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Mayra Veronica
Mayra or Mäyrä is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Mayra Andrade Mayra Andrade (born 13 February 1985) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Andrade was born in Havana, Cuba, to parents from Cape Verde, and she and her family returned to Cape Verde a few days after he ... (born 1985), Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Paris, France * Mayra Conde (born 1969), Guatemalan personal trainer and mixed martial artist * Mayra Flores (born 1986), American politician * Mayra Gómez Kemp (born 1948), movie star * Mayra García (born 1972), Mexican beach volleyball player * Mayra Gil (born 2003), Mexican basketball player * Mayra González (born 1968), Cuban rower * Mayra Huerta, (born 1970), Mexican beach volleyball player * Mayra Leiva (born 1996), Argentine basketball player * Mayra Matos (born 1988), Puerto Rican beauty pageant contestant * Mayra Mendoza (born 1983), Argentine politician who served as National Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Verónica
Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez (born August 20, 1980) is a Cuban singer, actress, model, and television public figure who became popular for her appearances on Spanish-language television.Mayra Veronica's Profile . singersroom.com Verónica's role in Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition. After appearing in FHM, she went on to do additional magazine work. She has taken part in many Spanish-language television shows, as well as appearing in music videos and television commercials. In 2012, Verónica signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Andrade
Mayra Andrade (born 13 February 1985) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Andrade was born in Havana, Cuba, to parents from Cape Verde, and she and her family returned to Cape Verde a few days after her birth. Andrade spent the first years of her life in Cape Verde, but because her father was a diplomat for the Cape Verdean government, she traveled extensively with her family and lived in many countries during her childhood. Hence, during her childhood, she lived in Senegal, Angola, and Germany. However, she spent around two months of the year in the Cape Verdean island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Andrade moved to Paris in 2002 when she was 17 years old and lived there until late 2015 when she moved to Lisbon, Portugal. She is multilingual, but most of the lyrics of the songs on her albums are in her native Cape Verdean Creole, Cape Verdean Crioulo language. The first song she remembers singing is "Leãozinho, O Leãozinho" by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Conde
Mayra Lissette Conde (born January 28, 1969) is a professional Personal Trainer and mixed martial artist, who has also competed in bodybuilding, kickboxing and brazilian jiu-jitsu. Biography Conde hails from Guatemala City, where she grew up on her grandparents' farm. She has spoken fondly of her time there in interviews, as well as citing her grandfather as "my source of strength". However, at the age of nine when her younger brother was born, Conde moved with her parents to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hoping for a better education. Her early years as an immigrant were tough; "I was constantly picked on because I couldn't speak English and was very small". Conde succeeded academically and became bilingual, speaking both her native Spanish and adopted English. While still at school, Conde developed an interest in sports drinks and nutrition through her father, which led to her becoming a bodybuilder at the age of 16. Her muscular physique proved useful when she moved into constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Flores
Mayra Nohemi Flores (born January 1, 1986) is an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first female Mexican-born member of the House. Flores was born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico; her family moved to the United States when she was six years old before she gained citizenship at age 14. She graduated from San Benito High School and South Texas College. Before her congressional campaign, she worked as a respiratory therapist and as chair of Hispanic outreach for the Hidalgo County Republican Party. In June 2022, a special election in Texas's 34th congressional district was held after Democratic Representative Filemon Vela Jr. resigned. Flores won the election, defeating three other candidates. Flores lost her campaign for a full term in the November 2022 midterm elections to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in the district that was redrawn that year. She then ran in 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Gómez Kemp
Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez (14 February 1948 – 13 October 2024), better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp, was a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' from 1982 to 1988. She was the first woman in the world to host a TV quiz show. Life and career Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez Kemp Febles was born on 14 February 1948 in Havana, Cuba. She was the daughter of two famous Cuban artists, Ramiro Gómez Kemp and Velia Martínez. She had an older sister named Georgina, who is an accountant in Miami. On 1 February 1960, her family moved to Puerto Rico, later moving to Venezuela and finally settling in Miami. In 1966, as a college student she appeared in the William Grefé-directed "B"-movie ''The Death Curse of Tartu'', under the stage name Mayra Christine. In the 1970s, Mayra went to Spain to perform in the Spanish theatrical production of ''The Rocky Horror Show''. On stage, she worked alongside Argentine actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra García
Mayra Aide García Lopez (born May 16, 1972 in Tecate, Baja California) is a beach volleyball player from Mexico, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Hilda Gaxiola. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ... with her current partner Bibiana Candelas. References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Mazatlán Sportspeople from Sinaloa Mexican women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Gil
Mayra Gil Ramírez (born 13 December 2003) is a Mexican professional basketball player for the Freseras de Irapuato of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF). She has also represented the Mexico women's national team. Early life and amateur career Gil was born on 13 December 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, where she began playing basketball on the outside courts at the age of seven. Her younger sister, María, is also a basketball player. Gil was trained in the youth academy of local club Marineras de Puerto Vallarta, who she represented at the 2019 Copa Vallarta Internacional de Baloncesto. Following the 2022 professional season, Gil joined the Universidad Modelo women's basketball team, which was newly promoted to Division I of the . She played the first half of the , averaging 17.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in eight appearances, before returning to the professional ranks in early 2023. Gil recorded one double-double in college, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra González
Mayra González Borroto (born 11 July 1968 in Sancti Spíritus) is a female rower from Cuba. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2008) for her native country, and twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ... (2003 and 2007). References sports-reference 1968 births Living people Cuban female rowers Olympic rowers for Cuba Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2007 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban sportswomen 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Huerta
Mayra Yaratzeth Huerta Hernández (born September 14, 1970 in Morelia) is a retired beach volleyball player from Mexico who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering with Laura Almaral. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg .... References * External links * * 1970 births Living people Mexican women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Mexico Beach volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Morelia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Leiva
Mayra Agustina Leiva Roux (born 17 August 1996) is an Argentine basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player for Presidente Venceslau and the Argentina women's national basketball team. She defended Argentina at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiva, Mayra 1996 births Living people Argentine expatriate basketball people in Brazil Argentine women's basketball players Centers (basketball) Sportspeople from Mendoza, Argentina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Matos
Mayra Matos Pérez (born August 28, 1988 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who held the title of Miss Teen International 2006 and Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009. Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 Matos represented Cabo Rojo at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 pageant where she was crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe by outgoing titleholder Ingrid Rivera with the assistance of Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart and Miss Dominican Republic 2008 Marianne Cruz. She also won the award for "Most Beautiful Face". Miss Universe Preliminary rounds Matos wore a costume modeled after boxing gear during the national costume competition; the piece included a hooded robe, gloves and a championship belt bearing the Coat of arms of Puerto Rico. The outfit was known to the island's boxing tradition, which has produced more champions per capita than any other location in the world. Final show Matos represented Puerto Rico at Miss Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayra Mendoza
Mayra Soledad Mendoza (born 26 November 1983) is an Argentine politician who served as National Deputy from 2011 to 2019 and is currently '' intendenta'' (mayor) of Quilmes for the Frente de Todos. She is the first woman to hold the post in the city's history. Early life She was born in a radical family. In her teenage years she taught support classes in a community canteen in her town. She began to be part of La Cámpora group since its creation in 2006, becoming in 2011 the only woman on the national leadership table. Previously, in June 2008, she had been appointed as organizational secretary. She also participated in the founding of the Peronist Youth of Buenos Aires Province. In 2010 she opened a basic unit in her locality. Political career Her first job in politics was with Oscar Batallés, a Quilmes councilor. She later worked as an adviser to the radical senator José Eseverri. She then worked at the Hipódromo de Palermo and the Municipality of Zárate. She ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
