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Friday, August 22, 2008

Diana Arevalo to compete for Miss Latina World, Sep. 1st


Miss Central Texas Latina Diana Arevalo
Competing to be the next Miss Latina World

San Antonio native, and Miss Central Texas Latina titleholder, Diana Arevalo , will be competing to be crowned Miss Latina World on August 30- September 1 in the Alamo City.

Diana has been active in the community all her life. She served on the Bexar County Youth Commission in high school, was an Intern for the San Antonio City Council, Texas Legislature, U.S. Senate (for the Office of Senator Ted Kennedy) in Washington , DC , served as a United Leaders Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government while working for the Massachusetts Legislature, and the Common Cause of Massachusetts.

Diana Arevalo serves on the Women’s ACTS Team at St. Paul ’s Catholic Church, is a Board Member for the: George Gervin Youth Center Development Board and Incarnate Word HS Alumni Association. In her spare time, she volunteered to coach a girls’ volleyball team for the Southside YMCA.

She began her career working for the Neighborhood Resource Center. However, today she serves as the South Texas Marketing Manager for Ticketmaster handling such clients as: San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, San Antonio Opera, American Bank Center, Dodge Arena, Laredo Entertainment Center, Live Nation, just to name a few.

She is a graduate of Incarnate Word High School and received her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio . She will be pursuing her Master’s in Business Administration this fall.

From Diana’s Pageant Profile:
What is the best gift you have ever received?

The best gift I’ve ever received is a hand-made card from a 5-year old boy named Joey. He wrote the words “I love you” and included several stickers and stamps on the card. He sat on my lap and explained why he picked each sticker. When he was done explaining, he looked at me and whispered in my ear, “I love you Diana” and gave me a kiss on my cheek and a big hug.

What is your best advice?

Someone once told me, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever erase it."

My best advice would be to forgive those who hurt you, and bless your enemies. You have to always remember the positive actions that people do, because life is too short to carry a grudge, be vengeful, or to say or do things out of spite. No one is perfect.

Role Models: Jaci Velasquez and Selena

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