Pilar Pérez Reyes (born February 20, 1986 in Culiacan,

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) is a Mexican TV host, journalist, model and former beauty pageant titleholder.

Career

Pilar was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa but she moved to León, Guanajuato from an early age. As a beauty pageant contestant she was crowned Miss Guanajuato in 2006. This gave her the right to participate in

Nuestra Belleza México 2006 Nuestra Belleza México 2006, the 13th Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the nationa ...

. She first started in television in 2010 by hosting several TV shows for

Fox Deportes Fox Deportes (formerly Fox Sports en Español) is an American pay television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming in Spanish, aimed at the Hispanic population in the United States. Launched in 1993, Fox Deportes, a divis ...

in Mexico. She hosted ''Central Fox'' from 2011 to 2016. In 2016 she joined

ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes (, ) is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the ...

which made her move from

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to Los Angeles. She hosted '' Nación ESPN'' from 2016 to 2018 alongside

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and Mauricio Pedroza. After ''Nacion ESPN'' got cancelled she hosted the Spanish version of

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...

. In 2019 she joined the cast of ''Ahora o Nunca'' alongside

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. This made her move again this time from Los Angeles to Miami. Pilar appears frequently on the ''Jorge Ramos y su banda'' TV show and participates in other ESPN Deportes events. In 2021 at the

42nd Sports Emmy Awards The 42nd Sports Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honoring the best in United States, American sports television coverage in 2020. The winners were announced on June 8, 2021, via live-strea ...

, Pilar won the

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for Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish for her work with ESPN Deportes.

Personal life

Pilar is a fan of

Club León Club León is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in León, Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1944 ...

from the

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

. Pilar is the sister of Omar Pérez Reyes, a Mexican actor and television host better known by his stage name " Faisy".

References

1986 births Living people Mexican female models Models from Guanajuato Mexican beauty pageant winners Mexican women journalists Mexican sports journalists Mexican television presenters Mexican women television presenters Mexican expatriates in the United States People from León, Guanajuato {{pageant-bio-stub