Cecilia Bolocco

Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (May 19, 1965) is a Chilean television entertainer and former Miss Universe.

Early life

Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile to Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, a businessman, and Rose Marie Fonck. She attended primary and secondary school at Santiago College. She then took a year of Civil Engineering at the University of Santiago, Chile, before dropping out to pursue Costume Design at INCA-CEA Institute.

Miss Universe

Bolocco was selected Miss Chile for Miss Universe on April 20, 1987. On May 26, 1987 she beat 67 contestants to become the first Chilean to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant that was held in Singapore that year. During her year-long reign, she settled in Los Angeles, California.

After the crown

Bolocco began a television career in Chile with the show "Porque hoy es sábado" ("Because it's Saturday") on TVN (Chile)Televisión Nacional de Chile. She then co-hosted "Martes 13" ("Tuesday the 13th") on Channel 13.

In March, 1990 Bolocco married American television producer Michael Young in Santiago. The local media covered the event as if it were a royal wedding.

Bolocco moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work as an anchorwoman for the Spanish section at CNN produced for Telemundo Network, on June, 1990. Then, she became a full fledged member of the Telemundo family where she hosted the afternoon lifestyles program "La Buena Vida" ("The Good Life"), The show was merged with another newsmagazine titled "Ocurrió así" ("It Happened This Way") and "Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco" ("Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco") followed for which she won two Emmy awards.

She then took a starring role as the evil "Karina Lafontaine de Montero" in the Mexican Televisa's hit soap opera Morelia, which was aired to more than 70 countries throughout the Americas, including Chile, and Europe.

Around the mid-1990s Bolocco ended her relationship with husband Michael Young. The marriage was annulled, because no divorce law existed in Chile at the time.

In 1995 Bolocco co-hosted the closing night of the 36th Viña del Mar International Song Festival, held every year in Viña del Mar, Chile.

In October, 1996, already separated, Bolocco took the job as co-host in one of the shows with the highest ratings in Chilean television history, "Viva el lunes" (Long Live Monday), alongside Kike Morandé and comedian Álvaro Salas. At the same time, she had a radio show and appeared in her own television show, "La noche de Cecilia" ("The Night of Cecilia").

In February, 2000, Bolocco became an established hostess for the Viña del Mar Song Festival, with partner and long time host Antonio Vodanovic. During this time she was romantically linked with "Viva el lunes" partner Kike Morandé, songwriter Keko Yungue, and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho.

On May 26, 2001 Bolocco married former Argentine ex-president Carlos Menem in La Rioja, Argentina [ [http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/bolocco/index.html "Cecilia Bolocco, El casamiento del año"] , "La Cuarta"] , whom she met while interviewing him at the Casa Rosada presidential house in Argentina. On November 19, 2003, their first son, Máximo Saúl Menem Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile. They separated in April, 2007.

In May 2007, Bolocco made tabloid headlines when she was caught on camera on her Miami residence, topless and in explicit erotic poses with Luciano Marocchino, an Italian playboy and former Miss Universe judge who coincidently was one of the judges when Bolocco was crowned Miss Universe.

ee also

*List of television presenters/Chile

References

External links

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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdNdQBd2CQ Miss Universe 1987 Opening]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ELmlR4euM&feature=related Miss Universe 1987 Top 10]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfjWcB6dTDg&feature=related Miss Universe 1987 Evening Gown Competition]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxf0al3Qe4&feature=related Miss Universe 1987 Interview]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4zRetAc94 Miss Universe 1987 Finals - Coronation of Cecilia Bolocco as Miss Universe 1987]