Daisy Fuentes

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Nationality: Cuban
Birthdate: 11/17/1966
Birthplace: Cuba

biography

Daisy Fuentes made TV history in the late 1980s as the first person to do double duty as a veejay on both MTV and its Spanish-language sister network MTV Latino. The tall, attractive TV personality was born in Cuba and spent part of her formative years in Spain before her family arrived in the USA and settled in New Jersey in the early 1970s. A neighbor employed in fashion asked a 16-year-old Fuentes to serve as a substitute for a sick model at a photo shoot, launching a career as a print model. While still a college student and not yet out of teens, she landed a gig as a weather girl at Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2008-2008
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Guest Judge
2008
Guest Judge
2008
Clara
1996

milestones

Year
Milestone
1969 
At age three, moved with family from Havana, Cuba to Spain
1973 
Family immigrated to USA; settled in New Jersey (date approximate)
1982 
At age 16, began modeling when a neighbor asked if she would fill in for a sick model at a fashion show
1986 
While still an undergraduate worked as a weathergirl at NYC's Spanish-language station WXTV Channel 41
 
Became the weathergirl at Telemundo's NYC affiliate WNJU Channel 47
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