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Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Date of Birth: 21 August, 1991
Ethnicity: African-Haitian, Filipino
Raquel Pélissier is a Haitian model and beauty queen. She was placed first runner-up in Miss Universe 2016. She is fluent in French, Haitian Creole, English, and Spanish. She is 5′11″.
Raquel stated in an interview that her mother, Magaly Neïland Pélissier, is of Filipino descent. A picture of Raquel’s mother can be seen here .
Source: Interview about Raquel’s Filipino ethnicity – http://www.gmanetwork.com