Vanessa Guzmán Niebla (born April 19, 1976, in

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, Mexico), is a Mexican actress and model. She was

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in 1995, and represented her country in the 1996

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pageant.

Biography

Vanessa Guzmán was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and at age 4 moved with her family to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1995, she competed for the title of ''Nuestra Belleza Chihuahua'' (Miss Chihuahua), title which she ended winning. After having won such title, she competed in Mexico's national

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; she was crowned Miss Mexico and went on to represent her country in

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. She made the top six in the pageant and placed 5th overall. Just a short time after having returned from competing for the title, she received several offers to star in a number of television programs. She accepted the offer to co-host ''Al Ritmo de la Noche'', alongside

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. In 1999 she received her first role as an actress in a

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; ''Tres Mujeres'' (1999), '' Carita de Ángel'' (2000), ''Siempre te Amaré'' (2000), ''Aventuras en el Tiempo'' and ''

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'' are a number of works the actress has participated in. Other works made by Guzmán include the ''radionovela'' ''La Herencia'', as well as appearing ''Mi Mujer se llama Mauricio'' and the film ''16 en la Lista''. The actress married, then divorced, actor Eduardo Rodriguez, with whom she had a son. In 2004, she participated in the production of Lucero Suárez titled ''Amar Otra Vez'', where she gave life to the character of ''Verónica''. Her latest appearance was in '' Alborada'' (2005). In 2006, she traveled to

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, where she began working on a telenovela named '' Amor Mío''. She returned to Argentina in 2007 to work on the second season of Amor Mío and married current husband Uberto Bondoni, with whom she had a boy in 2008. Vanessa recently appeared on the cover of the magazine ''

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''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guzman, Vanessa 1976 births Actresses from Mexico City Living people Mexican female models Mexican telenovela actresses Miss Universe 1996 contestants Nuestra Belleza México winners