Raquel Pélissier

Raquel Pélissier (born August 21, 1991) is a Haitian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Haiti 2016. She represented Port-au-Prince at the pageant and represented Haiti at Miss Universe 2016 where she ended as 1st Runner-Up, being the first Haitian delegate to place in the finals in 41 years, with their last placement being back in 1975.

Raquel Pélissier
Born	(1991-08-21) August 21, 1991 (age 33) Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Haiti 2016
Hair color	Black[2]
Eye color	Brown[2]
Major competition(s)	Miss Haiti 2016 (Winner) Reina Hispanoamericana 2016 (3rd Runner-up) Miss Universe 2016 (1st Runner-up)

Personal life

Pélissier was born in Haiti.^[3] At the age of three, Pélissier was in a 21-day coma, came out of it and was paralyzed for a week.^[3] She later survived the 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[4]

Pélissier started doing photo shoots for local magazine Rebelle Haiti.^[2] In Miss Universe 2016, held in Manila, Philippines, she was runner-up to France's Iris Mittenaere. Post-Miss Universe, Pélissier has done several pageant-related videos on her YouTube channel, which has almost 7,000 subscribers.

Pélissier has a master's degree in Scientific Research from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.^[3][1] She is fluent in English and Spanish, alongside her native tongues of French and Haitian Creole.^[3]