Yelitza speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian fluently

She lived in Hong Kong, London, Monte Carlo, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Caracas, Dhaka & New Delhi

She modeled for Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Sonia Rykiel, Sandra Rhodes & Missoni

She was photographed by Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, David Bailey, Avi Meroz, John Carter, Christa Peters and Elizabeth Novick for Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Brides, Harpers Bazaar, Interview & Good Housekeeping

She was one of the “Virginia Slims Girls” and featured in over 40 television commercials for Lux soap, Black Magic chocolates, Blue Stratos Cologne, Breck shampoo, Frito-Lay, Johnson & Johnson & others

She manufactured clothing for Benetton, Top Man, Kikomo, Bill Blass Sports and Jill Claiborne

She managed public relations for Régine’s in New York

Currently she is an artist under instruction from Janet Conlon Manyan at the Maine College of Art and a Docent at the Portland Museum of Art