Editing Marisol Malaret (section)

==Miss Universe 1970==
The auburn-haired, blue-green-eyed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ca.style.yahoo.com/miss-universe-looked-were-born-224500356.html|title=What Miss Universe Looked Like the Year You Were Born|website=ca.style.yahoo.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> Malaret won the title on July 11, 1970, at the [[Miami Beach Auditorium]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://press.missuniverse.com/listanevent.php?events=85&section=archives|title=Miss Universe Organization Press Site|website=press.missuniverse.com|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> Her victory also made her the first Puerto Rican and the first Caribbean to win the Miss Universe title. Additionally, she obtained Puerto Rico's first ever placement at Miss Universe since its inception in 1952 and was the first Puerto Rican woman to win a major international pageant.

After her win in the Miss Universe pageant, she was honored with what was considered until then one of the biggest welcomings ever at [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]'s [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport|Isla Verde International Airport]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that "50,000 turned out in San Juan to honor a Queen."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/22/archives/50000-turn-out-in-san-juan-to-honor-a-queen.html|title=50,000 Turn Out in San Juan to Honor a Queen|date=1970-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-29|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

She was also invited to the [[White House]] for a visit in the [[Oval Office]] with then-[[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/first-pr-miss-universe-marisol-malaret-dies-at-73|title=First PR Miss Universe Marisol Malaret dies at 73|website=www.sanjuandailystar.com/|access-date=2023-03-22}}</ref>

[[File:Richard Nixon meeting Marisol Malaret.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Malaret meeting the President of the [[United States]], [[Richard Nixon]], in the [[Oval Office]] in 1970]]

Malaret's face graced the covers of many international and Puerto Rican entertainment and gossip magazines, such as [[Vea]], [[Teve Guía]], Artistas, Estrellas, and its smaller version Estrellitas. She participated in many advertising campaigns, and performed occasionally as a motivational speaker to young women and aspiring business leaders.