Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos (born 16 January 1938 in

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) better known as Betty Missiego () is a Peruvian singer, who has held dual

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since 1972 and lives in Spain. In her native Peru, Betty began her career as a dancer, but she was forced to abandon professional dancing due to an injury. She continued pursuing a career in show business and was a host for a television program that brought her great popularity in her native country. In 1969, she moved to Spain to pursue a singing career, where she received Spanish citizenship in 1972. She currently holds dual citizenship in both Spain and Peru. In 1972, she represented

in the

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Festival OTI de la Canción, held in the Auditorio del Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Madrid (Spain) on 25 November, with the song "Recuerdos de un adiós". She represented

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at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1979 The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by th ...

held in

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with the song "

Su canción "Su canción" (; "") is a song recorded by Peruvian-Spanish singer Betty Missiego, written by Fernando Moreno. It is best known as the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem. The song was internally chosen by the Spanish br ...

". Betty was accompanied by four children (Javier Glaria, Alexis Carmona, Beatriz Carmona, and Rosalía Rodríguez) who sang 157 LAs in the song, a Eurovision record.Info on children from Diggiloo Thrush
!-- Info page which does not contain song lyrics should be able to pass as a sound source --> At the end of the song, each children unfurled a small banner, with "thanks" inscribed on each in English, Spanish, Hebrew and French, respectively. Betty ended up in 2nd place with 116 points, behind Israel's Milk and Honey with the song "Hallelujah". She also participated in the World Popular Festival in Tokyo and the Music Olympics in Paris. In 1980 she submitted another song, " Don José" to the Spanish selection committee for Eurovision but it did not make it to the finals in

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. Betty's son Joaquín Missiego (known by his mononym "Missiego"), became a successful singer.

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1938 births Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Spain Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1979 Living people 20th-century Peruvian women singers Singers from Lima Spanish women singers Peruvian emigrants to Spain {{Spain-singer-stub