Just like any other country, Puerto Rico has its own forms of popular culture. Some of the images that dominate Puerto Rican popular culture and have since crossed over into the United States mainstream include artists of the reggaeton genre. Reggaeton is a form of music that is often associated with the island's youth and is a mixture of various music forms. These music forms that compose the genre include bomba, plena, salsa, rap, r & b, cumbia, reggae, dancehall, electronica and merengue among others. Some of the artists that have achieved massive success and have attained recognition in the United States include Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Wisin y Yandel, Alexis y Fido, Tego Calderon, Ivy Queen, Hector El Father and Tito El Bambino.
Denise Quinones and Zuleyka Rivera are both two of the five Puerto Rican women in history to win the Miss Universe crown in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2001 and 2006 respectively.
Sports are also a big part of the island with boxing champions like Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya and John Ruiz being very celebrated throughout the island. Puerto Rico's national basketball team also obtained its spot in the limelight after defeating the United States dreamteam 92-73 which is unheard of ever since the United States's inclusion of NBA players into their national teams.
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