María Victoria Zangaro Grosso (born July 31, 1969) is an

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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, television personality and television host.

Career

She was crowned

Miss Uruguay Miss Uruguay is a national beauty pageant in Uruguay that selects Uruguay representatives to compete in three of the big four major international beauty pageants: the Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Earth competitions. History Began in 1952 ...

1987 and represented her country at the

Miss Universe 1987 Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 27 May 1987 at the World Trade Centre in Singapore. Bárbara Palacios of Venezuela crowned her successor Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 68 contestants competed in the pageant. Results ...

pageant. She has worked in Chile, New York and Paris, with the help of the Elite agency. She hosted until 2015 on the VTV channel the program "Día a Día", a daily magazine show with Marcelo Galli. Since July 2015 she hosts ''

Desayunos Informales ''Desayunos informales'' (Spanish: ''Informal breakfasts'') is an Uruguayan morning television show that is broadcast on Teledoce. It debuted on July 13, 2015 and is presented by Ignacio Martirené, Victoria Zangaro and Jorge Echagüe. ''Desay ...

'' on

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, a daily morning television show.

Personal life

Between 1996 and 2011, she was married to Daniel Javier. On Sunday, April 22, 2012, she married Martín Sarthou, a journalist with a career in international politics.

References

Living people 1970 births

External links

* * Uruguayan beauty pageant winners Uruguayan television presenters Miss Universe 1987 contestants Uruguayan female models Uruguayan women television presenters People from Montevideo {{Uruguay-tv-bio-stub