Nellys Rocio Pimentel Campusano (born April 27, 1997) is a Puerto Rican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth 2019. She became the first-ever Puerto Rican and Caribbean woman to win Miss Earth. Early life and education Pimentel was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico but her parents were originally from the Dominican Republic. She is the eldest of two siblings. In her elementary and middle school days, she experienced racial discrimination for the multiple bows in her Afro-textured hair. She graduated magna cum laude in Psychology with a second degree in Marketing from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. It was her mother, Felicia Campusano and her aunt Josefina Campusano who encouraged her to compete in Miss Earth Puerto Rico. Pageantry Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2019 Pimentel competed as Miss San Juan and was crowned Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2019 on May 5, 2019 at the Ambassador Theatre. She also won Miss Photogenic and was crowned by Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2018 Krystal Xamairy Rivera Barrios. During her reign, she raised environmental awareness especially in schools and through mass media guesting. She advocated the importance of alternative products that are durable or biodegradable in place of disposables. She also advocated the use of cosmetic lines that do not harm the environment or create as much garbage. Her participation in Miss Earth Puerto Rico was her first beauty contest experience, although at 14 she participated and won a modeling competition, "Construyendo Sueños" (Building Dreams). As Miss Earth Puerto Rico, she went to compete at the Miss Earth pageant in Manila, Philippines. Miss Earth 2019 Pimentel represented Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2019 pageant with the coronation night held at Okada Manila, Philippines on October 26, 2019. She took part in various environmental protection activities along with the other 84 Miss Earth 2019 delegates which included tree planting and TV guest appearances and competed into three preliminaries: the environmental and intelligence, face and poise, and figure and form. She was announced as one of the Top 20 semifinalists. After swimsuit and evening gown parade, she entered the Top 10 with the hashtag round, followed by the final four for the final question and answer portion of the pageant. In the final question and answer round, the top four contestants were asked the same question: "There are many people, including notable international leaders, who do not believe in