Magali Febles

Magali Febles (born 24 December 1964 in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican beautician^[1] and beauty pageant circuit personality.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Febles.

Magali Febles
Born	Magali Febles (1954-12-24) December 24, 1954 (age 69) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Occupation(s)	Beautician National director 2003 — (current) Dominican Republic (current) Puerto Rico (former) Haiti (former)

Febles is the national director for the Miss Dominican Republic Universe franchise and has previously served as national director for Miss Universe Puerto Rico and Miss Haiti franchises.

Pageantry

Miss Dominican Republic and Miss Puerto Rico

In 2002, Febles acquired the Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Dominican Republic Universe franchises and was responsible for preparing and sending delegates from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to Miss Universe, her most successful delegatee so far was Zuleyka Rivera in 2006 who won the international pageant. She was the former owner of two salons, Magali Febles Salon and Spa in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which she later sold in order to concentrate her energy on running both franchises.

In 2009, shortly after Mayra Matos was crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009, Febles lost the Miss Puerto Rico Universe franchise to Luisito Vigoreaux and Desiree Lowry, who took over the training of Matos and renamed the pageant Miss Universe Puerto Rico. Febles' alleged treatment of Ingrid Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, and problems with the organization are allegedly reasons for her losing the franchise.^[2]

Miss Haiti

In 2010, she began managing the Miss Haiti Universe franchise. A delegate from Haiti had not placed in Miss Universe from 1975, when Gerthie David finished as 1st Runner-Up in the contest and the second black woman to be placed in the finals, until 2016, a year after Febles lost the franchise rights, when Raquel Pélissier finished as 1st Runner-Up as well.^[3]

In 2016, the license of Miss Haiti Universe was awarded to Chris Puesan from the Dominican Republic, a pageant coach and license holder.

References

1. Negrón-Muntaner, Frances, ed. (2006). None of the above Puerto Ricans in the global era (1. ed., 1. publ. ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-4039-6246-1. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
2. "Febles pierde franquicia de Miss Puerto Rico Universe". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
3. "Recordar es Vivir - Gerthie David | Salvadorean Charm Almanac". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.