Karol Stephanie Castillo Pinillos (29 August 1989 – 10 April 2013) was a Peruvian fashion model. She participated in various beauty pageants. She was crowned Miss Perú Universo 2008 and competed in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant, held in Nha Trang, Vietnam.[1]
Karol Castillo | |
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| Born | Karol Stephanie Castillo Pinillos August 29, 1989 Trujillo, Peru |
| Died | April 10, 2013 (aged 23) Sydney, Australia |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Perú Universo 2008 |
Hair color | Black |
Major competition(s) | Miss Perú Universo 2008 (Winner) Miss Universe 2008 (Unplaced) |
Life
editCastillo was the daughter of Luis Castillo and Zoila Pinillos. Her brothers were Paulo and Bruno, with whom she grew up in northern Peru. She began her modeling career at a young age and was a candidate for Miss La Libertad in 2007, when she was 18. Her measurements were 90-62-96 (waist-waist-hips). The Peruvian native participated in the Miss Teen Peru pageant at age 15 but did not win. In 2008, the psychology student at César Vallejo University in Lima participated in Miss Perú Universo and won. With this victory, she automatically qualified for the Miss Universe pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam. There, she only impressed in the national costume competition, where she was one of the ten finalists out of 80 participants.
Death
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Miss Universe 2008". NBC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Murió ex-Miss Perú Universo Karol Castillo". Peru21 (in Spanish). April 11, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Murió Miss Perú Universo 2008, Karol Castillo". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.