On September 18, 2001, Vázquez posed in a swimsuit for "El Bombón de Así", a popular centerfold of newspaper Primera Hora.
During the interview, Fonseca accused Vázquez of using the slogan of a non-profit foundation for her political agenda, and called her a "bad example to the women of Puerto Rico, for previously being a pole dancer.
[8][9] Puerto Rico's Comptroller Yesmín Valdivieso confirmed she had submitted a complaint to the Senate of Puerto Rico about allegations of Vázquez receiving diet allowance as if she lived in Isabela, when she is currently living in the Condado neighborhood of San Juan, which would make her ineligible to receive such allowance.
[13] On 15 July 2020, after having dealt with 545 cases, it as announced that the show would move to WOLE-DT (Univisión Puerto Rico) and would be broadcast on the 1:30 p.m. time slot.
[15] The letter contained a quotation from Tom Holland's popular history book Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic.
[17] After the effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, Vázquez Nieves was scheduled to meet with general assistant of the National Guard, José Reyes and make both a radio telemarathon on the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation.
"[21] Amid rumours that Wanda Vázquez would transfer control of the Juan A. Rivero Zoo from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to the Municipality of Mayagüez, under José Guillermo Rodríguez, Vázquez Nieves clarified that there was a commitment that by the end of March 2020 the governor would visit the zoo.
[24] In the aftermath of the Puerto Rico earthquakes a report as part of an investigation accused Vázquez of withholding aid to displaced people and using it as a political tool.
On 11 October 2019, she was declared by Mayagüez mayor, José Guillermo Rodríguez as a "Favorite Daughter of the City" in a ceremony for such purpose held at the Teatro Yagüez.
[31] In mid 2020, a Twitter thread went viral comparing Vázquez Nieves' dress sense to that of Peruvian singer La Tigresa del Oriente.
[32][33] During some time before December 2016, Muller Maldonado proposed to Vázquez Nieves during a formal dinner at the La Concha's Perla Restaurant in Condado.
It was revealed two weeks before the ceremony that it would be held at the main plaza of downtown Mayagüez, with entertainment by Glenn Monroig and the toast would be made by then-governor-elect, Ricardo Rosselló.
[34] The menu, which had the initials of the couple on the letterhead and a large clear rhinestone underneath, listed roasted succulent pig shank, pigeons peas, "grandma's rice" and potato salad.
[35] She had always believed that her wedding would be a "village wedding" and had jointly decided with Muller Maldonado that it would be a "Christmas gift, and as a token of appreciation to the constituents" and that she would stay with the general public until at least 6:30 pm[36] The ceremony, which was officiated by Pastor Lydia Pagán, was held in a blue carpet gazebo in front of the Mayagüez City Hall, built especially for the occasion and decorated with white flowers, roses, hydrangeas, calla lilies and petunias, in front of 250 guests.
[39] Vázquez Nieves left the Howard Johnson hotel close by on a white horse drawn buggy to the ceremony, which was hosted by actor Edgardo Huertas.
[37] Throughout the whole event Vázquez Nieves had three wedding dresses, two of them with mantilla, from Radel's Novia in San Sebastián, and four different hairstyles by Pedro Machado.