From
Weather Girl to MTV to Revlon Model to Actress, Daisy Fuentes is now a
household name with viewers around the world. Born in Havana and was
raised in Madrid until her parents emigrated to New Jersey, Fuentes is
fluent in both Spanish and English. Currently hosting her second season
of "America's Funniest Home Videos" on ABC, Fuentes is
passionate about backgammon, cooking and keeping quiet on her personal
life.
In 1986, while Daisy Fuentes studying communications and journalism at Bergen
Community College, Daisy began her television career as a news reporter
and anchor for the evening news on WXTV channel 41 at age 19,
Univision's New York affiliate. In January 1988, Daisy Fuentes assumed a
position with WNJU channel 47, Telemundo's New York affiliate, before
MTV spotted her to host "MTV Internacional." Fuentes was the
host of "MTV Internacional," MTV's weekly syndicated
Spanish-language video program, for the six years it aired. While at
MTV, Fuentes also held a recurring role one the ABC daytime drama,
"Loving". Her additional television credits include
appearances on "Dream On," "Cybill" and most
recently, "The Larry Sanders Show."
From 1994-95, while Daisy Fuentes was a member of CNBC's "Talk All-Stars," Daisy
shared the limelight with such famed television interviewers as Phil
Donahue, Dick Cavett and Geraldo Rivera as host of her own talk show.
Cindy Crawford, Harry Connick, Jr., Patti LaBelle and Jon Stewart were
among her eclectic guests. Recently, Daisy Fuentes
completed a featured role in the offbeat thriller, "Curdled";
finished production on an exercise video and was showcased in both a
1996 and 1997 16-month calendar layout with Landmark Calendars. Daisy
has appeared on multiple covers of the Spanish language version of
Cosmopolitan, Vandidades, and Harper's Bazaar. She has also had covers
for Eres, Shape, Fitness and Latina. Like Cindy Crawford, Claudia
Schiffer and Halle Berry, she holds a worldwide multi-year contract to
represent Revlon's cosmetic lines. Daisy also holds endorsements with
Pantene, M&Ms and American Express.
In 1997 and 98, Daisy Fuentes hosted "The ALMA Awards" with Jimmy
Smits and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '98" with her
"America's Funniest Home Videos" co-host, John Fugelsang. She
also co-hosted "The 1998 World Music Awards." She has hosted
Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, and the Miss Universe pageants. With all of Daisy Fuentes accomplishments and skills, Daisy still claims she
doesn't stress about her career. Being "Happy in the Heart" is
all that really matters according to her. But who keeps her heart happy?
Daisy won't say: she's been married once and romantically linked to Luis
Miguel, but when asked about them, she says a consistent, "No
Comment." However she is very close with her family and her dog
named Noodles
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