Vanessa De Roide

Vanessa Menéndez (née: De Roide Toledo; born August 1, 1987 in Carolina) is a Puerto Rican TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012. She was the female image of Fox Deportes.

She represented Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2005 and finished in the Top 8. She also won the Best in Long Gown Award. As of 2016 she and Yeidy Bosques are currently the only 2 delegates from Puerto Rico to place in the finals, with Bosques winning the title of Miss Earth-Fire 2010 (3rd Runner-Up).

She represented Carolina at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, finishing as 1st Runner-Up.

She won the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 on May 20, 2012. In addition to the title, she won a one-year contract with the Univision network, $250,000 in cash and prizes, making her the second Puerto Rican woman to obtain the title, after Melissa Marty in 2008, and appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Español magazine.

In May 2012, after winning Nuestra Belleza Latina, De Roide joined the Univision network where she made appearances on several TV shows including El Gordo y la Flaca, Sabado Gigante, Despierta America and Sal y Pimienta. She later became a backstage presenter on the 3rd season of Mira Quien Baila. In May 2013, Univision renewed her contract and she joined Univision's longest running TV Show Sabado Gigante starring Don Francisco. She worked as a model on Sabado Gigante until the show's finale on September 19, 2015. In October 2015, De Roide joined her manager and friend Joe Ahmed to create a new talent search competition called Iconic Model Search where young aspiring models would compete for a chance to become a successful model and win several prices.

In 2015, Vanessa married longtime boyfriend Jorge Menéndez. She is the daughter of Carlos De Roide and Margarita Toledo. She also has a younger half sister named Emilly and a niece named Amelia. Vanessa is currently living in Miami with now husband, Jorge Menendez.