perpetually missed, yet always remembered," the sheriff's specialization said in a proclamation. "We all extend our love, petitions, considerations, and sympathies to Marisol malaret, his companions, and associates."

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The universe is sad today. Puerto Rican-born Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret, died yesterday at age 73.

She was the first Miss Universe of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Victory was honored at the Luis Muoz Marn International Airport in San Juan, then known as the Isla Verde International Airport, as one of the greatest victories ever. "50,000 will honor a rain in San Juan," the New York Times reported.

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A Prayer for  Marisol malaret  and for Those Who Love Her

O God of the Living and the Dead, please bless , who we hope has come into your realm today. Award harmony, light, and everlasting youth to her who has been taken from us while still a kid. May he always be aware of the tinge of your affection and the gleam of your light in your vast domain. Look delicately upon her family, whose hearts are overburdened with distress. Stroll with them; console them; encompass them with heavenly messengers to lift them from the profundity of their grievous misfortune. at long last. We stand as a family in our moments of triumph and bliss; grant us the mental fortitude to remain as a family even in the absence of . May we console each other with expressions of confidence, trust, and love. Persuade our hearts that everything works for the good of those who trust in God. So be it.

Who is Marisol malaret?

At the age of 73, Marisol Malaret, who was crowned Miss Universe in 1970 and was the first of five Puerto Ricans to win the pageant, passed away recently.

She not only made history by becoming the first Miss Universe from Puerto Rico, but she also made history by becoming the first Miss Universe from the Caribbean. As a result of her victory, she was presented with what was, up until that point, one of the largest welcomes ever given at Isla Verde International Airport, which is now known as Luis Muz Marn International Airport in San Juan. This was done in her honor. According to the New York Times, there were 50,000 people present in San Juan to pay tribute to a queen.

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