Penélope Menchaca (born September 6, 1968) is a Mexican

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, singer, and actress.Penélope Menchaca Answers More Questions on mun2
Accessed on February 21, 2011. Penelope-menchaca

Biography

Menchaca was born in

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, Mexico. She is the daughter of Dolores Menchaca, director of The Mexican National Ballet Folklorico.Penélope Menchaca en Mass Tele Tarde
Accessed on February 21, 2011. Menchaca attended University La Salle in

where she majored in

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Accessed on February 21, 2011. At the age of 15, she joined the National Ballet of Mexico and traveled the world as a feature

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. She joined the singing group Las Nenas at the age of 19, and was their lead vocalist for nearly 15 years. When she was 19 years old, Menchaca married for 11 years until divorcing, they have two daughters together.Radio Trece 1290 AM El Mameluco Entrevista a Penélope Menchaca Parte 1
Accessed on February 21, 2011.

Career

In 1999, Las Nenas were traveling the United States where she got the attention of

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Channel 62 (Los Angeles TV) who was launching an afternoon show called "Los Angeles al día" and wanted Menchaca as the host. After a lot of convincing by Channel 62 she gave up the singing group and moved with her two daughters to live in Los Angeles and host the show '' Los Angeles en Vivo''. During the five years that she was host to the unscripted and live show she interviewed personalities such as

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, Lupillo and Jenni Rivera. Singer

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's first TV appearance was on her show and a regular guest. In 2004, Promofilm, a content supplier to Telemundo recruited Menchaca to host the show ''

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'' (''12 Hearts'') a dating game that combines

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with games. The show debuted December 2004 on

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local station Channel 22.Hot Webcam Action with: Penélope Menchaca Part 1 on mun2
Accessed on February 21, 2011.Penélope Menchaca en el Matutino Express
Accessed on February 21, 2011. In January 2006, the show was picked up by

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Mexico with 3 shows a day being aired. The show also began to be transmitted to

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and

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.Radio Trece 1290 AM El Mameluco Entrevista a Penélope Menchaca Parte 2
Accessed on February 21, 2011. Menchaca has also hosted other weekend specials, including '' Noche de Poker'', '' 100 Mexicanos Dijeron'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', '' El Grito'', to name a few. In August 2009, '' 12 Corazones: Rumbo al Altar'' began as a one-hour, weekend spin-off of Telemundo's weekday daytime game show "12 Corazones". Also hosted by Penelope Menchaca, the show features 12 engaged partners (6 couples) competing for weekly prizes to jump-start their lives together and a chance to win the grand prize of a dream wedding.Radio Trece 1290 AM Entrevista con Penélope Menchaca
Accessed on February 21, 2011. In August 2011 Televisa selected Menchaca to be the host of their version of ''Minute To Win It'', to air on Sundays April 2012. ''12 Corazones'' started its 8th season in March 2012. In 2018, Menchaca joined the roster of TV Azteca's morning show, '' Venga la Alegría'', hosting a debate segment called ''Las cosas como son''. In 2021 Penelope left TV Azteca and moved to Milan, Italy to be close to her family. She started taping El Poder del Amor 2 in Istanbul, Turkey for Latin America. In December 2022 Penelope returned from Europe and moved to Miami to host Telemundo's morning show Hoy Dia.

Book

In 2010, Menchaca authored a

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book entitled ''El Arte Del Cuchiplancheo'' (English: "The Art of the Horizontal Dance"). In her book, Menchaca provides tips for the ''"... enjoyment of erotic nature and sensuality: making love without inhibitions and diving with unabashed joy into the world of erotic games and sizzling sex fantasies."''Penélope Menchaca entrevista con Super Latina Gaby ya Llego Parte 2
Accessed on February 21, 2011.

Personal life

Menchaca who is divorced, was married for 11 years, and has two daughters. Her older daughter Yania worked on ''12 Corazones'' in the casting department for a year before entering college. Menchaca stays in shape by working out 7 days a week, partaking in boot camp,

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, and lifting weights. Menchaca has a collection of

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and diabolical looking dolls, including a replica of " Chucky" from the ''Child's Play'' movies.2RSLVJ Penélope Menchaca on mun2
Accessed on February 21, 2011. Her favorite football team is

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

from her hometown of Mexico City. Menchaca has admitted to having had a

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. Despite her sexy and flirtatious on screen persona on ''12 Corazones'', Menchaca claims to be rather conservative when it comes to relationships, and has only been with five men her entire life.

References

https://www.terra.com.mx/entretenimiento/2022/12/1/este-es-el-nuevo-programa-de-penelope-menchaca-en-su-regreso-la-television-tras-dejar-tv-azteca-38470.html

External links

* https://www.instagram.com/menchaca.oficial/
Official Twitter
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Official 12 Corazones Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menchaca, Penelope 1968 births Mexican game show hosts Living people Actresses from Mexico City Actresses from Los Angeles Mexican television actresses Mexican women singers Mexican female dancers American actresses of Mexican descent Mexican emigrants to the United States Singers from Mexico City Singers from Los Angeles 21st-century American women Universidad La Salle México alumni