Dulce Maria - Latin Beauties

Over at Hub Pages I have a Hub called The Top 18 Latin Beauties.
I recently redid the Top 18 list and was pretty surprised to see the gorgeous Dulce Maria jump all the way up from 18 last time to the number 1 spot.
Well okay, maybe not amazed.
I mean look at her.
I'd put her up against any of the current Hollywood beauties easily.
Though I do prefer the red hair to the brunette.



Dulce is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter that has appeared in over 24 telenovelas and TV shows since her debut in 1993 at the age of eight.
Of course one of her big claims to fame was appearing in Rebelde as Roberta Pardo Rey.
She also has a music career and recently released two albums, Extranjera Primera Parte (November 9, 2010) and Extranjera Segunda Parte (Jun 14, 2011).

Penelope Menchaca

Mexican television host and actress Penelope Menchaca was born on September 6th 1968 in Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Being the daughter of the director of The National Mexican Ballet Folklorica (Dolores Menchaca), Penelope naturally started out as a ballerina.
She then went on to join the singing group "Las Nenas" at the age of nineteen, where she was their lead singer for over ten years.
In 1999, Penelope and her two daughters moved to Los Angeles in 1999, and she became the host of Los Angeles en Vivo on KRCA Channel 62.
In 2004 she moved on to the TV show 12 Corazones (12 Hearts) a Spanish-language dating game TV show that's produced in the United States and airs on Telemundo .
In August 2009, 12 Corazones: Rumbo al Altar, a spin off of 12 Corazone started, with Penelope as the host. This show has six couples competing to win the grand prize of a dream wedding.
She has appeared on eighteen different TV shows and series since 1998.
In 2010, Penelope became an author when she released the book "El Arte Del Cuchiplancheo" ("The Art of the Horizontal Dance").
In August of 2011 Penelope was picked to be the host of "Minute To Win It" on Televisa.

You can keep up with Penelope on MySpace here:
http://www.myspace.com/penelopemenchaca

Jacqueline Bracamontes Got Married!

On September 10th, 2011, former Nuestra Belleza (Our Beauty Mexico), actress and model Jacqueline Bracamontes and Mexican business man Martin Fuentes got married in a civil ceremony.
The two will be married in a religious ceremony in her native Guadalajara, Jalisco, on October 1st, 2011.

Jacqueline is the star of TV shows, telenovelas and movies like Rubí (as Maribel de la Fuente), Teletón (as a Hostess), La Fea Más Bella (that later became our "Ugly Betty"), Sortilegio (in dual roles as Maria Jose Samaniego and Sandra Miranda Betancourt) and many others.

She has been romanically linked to Fernando Schoenwald and Cuban actor William Levy in the past.

You can find more out about the lovely Jacqueline here.

Brazilian Model Jeisa Chiminazzo

Brazilian model Jeísa Chiminazzo was born on April 12th, 1985 in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Although she was born in Brazil, her parents are of Italian and German descent.
Jeísa was discovered at the age of thirteen by a Brazilian actor who refered her to a modeling agency.
She spent one year doing local modeling jobs, then her career took off when she signed with IMG Models in New York and began appearing in the Italian editions of fashion magazines like Elle and Marie Claire.
This five foot nine and a half inch tall beauty is probably most famous here in the US for being featured in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and doing runway walks at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Thought not yet in the same catagory as some of the more famous Brazilian supermodels (like Adriana Lima, Gisele Bündchen or Alessandra Ambrosio), Jeisa is considered one of the top runway models of today.

Here's a video of Jeisa's photo shot for the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in Nicaragua...



You can see more of Jeisa and other beautiful Latin models here