- Paola Turbay
Infobox actor
imagesize = 150px
birthdate =November 29 1970
birthplace =Houston, Texas
website = http://paolaturbay.com/Paola Turbay Gómez (born
November 29 1970 ) is aColombia n beauty pageant winner, model,television presenter andactress . She wasMiss Colombia 1991 andMiss Universe First Runner-up 1992.Turbay was born in
Houston, Texas and representedBogotá in the National Beauty Pageant, which she won in 1991. She was the first runner-up in the 1992Miss Universe Competition, which won her great affection and popularity in her country.After finishing her studies in
Psychology at the Universidad de los Andes, Turbay focused on modeling, fashion and entertainment news segments onNoticias QAP andNoticiero CM& newscast s, and shows like "Hola Paola" ("Hello Paola") during the 1990s. In 2005 she was the official presenter, with Miguel Varoni, of the National Beauty Pageant. She has also madecameo appearances in several Colombian series like "O todos en la cama", "Ecomoda " (sequel toBetty la fea ) and "Leche" ("Milk").After studying acting in
Hollywood, FL , Turbay became the main character of theRCN TV comedy "Noticias calientes" ("Hot News") in 2002. Two years later she would star thetelenovela "Las noches de Luciana" ("The Nights of Luciana") and in 2006 would present the Colombian version ofDancing with the Stars , "Bailando por un Sueño ". Paola has also made brief appearances infilm s such as "Perder es cuestión de método" (The Art of Losing), "Lenny, the Wonder Dog ", and the 2007 movie "Love in the Time of Cholera".In 2007, Turbay played
Isabel Vega in theCBS series "Cane". "Cane" was canceled in May 2008. In 2008 has been participating as Guest Star in the ABC series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager " as Cindy Lee. [ [http://www.tv.com/paola-turbay/person/560578/summary.html?tag=ep_list;stars;3 Paola Turbay, TV.COM] ]References
External links
*imdb|1168174|Paola Turbay
* [http://www.paolaturbay.com/ Paola Turbay's official website]
*es [http://www.colarte.com/colarte/conspintores.asp?idartista=7993 Profile at Colarte (includes several magazine articles)]
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