Odalys García (; born October 23, 1975) is a

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actress, model, singer and show host. García, born in

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, started by participating in dance demonstrations by the age of eight. At nine, she was admitted to the Alicia Alonso School of Ballet. When Odalys was 13, she arrived in

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, where she began a career in modeling. In 1991, she was cast to host ''Noche de Gigantes'' (''Night of the Giants'') by Univision, alongside Don Francisco. Garcia and Don Francisco became friends during the two years she was in the show, and she started to become famous to

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audiences with her voluptuous figure. Soon, she was chosen to host ''De Pelicula'', a Saturday afternoon movies show. But her biggest break came in 1993, when she was chosen to participate in '' Lente Loco'' (''Crazy Lens''), as Pupu Pirú, a show that was like a Spanish version of ''

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''. ''Lente Loco'' became a big hit among Univision's target audiences, and Odalys' fame went off the roof. Within years, she was producing calendars, being the object of romance rumors by many magazines, and becoming the spokeswoman of

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's ''Club Musica Latina''. She also had the opportunity to act in a Spanish soap opera, named ''Morelia'', and she was disc jockey at a morning

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show at

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's station,

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. She is also a spokeswoman for

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. Odalys García is also an executive producer and singer. Her calendars have sold well over the years, her 2001 version selling 200,000 copies, and she also produces a video to accompany her calendars.

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