India, Oct. 30 -- Mariana Vicente is a former beauty pageant queen, model and actress from Puerto Rico. She is now in the public eye as the wife of Kike Hernandez, star utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Her multifaceted career and personal life have recently drawn renewed attention amid the Dodgers' postseason push and her expanding family.

Mariana Paola Vicente Morales grew up as the eldest of four siblings in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

She began modelling at the age of four and thereafter entered the world of pageants. In 2010, she won the title of Miss Universe Puerto Rico, representing the island nation at the Miss Universe pageant, where she had placed among the Top 10.

Following her pageant success, Vicente transitioned in...