Editing Deborah Carthy Deu (section)

==Early life==
Deborah Carthy Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]] district of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish and Spaniard-Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for [[ballet]] and modeling, Academia de Ballet y Modelaje Vicky Sanz, under the name of Vicky Sanz.<ref name=lex>[http://www.lexjuris.com/biografias/buscar/search2.asp?kw=C Lexjuris.com, Biographies.]</ref> Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started taking ballet lessons at her mother's school and was trained as a [[Classical ballet|classical ballerina]].<ref name=missu>{{Cite web |url=http://www.missuniverse.com/history/index.html |title=Miss Universe, History: Deborah Carthy Deu. |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-date=2008-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113204110/http://www.missuniverse.com/history/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She attended a Catholic elementary school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at Commonwealth High School. From age thirteen, she spent her summers in [[New York City]] taking dance classes. She later attended the [[University of Puerto Rico]] and pursued a major in drama. At thirteen, she also auditioned for [[National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico|Ballet Concierto]] and became part of the dance company and later a soloist.