Background
Perkins, the oldest of three siblings, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Oswald Evan Perkins from San Juan and Ada Flores Sanchez.
Perkins, the oldest of three siblings, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Oswald Evan Perkins from San Juan and Ada Flores Sanchez.
She graduated from high school in 1977 and enrolled at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart University) where she was studying journalism.
In 1980, Puerto Rico was moved by the media news coverage of her death which resulted from the injuries sustained in an automobile accident in San Juan. She received her primary and secondary education at Saint John"s School in the Condado area and later at the Academia Delegate Perpetuo Socorro (Academy of the Perpetual Help) in Miramar. Perkins was a model who participated in television commercials for various companies, among them: "Chicklets Adams", "Texaco", "Salem cigarette" and for the "INDULAC" (Dairy Producers Industry of Puerto Rico).
In 1978, she represented Puerto Rico in the Mission Teen International beauty pageant held in Oranjestad, Aruba.
Perkins came in 3rd place. Mission Puerto Rico is the official national preliminary to the Mission Universe international pageant.
Each year the event is held to select the representative from the island to the contest. In the inbox above, Perkins is pictured with the Mission Puerto Rico sash and crown which she was entitled to wear during her reign.
She then traveled to Acapulco, Mexico where she represented Puerto Rico in the first Mission Universe pageant hosted by that country.
In 1979, Perkins crowned her successor to the title, Audrey Teresa López (Mission Mayaguez) in an event which included the presence of actor Erik Estrada. In 1980, she and her boyfriend, Luis A. Ballester were involved in an automobile accident which occurred while they were heading towards her home in Punta las Marias, San Juan. She died in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a result of the injuries sustained.