María Antonieta Collins Flores (born 12 May 1952) is a Mexican journalist, television host and author. She is the winner of four

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s and the Edward Murrow Award.

Biography

Collins became known to viewers in her native Mexico as a reporter of ''"Televisa 24 horas"'' (1974), Noticiero con

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. In 1979 Collins was sent by

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as their first correspondent in

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where she began as a general assignment journalist also covering baseball in the Major Leagues with the

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and the

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, job she did until 1986. Later that year, Collins was transferred to Spanish International Network (SIN) the network later named Univision. In eighteen years in

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Network, Collins was well known for her job as a Mexico Correspondent,

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Correspondent, and International Correspondent. After Univision, Collins went to Telemundo where she hosted the morning show ''"Cada Dia".'' In 1993, she was appointed as the successor of

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as the weekend anchor of Noticiero Univision, covering Jorge Ramos and

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while they were out. In 1999, Collins convinced her friend

Juanita Castro Juana de la Caridad "Juanita" Castro Ruz ( , ; 6 May 1933 – 4 December 2023) was a Cuban-American activist and writer, as well as the sister of Fidel and Raúl, both former presidents of Cuba, and Ramón, a key figure of the Cuban Revolut ...

, the younger sister of Fidel and

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, to co-write and publish Juanita's autobiography in Spanish edition: ''My brothers Fidel and Raúl, the secret story''. The book was finally published in October 2009. In 2000, was named Senior Correspondent for the news magazine "Aqui y Ahora" position that with Noticiero Univision fin de semana hold it until she left the network in August 2005. Her 2003 book, ''Cuando el monstruo despierta'', spoke about

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. Writing this book was an emotional experience for Collins, as she revealed that her own daughter, Antonietta Collins, had been a victim of domestic violence by a former boyfriend. In an article in

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(March 2008), Collins announced that she would be leaving Telemundo when her contract expired in August 2008 and that she wished to return to anchoring news. She also writes a weekly editorial column fo
"El Sol de Mexico"
network and its sixty newspapers in Mexico.

Personal life

Collins and

are both animal rights activists. She studies and plays (classical) piano. Collins underwent plastic surgery in 2004 and has spoken extensively about it.

Selected publications

* ''Dietas y Recetas de María Antonieta'' (Grijalbo/Random House 2001) * ''¿Quién dijo que no se puede?'' (Grijalbo/Random House 2002) * ''Cuando el monstruo despierta'' (Grijalbo/Random House 2003) * ''En el nombre de comprar, firmar...y no llorar'' (Rayo/HarperCollins 2004) * ''Cómo lidiar con los ex hombres, mujeres, y fantasmas del pasado'' (Rayo/HarperCollins 2006) * ''"Dijiste que me querías" : cómo sobrellevar lo impensable'' (Rayo/HarperCollins 2007) * ''Porque quiero, porque puedo y porque me da la gana'' (Rayo 2009) * ''¿Muerta?... ¡Pero de la risa!'' (Vintage Español 2014)

References

External links

Official website

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Harper-Collins
{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Maria Antonieta 1952 births Living people Mexican television news anchors People from Coatzacoalcos Mexican expatriates in the United States Writers from Veracruz Mexican women television journalists