Mariasela won the Miss World 1982 pageant. Marisela studied Architecture at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and became the first woman from the country to win the title. She gained much popularity after her long career in Television, which included a successful eight-year run with her award-winning show Esta Noche Mariasela. She has contributed her bit to the society as the former Miss World founded Hogar Mariololy in 1993. She also founded the Casa Rosada of Santo Domingo. It is a home run by the Congregation of Las Hijas de la Caridad, for orphans and HIV children.