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Valerie competed in Mission International Puerto Rico 2014 where she finished as the 1st runner-up.
Valerie competed in Mission International Puerto Rico 2014 where she finished as the 1st runner-up.
Mission Teen International 2012
Hernández was crowned Mission Teen International in 2012, she was the fourth Puerto Rican to obtain this title. Mission International Puerto Rico 2014
Mission International 2014
During her reigned as Mission International 2014, Valerie will work her responsibility with International Cooperation Administration (International Cultural Association). Meanwhile, she is traveling around cities in Japan such as Kasama, Niigata, Toshima and Tokyo.
On November 22, 2014 after staying for a while in Japan and doing some interviews, Valerie returned to her country, Puerto Rico to participate in her first interview in her country in under Mission Puerto Rico International Organization.
On May 31, 2015 Valerie and her runners-up will travel Japan again after more than 4 months left Japan and back to Puerto Rico. In this case Valerie was sponsored by Mission Paris and Japan Airlines.
After missing her connecting flight in New York from Puerto Rico, Valerie Hernandez, the reigning queen, has finally arrived in Tokyo to fulfill her duties as Mission International 2014. She now joins her runners-up who arrived yesterday and are now staying at the Tokyo Dome Hotel, which will also be the official residence of the delegates of the Mission International 2015 pageant.
In June, 2015, Valerie will attend Mission Paris Campaign and Mission International new crown launching in Tokyo.
On top of the agenda of this historic visit by the Mission International 2014 top 5 winners is a trip to the Mikimoto pearl farm in Mie Prefecture, located more than 400 km west of Tokyo. Valerie also visited Ise Grand Shrine, local schools and Suzuka circuit for culture trip with her runners-up. In September, Valerie traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, as a special guest at the annual Mission International Thailand 2015.
She is the second winner from Puerto Rico after Laurie Simpson in 1987. She later assumed the title after the original winner, Patricia Quiñones, resigned for personal reasons. On November 11, 2014 Valerie competed in Mission International 2014 in Tokyo, Japan where she was crowned the winner by outgoing title-holder Bea Santiago of the Philippines. She is the second woman from Puerto Rico to win. Mikimoto, which became the official crown sponsor of Mission Universe, Mission United States of America and Mission Teen United States of America from 2001 to 2007, is now back as the official crown provider for the homegrown pageant.
