Maria Cepero biography: 18 things about Miss Intercontinental 2024

Who is Maria Cepero?

Maria del Mar Cepero Jimenez is a Puerto Rican entrepreneur and beauty queen with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in accounting. She is 5’5″ tall.

Hailing from Aibonito, Puerto Rico, United States and Connecticut, USA, Cepero is the founder of the Flowers Fund Project, a non-profit organization that empowers women through entrepreneurship and aims to transform lives in Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable communities. She owns a wellness business that promotes healthy living through holistic physical and mental well-being approaches.

Cepero speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. She loves photography and Pilates and enjoys dancing, cooking, hiking and traveling.

While pursuing a law degree at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cepero became the fourth Miss Intercontinental from Puerto Rico. Here are 18 more things about her:

1. In March 2022, she visited Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
2. In July 2023, she traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel.
3. In August 2023, she visited Las Vegas, Nevada, USA and traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
4. In September 2023, she traveled to Mykonos, Greece.
5. On October 5, 2023, she represented Connecticut at Miss World America 2023 and competed against 45 other candidates at the Meydenbauer Theater in Bellevue, Washington, USA. She was fourth runner-up to Victoria Disorbo of Tennessee.
6. On October 28, 2023, she visited Escuela Dr. Jose N. Gandara in San Juan and talked to students about the importance of education.
7. On December 5, 2023, she visited La Fondita Divino Niño Jesús, a charity organization in Aibonito.
8. On December 20, 2023, she visited Escuela Elemental Federico Degetau II in Aibonito.
9. In January 2024, she traveled to Bimini, Bahamas.
10. In February 2024, she traveled to Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11. On April 6, 2024, she represented Aibonito at Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2024 (Miss World Puerto Rico 2024) and competed against 29 other candidates at the Centro de Bellas Artes de Humacao in Humacao, Puerto Rico. She was runner-up to Valeria Nicole Perez of Manati.
12. On May 8, 2024, she was crowned Miss Intercontinental Puerto Rico 2024 at The Lobby Fairmont of San Juan Hotel in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
13. On June 22, 2024, she turned 26.
14. On June 27, 2024, she attended the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024 coronation ceremony at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in Santurce, San Juan where she met Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios.
15. In July 2024, she traveled to Monte Carlo, Monaco and Sardinia, Italy
16. In August 2024, she traveled to Paris, France and Marbella, Spain.
17. In September 2024, she traveled to Wheeland Settlement, Turks and Caicos.
18. On December 6, 2024, she represented Puerto Rico at Miss Intercontinental 2024 and competed against 57 other candidates at the Tal Avenue in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt. She won the title.