1. Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck was born on May 19,1965 and is a Chilean actress, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.
19 Facts About Cecilia Bolocco
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Cecilia Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile to Enzo Cecilia Bolocco Cintolesi, an Arbereshe businessman and Rose Marie Fonck Assler.
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Cecilia Bolocco attended primary and secondary school at Santiago College.
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Cecilia Bolocco then studied a year of civil engineering at the University of Santiago, Chile, before dropping out to pursue costume design at the INCA-CEA Institute.
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Cecilia Bolocco was selected Miss Chile for Miss Universe on April 20,1987.
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Cecilia Bolocco's reign was the last pageant hosted by Bob Barker.
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Cecilia Bolocco began a television career in Chile with the show Porque hoy es sabado on Television Nacional de Chile.
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Cecilia Bolocco then co-hosted Martes 13 on Channel 13.
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In March 1990, Cecilia Bolocco married American television producer Michael Young in Santiago.
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Cecilia Bolocco moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work as an anchorwoman for the Spanish section at CNN produced for Telemundo Network, in June 1990.
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Cecilia Bolocco 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.
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Around the mid-1990s, Cecilia Bolocco ended her relationship with husband Michael Young.
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In 1993 Cecilia Bolocco co-hosted the 1993 Miss Universe pageant in the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.
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In 1995 Cecilia Bolocco co-hosted the closing night of the 36th Vina del Mar International Song Festival, held every year in Vina del Mar, Chile.
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In October 1996, Cecilia Bolocco took the job as co-host in one of the shows with the highest ratings in Chilean television history, Viva el lunes, alongside Kike Morande and comedian Alvaro Salas.
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Also in 1996 Cecilia Bolocco was a judge in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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In February, 2000, Cecilia Bolocco became an established hostess for the Vina del Mar Song Festival, with partner and longtime host Antonio Vodanovic.
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On 26 May 2001, Cecilia Bolocco married former Argentine president Carlos Menem in La Rioja, Argentina, whom she met while interviewing him at the Casa Rosada presidential house in Argentina.
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On November 19,2003, their first son, Maximo Saul Menem Cecilia Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile.