Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who has held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Universe 2006. Currently she's making her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate. Her name "Zuleyka" is from Arabic and means brilliant and lovely.