Cecilia Bolocco facts for kids
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Cecilia Bolocco
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Bolocco at the 2010 Chilean telethon
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Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck
May 19, 1965 Santiago, Chile
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| Occupation | Television host, fashion designer |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Green |
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Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (born May 19, 1965) is a famous Chilean TV host, actress, and fashion designer. She is also known for winning two major beauty pageants: Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.
Cecilia Bolocco has worked as a journalist for the Spanish version of CNN and on Telemundo. She has also hosted many shows on Chilean Television. She even acted in a soap opera called Morelia.
From 2001 to 2011, she was married to Carlos Menem, who was the President of Argentina. They have one son together.
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Early Life and Education
Cecilia Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile. Her father, Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, was a businessman. Her mother was Rose Marie Fonck Assler.
She went to primary and secondary school at Santiago College. After that, she started studying civil engineering at the University of Santiago, Chile. However, she soon decided to leave and study costume design instead.
Becoming Miss Universe
Cecilia Bolocco was chosen as Miss Chile for the Miss Universe contest on April 20, 1987. Just over a month later, on May 26, 1987, she won the Miss Universe title.
She competed against 67 other contestants. The pageant was held in Singapore that year. Cecilia was the first person from Chile to ever win the Miss Universe crown. During her year as Miss Universe, she lived in Los Angeles, California.
Life After the Crown
After her reign as Miss Universe, Cecilia Bolocco started a career in television. Her first show in Chile was Porque hoy es sábado ("Because it's Saturday") on Televisión Nacional de Chile.
She then co-hosted Martes 13 ("Tuesday the 13th") on Channel 13. The show's name was a play on words, as Tuesday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Chile.
In March 1990, Cecilia married American TV producer Michael Young in Santiago. The local news treated their wedding like a very important event.
Working in the United States
In June 1990, Bolocco moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She began working as a news anchor for the Spanish section of CNN. This section was made for the Telemundo Network.
Later, she became a full-time part of the Telemundo family. She hosted an afternoon show about lifestyle called La Buena Vida ("The Good Life"). This show later joined with a news program called Ocurrió así ("It Happened This Way").
After that, she hosted Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco ("Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco"). For her work on these shows, she won two Emmy awards, which are very important awards for television.
Acting and Hosting
Cecilia Bolocco also took on an acting role. She played the character Karina Lafontaine de Montero in the Mexican Televisa soap opera Morelia. This show was very popular and was shown in over 70 countries.
Around the mid-1990s, her marriage to Michael Young ended.
In 1993, Cecilia Bolocco co-hosted the 1993 Miss Universe pageant. It was held in Mexico City.
In 1995, she co-hosted the final night of the 36th Viña del Mar International Song Festival. This big music festival happens every year in Viña del Mar, Chile.
In October 1996, Bolocco became a co-host for Viva el lunes ("Long Live Monday"). This show was one of the most watched programs in Chilean television history. She also had her own radio show and another TV show called La noche de Cecilia ("The Night of Cecilia").
Also in 1996, she was a judge for the 1996 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In February 2000, Cecilia Bolocco became a regular host for the Viña del Mar Song Festival. She hosted it with Antonio Vodanovic, who had been a host for a long time.
In August 2001, her marriage to Michael Young was officially ended. On May 26, 2001, Cecilia married Carlos Menem. He was the former president of Argentina. They met when she interviewed him. On November 19, 2003, their son, Máximo Saúl Menem Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile. They later separated in April 2007 and officially divorced in May 2011.
See also
In Spanish: Cecilia Bolocco para niños
- List of television presenters/Chile
