Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966) is an American television host,
model, actress and comedian of Cuban and Spanish origin. Fuentes broke
barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (signed to MTV and MTV Latin America
simultaneously) and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed
to a worldwide contract.Fuentes was born in Havana, Cuba, to a Cuban
father and Spanish mother. In 1969, when Fuentes was three years old,
her family fled the island to escape Fidel Castro's regime and moved
to Madrid, Spain. Fuentes learned to speak English while watching I
Love Lucy episodes. Four years later, she moved with her family to
Harrison, New Jersey, where she attended Harrison High School, was
voted homecoming queen and "best looking", and graduated in 1984.
Fuentes started modeling during her senior year in high school. An
aspiring hairstylist, she enrolled in cosmetology school with dreams
of opening her own salon. Later, she enrolled at Bergen Community
College where she majored in Communications.While still a college
student, Fuentes was hired to present the weather at the 6p and 11p
newscasts at WNJU-TV 47, the local affiliate of Spanish-language TV
network, Telemundo. Shortly after, Fuentes took a position with New
York's Univision affiliate WXTV-TV 41 where in addition to being the
weather anchor, she reported for the evening news.In 1988, in addition
to her weather duties, Fuentes hosted MTV Internacional, a one-hour
Spanish language music show that aired in Latin America and the U.S.
on Telemundo Network which made her well known in the Spanish-language
TV market in the U.S. and Latin America. Fuentes joined MTV in 1993,
becoming the first Latina VJ in the U.S., while also hosting shows for
MTV Latin America. While at MTV Fuentes was also a host of the fashion
and modeling series, House of Style, among other correspondent gigs.
With MTV 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
co-host of America's Funniest Home Videos, along with John Fugelsang,
from 1998 to 1999. She hosted the ALMA Award, 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" in 2000. Also in 2000, she starred opposite Steve Borden
(professional wrestler 'Sting') in the made-for-TV movie Shutterspeed.
model, actress and comedian of Cuban and Spanish origin. Fuentes broke
barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (signed to MTV and MTV Latin America
simultaneously) and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed
to a worldwide contract.Fuentes was born in Havana, Cuba, to a Cuban
father and Spanish mother. In 1969, when Fuentes was three years old,
her family fled the island to escape Fidel Castro's regime and moved
to Madrid, Spain. Fuentes learned to speak English while watching I
Love Lucy episodes. Four years later, she moved with her family to
Harrison, New Jersey, where she attended Harrison High School, was
voted homecoming queen and "best looking", and graduated in 1984.
Fuentes started modeling during her senior year in high school. An
aspiring hairstylist, she enrolled in cosmetology school with dreams
of opening her own salon. Later, she enrolled at Bergen Community
College where she majored in Communications.While still a college
student, Fuentes was hired to present the weather at the 6p and 11p
newscasts at WNJU-TV 47, the local affiliate of Spanish-language TV
network, Telemundo. Shortly after, Fuentes took a position with New
York's Univision affiliate WXTV-TV 41 where in addition to being the
weather anchor, she reported for the evening news.In 1988, in addition
to her weather duties, Fuentes hosted MTV Internacional, a one-hour
Spanish language music show that aired in Latin America and the U.S.
on Telemundo Network which made her well known in the Spanish-language
TV market in the U.S. and Latin America. Fuentes joined MTV in 1993,
becoming the first Latina VJ in the U.S., while also hosting shows for
MTV Latin America. While at MTV Fuentes was also a host of the fashion
and modeling series, House of Style, among other correspondent gigs.
With MTV 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
co-host of America's Funniest Home Videos, along with John Fugelsang,
from 1998 to 1999. She hosted the ALMA Award, 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" in 2000. Also in 2000, she starred opposite Steve Borden
(professional wrestler 'Sting') in the made-for-TV movie Shutterspeed.
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