Eagle Pass Beauty to host Telemundo TV Show
By: Ricardo E. Calderon
An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013
Eagle Pass native and beauty queen, Yarah Aiza Pena Mansour, has been selected by Telemundo to host its new television game show,”The Bus Stop Game” or “El Juego Parada del Bus” in Spanish, after a national talent search in the United States.
“The Bus Stop Game” television show will have both an English and a Spanish version where contestants are asked to answer trivia questions at bus stops. The show is created by Sean Kemet and is produced in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The Bus Stop Game” will air in English on the Bounce Channel starting in June of 2013 and in Spanish on Telemundo also in June. There is a possibility that the show may also be aired on Univision in the Fall of 2013.
The beautiful native Eagle Passan model is excited and thrilled to have been selected as the host of the new television game show. Yarah Aiza Pena Mansour currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina and is bilingual in English and Spanish. She is an international model for several international brand products such as Redken, Keratin Komplex, Keune, Lavish Lashes, and Dream Catcher’s Extensions. She is also an Axe Angel Model for the men’s hair grooming products company. She is currently represented by the elite Stone Model and Talent Agency in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Yarah Aiza Pena Mansour has won over 10 beauty pageant titles, including Ms. American Rose Charlotte Princess, Ms. American Rose North Carolina State Princess, Ms. Angelic Beauty of Charlotte, Ms. Angelic Beauty of North Carolina, America’s Ms. Angelic Beauty, and Miss Starshine Beauty of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mansour has also started acting to expand her career opportunities and has appeared in the Showtime series “Homeland,” the movie “The Hunger Games, and has acted on Telemundo’s show “Caso Cerrado.” She also does acting in many commercials for companies such as Cadillac, Toyota, Chevy, and McAlister’s Deli.
Yarah Aiza Pena Mansour is the daughter of Eagle Passan Leticia Pena Mansour and Mansour Fawzi Mansour and is the granddaughter of Ofelia Pena and Humberto Pena of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Her beauty derives from her rich cultural heritage as a Mexican-Palestinian American descent. She attended Our Lady of Refuge Catholic School in Eagle Pass. She went on to graduate with Cum Laude honors from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish, receiving certification in Business Spanish. She also attended Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. She started modeling school at Clark-Jimenez Modeling School in 1994 in Eagle Pass. She also worked as a Certified Lifeguard at the City of Eagle Pass Public Swimming Pool in 1998.
Yarah Aiza Pena Mansour’s goal is to become an international model and actress and after retiring from the entertainment industry she would like to return to Eagle Pass and make a difference in the community by one day becoming its mayor.
