13 things about Miss North Carolina USA 2025 Lourdes Madera

Lourdes “Lulu” Madera competed in Miss New Jersey USA twice. She represented North Carolina, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Madera is a Dominican-American business woman, violinist, actor, dancer, model and beauty queen originally from Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA. She is a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina; Fort Lee, New Jersey; Miami, Florida, USA, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and Valverde, Dominican Republic.

On March 25, 2025, Madera turned 39. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2005, she started working as a professional model and actor.
2. She was a Caribbean Fashion Week 2011 model.
3. She was a Miss New Jersey USA 2013 candidate.
4. She was a casting assistant for Carlos Berrios‘s 2014 short film “Skirting the Issues”.
5. In 2016, she joined Fancy Records in Hackensack, New Jersey as the vice president.
6. In 2017, she founded Lulu Lashes.
7. She was a New York Fashion Week model in 2022 and 2025.
8. She was a Miss Republica Dominicana 2024 candidate.
9. She was a Miss New Jersey USA 2025 candidate.
10. She was a Miss Florida USA 2025 candidate.
11. She won Miss North Carolina USA 2025.
12. She was a Miss Universe Nicaragua 2025 guest.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Madera is 5’5″ tall and she speaks English and Spanish. Having watched her father Ramon Madera battle Parkinson’s disease, she supports the Michael J. Fox Foundation in the fight for research about the disease.

2010s

• In June 2011, she walked the runway at the Caribbean Fashion Week 2011 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica.
• On October 21, 2012, she competed against 22 other Miss New Jersey USA 2013 candidates at Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. She was unplaced.
• In March 2016, she became the Fancy Records vice president.
• In March 2017, she founded Lulu Lashes in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

2020s

• In September 2022, she walked for Giannina Azar at the New York Fashion Week 2022.
• On May 5, 2024, she represented Valverde at Miss Republica Dominicana 2024 and competed against 17 other candidates at the Centro de Convenciones Sambil in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She was unplaced.
• In February 2025, she walked for Azar at the New York Fashion Week 2025.
• On April 6, 2025, she competed against 107 other Miss New Jersey USA 2025 candidates at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills. She was unplaced.
• On May 24, 2025, she represented Sunny Isles Beach at Miss Florida USA 2025, competed against 70 other candidates at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, Florida. She was unplaced.
• On August 31, 2025, she represented Raleigh at Miss North Carolina USA 2025 and competed against 19 other candidates at The Twichell Auditorium in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. She won the title.
• On September 4, 2025, she attended Miss Universe Nicaragua 2025 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami as a special guest.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented North Carolina at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.