At age seven she won a beauty contest during the cosmopolitan city's annual "Beer Week", and has since been known as "La Reina", i.e. "The Queen".
Comunales made her professional debut on January 10, 2009 and quickly won her first 6 fights before losing in early 2010.
She won the WBA's female world lightweight championship in 2012 by defeating the Dominican Republic's Maribel Santana by first-round technical knockout when the Caribbean boxer had to retire due to injury on May 30, 2012 in Panama City, Panama.
She was welcomed by 22,000 fans, including Paysandu's mayor, upon returning with the world championship belt.
[1] She defended the belt twice including against Brazilian contender Simone Aparecida da Silva.