NBC dance-competition series Superstars of Dance in 2009. Castillo co-hosted the 2008 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day on August 23 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Canter in New York City. Nickelodeon's Quddus was Susie's co-host. Castillo was a host of the school renovation reality series School Pride, which aired on NBC in 2010. She also appeared in the 2011 film A Holiday Engagement. In 2013, Castillo began appearing as 'Becky', a hand model, in Palmolive's Soft Touch dish soap commercials. Personal life On October 7, 2006, Castillo married Matthew Leslie in a quiet ceremony in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The two met shortly after Castillo won Miss Massachusetts Teen USA, Leslie proposed to Castillo during an appearance on the talk show On-Air With Ryan Seacrest in April 2004, just prior to Castillo passing on her crown during the Miss USA 2004 pageant. During her spare time Castillo does volunteer work for HAWC (Help for Abused Women and Children), the Lawrence Girls Club and for the Latinas Against Sexual Assault. On April 27, 2011, Castillo issued a statement attacking the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), alleging that she had been groped and touched inappropriately four times during the enhanced pat-down. She released a blog post and video describing the experience, and created an online petition demanding an end to the "enhanced" pat-downs. Castillo is a vegan and posed nude for a PETA anti-fur campaign, stating that she had always loved animals. Castillo urges the beauty pageant industry to stop awarding fur coats as prizes while exposing animals to unnecessary torture "in the name of fashion". See also List of Puerto Ricans List of people from the Dominican Republic References External links Spotlight on Susie Castillo, Miss USA 2003 Young Money Magazine interviews Susie Castillo 1979 births American actresses of Puerto Rican descent American beauty pageant winners American people of Dominican Republic descent Endicott College alumni Living people 1998 beauty pageant contestants 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates Miss Universe 2003 contestants Miss USA 2003 delegates Miss USA winners Participants in American reality television series People from Lawrence, Massachusetts People from Methuen, Massachusetts Puerto Rican female models VJs (media personalities)