Vanessa Guzmán Niebla (born October 19, 1976 in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
) is a Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was
Nuestra Belleza México in 1995, and represented her country in the 1996
Miss Universe pageant.
Biography
Vanessa Guzmán was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and at age 4 moved with her family to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1995, she competed for the title of ''Nuestra Belleza Chihuahua'' (Miss Chihuahua), a title which she ended winning. After having won such title, she competed in Mexico's national
beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza México; she was crowned Miss Mexico and went on to represent her country in
Miss Universe 1996. 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
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.
In 1999, she received her first role as an actress in a
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
; ''Tres Mujeres'' (1999), ''
Carita de Ángel'' (2000), ''Siempre te Amaré'' (2000), ''Aventuras en el Tiempo'' and ''
Entre el Amor y el Odio'' 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 ]Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
, 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 '' H Para Hombres''.
]
Filmography
References
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1976 births
Actresses from Mexico City
Living people
Mexican female models
Mexican telenovela actresses
Miss Universe 1996 contestants
Nuestra Belleza México winners