Cristina Maria Saralegui (born January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born
American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show
host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, El show de Cristina
[es].Cristina Maria Saralegui was born in Miramar, Havana, Cuba, to
Francisco Rene Saralegui, Jr. and Cristina Santamarina. She is the
eldest of five, she had two sisters Vicky and MarÃa Eugenia, as well
as two brothers, Patxi and Iñaki. Saralegui is of Spanish descent
with all four grandparents having origins in the Basque Country. Her
paternal grandfather Francisco Saralegui was from Lizarza and
grandmother Amalita, an Asturian from Gijon.In 1960, following the
Cuban Revolution, Saralegui and her family fled to Miami, Florida,
United States, and settled on Key Biscayne.After graduating from the
Academy of the Assumption in 1966, Saralegui enrolled at the
University of Miami. In 1973, she began an internship at the magazine
Vanidades. This allowed her to improve her written Spanish to the
level of her spoken language. By 1979, Saralegui was editor of the
Spanish version of Cosmopolitan magazine. She continued in this role
through most of the 1980s.
American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show
host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, El show de Cristina
[es].Cristina Maria Saralegui was born in Miramar, Havana, Cuba, to
Francisco Rene Saralegui, Jr. and Cristina Santamarina. She is the
eldest of five, she had two sisters Vicky and MarÃa Eugenia, as well
as two brothers, Patxi and Iñaki. Saralegui is of Spanish descent
with all four grandparents having origins in the Basque Country. Her
paternal grandfather Francisco Saralegui was from Lizarza and
grandmother Amalita, an Asturian from Gijon.In 1960, following the
Cuban Revolution, Saralegui and her family fled to Miami, Florida,
United States, and settled on Key Biscayne.After graduating from the
Academy of the Assumption in 1966, Saralegui enrolled at the
University of Miami. In 1973, she began an internship at the magazine
Vanidades. This allowed her to improve her written Spanish to the
level of her spoken language. By 1979, Saralegui was editor of the
Spanish version of Cosmopolitan magazine. She continued in this role
through most of the 1980s.
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