Model Marie Darline Exumé was born 35 years ago in Jacmel

Thirty-five years ago, on 2 November 1991, Marie Darline Exumé was born in Jacmel. She went on to represent Haiti in several international pageants as a model.

Between Jacmel and Port-au-Prince

The youngest in her family, she spent part of her teenage years in Port-au-Prince. In 2011, she enrolled at Quisqueya University to study medicine, then did her internship at Justinien University Hospital in Cap-Haïtien.

Pageants on several continents

In 2010, she was first runner-up at the Miss Adriana pageant in Jacmel. The following year, she finished as second runner-up at Miss Haïti Univers. In Jamaica, she then took third runner-up at Miss Global International, as well as the prize for best smile. In 2014, she was first runner-up at Miss Progress International in Italy, and was among the ten finalists at Miss United Continent in Ecuador, the only Black contestant among forty countries. She ended her pageant career in 2015, after Miss Grand International in Thailand.

Social commitment

Also in 2015, she founded the We Care Foundation with fellow university students. It helps vulnerable children and older people.