History of the Jews in Puerto Rico Very few American Jews settled in Puerto Rico after it was ceded by Spain to the United States under the terms of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish–American War. The first large group of Jews to settle in Puerto Rico were refugees fleeing German–occupied Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. The second influx came in the 1950s, when thousands of Cuban Jews (most of Eastern-European descent) fled after Fidel Castro came to power. The majority immigrated to Miami, Florida, but a sizable portion chose to establish and integrate themselves on the neighboring island because of Puerto Rico's
Miss World Puerto Rico week, the organizers of Miss World Puerto Rico decided not to send the country's representative in this year's Miss World. No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship. The Miss World pageant began in 1951 and since then Puerto Rico has had 15 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 2 runners-up, 10 semi-finalists and 1 quarter-finalist. Miss World Puerto Rico Miss World Puerto Rico or "Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico" is a national Beauty pageant that selects Puerto Rico's representative to the Miss World pageant. Puerto Rico debuted in Miss World in 1959, then was