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| Birth Name(s) : Daisy Fuentes |
Date of Birth: November 17, 1966 |
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Dating
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Partner:
Luis Miguel |
| Profession:
Actor/Model/Public Figure |
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| Born in Havana and raised in Madrid, Daisy Fuentes was the first VJ to crossover and appear on both the Spanish language MTV and the original MTV. She got her start in 1986 and has gone from weather girl to MTV to Revlon model and is now pursuing her acting career. In addition to hosting numerous TV shows such as "America's Funniest Home Videos" she had a featured role in the film "Curdled" (1996). |
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Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. When Daisy was three years old, the Fuentes family moved to Madrid, Spain, and finally emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey four years later. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV took notice of the 19-year-old and snatched her up as host of MTV Internacional, which later became MTV en Español and later MTV Latin America. She began to develop acting credits and landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes had appearances on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show, and Cybill. From 1994 to 1995, she hosted her own talk show, Daisy, on CNBC. She was the host of America's Funniest Home Videos for three seasons. She hosted The ALMA Awards, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the 1998 World Music Awards, the 1999 Billboard Latin Awards, and the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageants. She has been a spokesmodel for Revlon, American Express, Pantene, M&M's, and Miller Lite. She was married once, but later divorced. She is currently engaged to ex-Bros member Matt Goss, who is the twin brother of well-known movie actor Luke Goss.
Fuentes played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital charity. She also has designed a clothing line bearing her name, sold exclusively by Kohl's Department Stores.
Education:
- Harrison High School, Harrison, New Jersey - high school diploma (Class of 1984)
- Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey - (majored in Communications)
Relationships:
- Luis Miguel (singer; met 1991; together from 1995 to 1998)
- Currently engaged to Matt Goss.
Breast cancer activist:
- Fuentes received an award at The Wellness Community West Los Angeles Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards dinner for her commitment to spreading breast cancer awareness, particularly in the Latino community. |
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| There has been so much tragic news lately, that I've noticed how we are starting to become numb to it. We don't even react, sometimes we just change. |
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