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Former Miss Puerto Rico Yonkers Raising Money Following Hurricane
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Layla Vazquez wants to help her fellow Puerto Ricans.
Vazquez, who was named Miss Puerto Rico Yonkers in 2010 when she was 16 has launched a GoFundMe page to raise money to purchase supplies for the people of Guyama, where her family lives.
As of Friday afternoon, $1375 has been raised by 34 people over eight days. Since the hurricane, Vazquez, a masters student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has been unable to contact her family.
"This is a human necessity, this is human survival," Vazquez said.
Since the hurricane, Vazquez has been shopping for supp…