Cynthia Olavarría

Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera, born January 28, 1982, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican actress, fashion model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She gained international prominence after winning Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2005 and placing as the 1st Runner-Up at the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand.

Olavarría began participating in pageants and television hosting as a child. At age 11, she won the "Miss Reina Infantil" pageant and became the host of the Puerto Rican child game show Contra el Reloj con Pacheco. She attended Colegio La Piedad in Isla Verde, where she was an honors student and member of the National Honor Society and Student Council. She later earned a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, in 2004.

At 18, Olavarría placed third in the Elite Model Look Puerto Rico competition, launching a modeling career that encompassed over 20 magazine covers across Puerto Rico, Miami, New York, the Dominican Republic, and Indonesia. Her modeling accolades include two "Best Female Model" awards, recognition as a Puerto Rican "Top Model," the International Model Ambassador Award at Chicago Latino Fashion Week in 2007, and Outstanding Model of the Year at the Latin Pride National Awards.

After winning Miss Puerto Rico Universe representing Salinas in October 2004, Olavarría represented her country at Miss Universe 2005, becoming the first Puerto Rican to finish as 1st Runner-Up. She built an extensive television hosting career, serving as the official runway coach on Univision's Nuestra Belleza Latina from 2007 to 2010. She hosted or co-hosted programs including Decisiones Puerto Rico, Acceso Maximo, Camino a la Corona, coverage of the Festival Viña Del Mar for A&E Network, and the daily show Primetime on ABC Puerto Rico in 2019.

Olavarría made her television acting debut in the 2005 mini-series Cuando el Universo Conspira and starred in Mi Adorada Malena in 2007. After signing an exclusive contract with Telemundo Studios, she appeared in telenovelas including Alguien Te Mira, Mi Corazón Insiste... en Lola Volcán, El Rostro De la Venganza, and Tierra De Reyes. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award at Premios Tu Mundo in 2013 for El Rostro De la Venganza and the Best Villain Award in 2015 for Tierra De Reyes.

Her screen work includes the 2016 films Loki 7 and Juan Apóstol, El Más Amado, along with the Telemundo production La Mujer De Mi Vida filmed in 2021–2022. Following a snake bite during a 2018 photo shoot in Miami, Olavarría continues to work as a social media manager, pageant consultant, runway coach, and fashion influencer through her online platform, Proyecto Missma.