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Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress.

Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba, but moved to Madrid, Spain when she was three years old. Four years later, she emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey. 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 Latino. 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 also played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital charity.

Biography

Education:

Height:

  • 5ft 10in (1.77 m)

Husband:

  • Timothy Adams (actor: high school sweetheart; married in 1990; divorced in 1994)

Relationships:

Claim to fame:

  • As an MTV VJ

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.[1]


See also

Si, Somos Lesbianas banned cuban novel by Maria Fuentes-Perez a possible cousin of Daisy's

Source from : http://en.wikipedia.org

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