13 things about Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024 Jennifer Colon

Jennifer Colón Alvarado won the 16th edition of Miss Universe Puerto Rico. She represented Puerto Rico, United STates in the 59th edition of Miss World and the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Colon is a Puerto Rican television host, singer, model and beauty queen also known as Jenny Alende. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA to Puerto Rican parents and raised in Orocovis, Puerto Rico.

On December 21, 2024, Colon turned 37. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is an alumna of the Colegio Bautista de Levittown in Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico and the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
2. Aside from Orocovis, she lived in other parts of Puerto Rico including Bayamon and San Juan.
3. She has two children.
4. She was Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006 second runner-up.
5. She was Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 first runner-up.
6. She won Miss World Puerto Rico 2009.
7. She was a Miss World 2009 candidate.
8. From 2010 to 2021, she was married to Elan Allende.
9. In 2022, she and Jairo Calero separated.
10. In 2023, she founded Healing Hands Puerto Rico, a nonprofit organization that provides free aesthetic services to people who went through severe trauma.
11. She won Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024.
12. She was a Miss Universe 2024 finalist.
13. She was a Star Hellas 2024 judge.

TIMELINE

Colon is 5’8″ tall. She is the first mother and the first woman older than 35 to represent Puerto Rico in Miss Universe.

2000s

• In January 2005, she graduated from the Colegio Bautista de Levittown in Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
• In August 2005, she entered the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
• In March 2006, she competed at Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006 and was second runner-up to Natalia Rivera Piñero.
• In January 2008, she graduated from the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
• In August 2008, she entered the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in San Juan to study architecture.
• On October 22, 2008, she represented San Juan at Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 and competed against 69 other candidates at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. She was runner-up to Mayra Matos.
• In January 2009, she left the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.
• On July 23, 2009, she represented Bayamon at Miss World Puerto Rico 2009 and competed against 21 other candidates at the Teatro Alejandro Tapia y Rivera in San Juan. She won the title.
• On December 12, 2009, she represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 2009 and competed against 111 other candidates at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was unplaced.

2010s

• On September 21, 2010, she and Allende got married in Puerto Rico.
• On June 21, 2011, she gave birth to Maria Valentina Allende Colon.
• On April 20, 2012, she gave birth to Fernando Jose Allende Colon.

2020s

• In May 2021, she and Elan separated and filed for divorce.
• In October 2021, she and Jairo Calero got engaged.
• On June 27, 2024, she represented Orocovis at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024 and competed against 27 other candidates at the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Santurce, San Juan. She won the title.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She finished in the Top 12.
• On December 11, 2024, she and Johan Lopez got engaged in Greece.
• On December 12, 2024, she served as a judge at Star Hellas 2024 in Athens, Greece.
• On August 1, 2025, she gave birth to her fourth child at Hospital Pavia Santurce in San Juan.
• On August 14, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2025 Zashely Alicea at the Sala de Festivales Antonio Paoli of the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Santurce.