Miss Grand Orlando 2025, BF Killed in Venezuela Earthquakes
Their families launched a GoFundMe campaign after the couple was found dead under rubble, with search and recovery costs rising sharply.
- On Monday, June 29, 2026, rescuers found Miss Grand Orlando 2025 Skarlent Rodriguez and her boyfriend Jose Castro dead beneath their collapsed apartment in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, five days after twin earthquakes devastated the region.
- Twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck northern Venezuela on June 24, collapsing the couple's apartment building and leaving some 2,300 confirmed dead and nearly 50,000 unaccounted for across the country.
- Families confirmed the discovery after a five-day search, stating, "Sadly, they were both found dead... side by side, together until the very end." Relatives established a GoFundMe campaign to cover funeral and repatriation expenses.
- The Miss Grand International organization released a statement Wednesday, July 1, expressing "profound sorrow" over Rodriguez's passing. Miss Grand Florida honored her as a "treasured part of our Grand family."
- Although her life ended prematurely, Rodriguez leaves a legacy extending beyond pageant achievements; friends and competitors remember the 23-year-old Venezuelan-born model for her kindness, ambition, and positive spirit.
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Miss Grand Orlando 2025, BF killed in Venezuela earthquakes
Venezuelan beauty queen Skarlent Rodriguez and her boyfriend Jose Castro were among those whose bodies were found under the debris of their collapsed apartment in Venezuela, following the twin earthquakes that hit the country last June 24. The Florida-based Rodriguez, who won the Miss Grand Orlando 2025 pageant, and her boyfriend Jose Castro were staying in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state when the tremblors struck, were some 2,300 were confirmed d…
The family confirmed the sad news and reported that they were found side by side; they had started a collection to pay for their search and rescue.
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