Deborah Carthy-Deu

In December 2017, Carthy-Deu helped with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria by going door-to-door with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help inspect residential damage.

From 2007 to 2009, Carthy-Deu hosted a remake of Noche de Gala, produced by Paquito Cordero and broadcast by WIPR-TV.

Since 2003, she has been a fashion contributor for WAPA's newscast Noticentro Al Amanecer.

While she was in college, she was selected Miss San Juan on March 22, 1985, and later Miss Puerto Rico on April 27, 1985. On July 15, 1985, she was crowned Miss Universe 1985 representing Puerto Rico in Miami, Florida.

Deborah Carthy-Deu (born January 5, 1966) is a Puerto Rican actress, TV host and beauty queen. She was the second Miss Universe from Puerto Rico.

Deborah Carthy-Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the Santurce district of San Juan to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish and Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for ballet and modeling, Academia de Ballet y Modelaje Vicky Sanz, under the name of Vicky Sanz. Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started to take ballet classes at her mother's school. She was trained as a classical ballerina. She attended a Catholic elementary school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at Commonwealth High School. From age thirteen, she spent her summers in New York City taking dance classes. She later attended the University of Puerto Rico and pursued a major in drama. At thirteen, she also auditioned for Ballet Concierto and became part of the dance company and later a soloist.