daisy fuentes American model and television personality

Daisy Fuentes born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba is a Cuban-American model and television personality. Daisy Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (Signed to MTV US and MTV Latin America simultaneously), and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Philanthropy
* 4 Personal life
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Fuentes was born in Havana, Cuba. When Fuentes was three years old, her family fled the island due to political turmoil and moved to Madrid, Spain. Fuentes learned to speak English while watching I Love Lucy episodes. Soon thereafter, she moved with her family to Harrison, New Jersey, where she attended Harrison High School, was voted Homecoming Queen, and graduated class of '84. Fuentes started modeling during her senior year in high school. While studying communications at Bergen Community College, she was hired as the weather-girl for WNJU-TV, the Telemundo New York affiliate station. Shortly after, she moved on to New York's Univision affiliate where she became the weather anchor and reporter for the evening news.
Career
Daisy Fuentes was first hired in 1988 as the host of "MTV Internacional", a one-hour Spanish-language music show aired in Latin America and the USA. Later, Fuentes moved to MTV, where she achieved name recognition as one of that network's more popular hosts and soon was courted by companies to be a spokesmodel She later landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes appeared 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 from 1998 to 1999. 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 guest-starred in the TV series Queen of Swords episode "Running Wild" 2000. In 2000 she also stared as Kenzie Pearson in Shutterspeed, a made-for TV movie also staring professional wrestler Sting (Steve Borden.)
Daisy Fuentes has appeared on many magazine covers and has starred in nationally televised ads for Revlon, Pantene, American Express, M&Ms and others. She was the first Mind, Body, Spirit Superstar, which was created to generate awareness of top women's health causes and work to promote change. In 2005, Fuentes appeared on the three page cover of People en Español's "50 most beautiful" women. Fuentes has hosted numerous TV shows and specials.
In 2004, Fuentes successfully launched the first clothing line bearing her name.
On August 4, 2009, the video game Daisy Fuentes Pilates was released for the Wii.
Daisy will launch her sixth fragrance since 2006 set for February 2011 through Kohl’s Stores. The Daisy Fuentes Mysterio eau de parfum (1.7 oz) will retail for $39.50 and is expected to be a woody floral. Daisy Fuentes' new fragrance Mysterio will join her five other fragrance on store shelves at Kohl’s Stores along with her hair care line, jewelry line, home collection, accessories collection and clothing line.
Philanthropy
In addition to her work as an actress and model, Fuentes has become actively involved in charity, helping raise money for breast cancer research and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Daisy Fuentes speaks often in support of charities including the March of Dimes and Starlight Children’s Foundation. Fuentes has been the celebrity chairman for the annual St. Jude Angeles & Stars gala in Miami since its debut in Miami more than 7 years ago, raising millions of dollars for this organization. In 2007, Fuentes worked for Girls On the Run, a non-profit prevention program that encouraged preteen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running.
Fuentes has also worked with many breast cancer awareness causes such as the Revlon / UCLA Women’s Breast Cancer Research program. She 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.
Personal life
Fuentes still considers Secaucus, New Jersey, as her home, even though her parents left New Jersey for Miami.Her youngest brother Alejandro is currently a student at George Mason University.
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