Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes is a Mexican singer.
122 Facts About Paulina Rubio
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Paulina Rubio was an international success and made her the best-selling Latin music artist of the Billboard Year-End.
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Paulina Rubio returned to the top of the charts again with her sixth and seventh albums, the crossover Border Girl and Pau-Latina, respectively.
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Paulina Rubio garnered critical praise, including nominations for the Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award.
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Early in the 2010s, Paulina Rubio stood out for participating as a coach in the most important talent shows in America and Spain.
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In 2013; Paulina Rubio became a coach on La Voz Kids, and became a judge on the American version of The X Factor.
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Paulina Rubio has scored three number one albums on the Billboard Top Latin Albums.
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Paulina Rubio has earned numerous awards and accolades, including seven Billboard Latin Music Awards; five Lo Nuestro Awards; three MTV Latinoamerica Awards; and two Telehit Awards, including the Trajectory Award; and a special accolade as "Mexican artist with the greatest international projection".
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Paulina Rubio is regarded as a pop icon and is credited Latin pop era-defining during the 2000s.
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Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes was born on 17 June 1971 in Mexico City.
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Paulina Rubio's father, Enrique Rubio Gonzalez, was a Spanish-born lawyer; Paulina Rubio's mother was Susana Dosamantes, a Mexican actress.
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Paulina Rubio's great-grandparents were originally from Spain and Portugal, and from a very young age she used to spend two or three months a year in Europe, visiting relatives.
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Later, Paulina Rubio told them "I did the casting without notifying you".
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Paulina Rubio began her singing career as a 9-year-old, when then children's band Timbiriche made its official debut on 30 April 1982 on the Mexican television show Siempre en Domingo, featuring Spanish singer Miguel Bose as its "artistic godfather".
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The band members became teenagers idols in Mexico, but for Paulina Rubio it implied pressure to look much older than he really was.
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Paulina Rubio has stated that at 13 years of age "I wanted to grow up and look tall, and have big eyelashes" because unlike her groupmates she looked much thinner and shorter.
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Paulina Rubio confessed to having suffered bullying in Timbiriche and felt like "the ugly duckling" of the band.
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Paulina Rubio totally changed her image during that time, leaving her innocent and childish style to a more "rocker" style, and sporting voluminous and large hair-dos.
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In summer 1988, while Timbiriche promotion the albums, Paulina Rubio landed a major role in the Televisa telenovela, Pasion y Poder, marks her debut on a TV production.
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Timbiriche X, the final album of Paulina Rubio recorded as a member of Timbiriche was released in early 1990 and despite the fact that she was already the leader of the group, she left the group to focus on a solo career.
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Paulina Rubio played the role of Andrea de la Reguera, a rich and capricious girl who was used to having everything at her disposal.
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Paulina Rubio's leading role as an antagonist turned out to be very convincing to the press and audience, earning positive reviews for her performance.
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Paulina Rubio embarked recording studio sessions in Spain in fall 1991 to early 1992 with the Spanish producer Miguel Blasco and the songwriters Jose Ramon Florez and Cesar Valle; The last two began writing songs together.
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In June 1992, Paulina Rubio signed to a recording contract with Capitol Latin, and her first single was released on 30 August 1992.
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Paulina Rubio made her first television appearance performing on the legendary TV show Siempre en Domingo with Raul Velasco to publicize his new stage in the music industry.
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In March 1993, Paulina Rubio received two nominations at the Lo Nuestro Awards for the categories Female Pop Artist and New Pop Artist of the Year.
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In March 1995, Paulina Rubio released her third studio album, El Tiempo Es Oro, and was described as "rhythmic and danceable", but "in the same concept line [of Golden Girl]" than her previous albums.
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The album was her first record released in Spain and Brazil, and Paulina Rubio did a performed as a special guest in the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Paulina Rubio appeared in different magazines in Spain to become known as a singer, but the media highly publicized her relationship with the Spanish architect and socialite Ricardo Bofill, son of the Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura's founder.
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Paulina Rubio returned to her acting career, and landed her first starring role in the film Besame en la Boca, released in June 1995.
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Paulina Rubio played Claudia Romero, a rich young girl who dies in an accident while riding her motorcycle, and is later returned to Earth, but in other body, to make amends for her mistakes.
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In 1996, Paulina Rubio changed her conventional music style to avant-garde sounds.
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Paulina Rubio co-produced her fourth studio album Planeta Paulina with Marco Flores.
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Paulina Rubio assumed more creative control by writing and co-producing most of the material.
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In 1998, Paulina Rubio published a calendar, the funds of which went to the Teleton Foundation.
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Paulina Rubio was in charge of the production, direction and concept of the calendar.
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Paulina Rubio met with the original members of Timbiriche in summer 1998, during a performance at the Acapulco Festival.
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Paulina Rubio recorded Richard Daniel Roman's the theme song to the TV show.
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In February 2000, Paulina Rubio performed her first single released by Universal Music, "Lo Hare Por Ti", at the Vina del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.
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The music video for "Lo Hare Por Ti" featured a new-Paulina Rubio in revealing bikinis and mini skirts, and a hat cowgirl-style which came to be regarded as a mark of style her own.
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Paulina Rubio assumed the total creative control, unlike their first three albums with EMI Music, and collaborated with Colombian singer-songwriter and record producer Estefano to create a "synthesis of the end of the millennium" in a sound that blend through such genres as pop, ranchera, dance, rock, hip-hop, bolero, house and jazz.
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Paulina Rubio became the first Latin pop record by a female Mexican artist to receive a gold standard certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of 500,000 units in United States, and it was the best selling Latin album in 2001 there, selling over 1 million copies in the US alone to 2002 and sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
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In Mexico, Paulina Rubio becomes in one of the best-selling albums all time.
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Paulina Rubio's look and style of dressing that showed in her music videos, and her performances influenced young girls and women.
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Paulina Rubio's style became one of the female fashion trends of the 2000s in Latin America.
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Paulina Rubio then embarked on a tour across North America.
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Paulina Rubio said Antonio Vodanovic refused to award him the Antorcha de Plata despite the public's request.
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Paulina Rubio released her sixth studio album, Border Girl, in her birthday number 31.
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Paulina Rubio she co-headlined the North America dates of Don't Turn Off the Lights Tour fellow Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias.
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Paulina Rubio provided guest vocals on Ronan Keating' re-recorded single "When You Say Nothing at All".
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The song was re-title "When You Say Nothing at All " due Paulina Rubio's Spanish sing, and released in March 2003.
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Paulina Rubio explained that she "wanted to do it step by step and very calmly; hence the album title" which means "Latin Peace" in Catalan.
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Paulina Rubio's third headlining tour, the Pau-Latina Tour, began in September 2004 and concluded in June 2005.
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Paulina Rubio gave a provocative performance as host at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica.
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The Chilean press cited the moment as "[Paulina Rubio] claiming women's underwear".
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Paulina Rubio received the Voz del Momento award at the 2004 Premios Juventud, and was named People en Espanol's 2005 Star of the Year.
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At that time, Paulina Rubio appeared on two singles from Coti's album, Esta Manana Y Otros Cuentos; she was featured on a duet with Coti, "Otra Vez", and on a collaboration with Coti and Julieta Venegas entitled "Nada Fue Un Error", it last was a success in Spain and Latin America.
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In July 2006, Paulina Rubio released "Ni Una Sola Palabra", the lead single from her eighth studio album, Ananda.
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Paulina Rubio performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway to honor the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Muhammad Yunus.
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In early 2007, Paulina Rubio recorded the song "Nena" as a duet with singer Miguel Bose, from his album Papito.
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Paulina Rubio embarked on her Amor, Luz Y Sonido tour February to September 2007.
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However, in a published report, Paulina Rubio's mother, said that the artist did not authorize such photos.
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Paulina Rubio performed in Buenos Aires in front of 180,000 people, along with other Latin artists.
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Paulina Rubio performed the song "Causa y Efecto" at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards on 23 April.
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The songs were autobiographical in nature and saw Rubio collaborating as songwriter with Coti, Fernando Montesinos, Rafael Vergara, and went back to work with Estefano, after almost ten years of working with him on Paulina.
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Paulina Rubio developed as the album's executive producer, along with producers such as Cachorro Lopez, Lester Mendez and Chris Rodriguez.
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Paulina Rubio performing the song in a medley with Cobra Starship's song "Good Girls Go Bad", singing along with American dance-pop band at the Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2009.
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The performing won for Best Live Performance at "Los Premios 2009", voted by the public; the same night Paulina Rubio won the award for Best Solo Artist.
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Paulina Rubio embarked on her Gran City Pop Tour ran from September 2009 to August 2010.
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Paulina Rubio stated that if the child was a boy, he would be named after his father, Nicolas.
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On 15 September 2010 Paulina Rubio announced on her Twitter page that she was expecting a boy.
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Paulina Rubio announced that she wanted to do a Spanglish album is that she wanted to mix the language of her home Mexico and the United States.
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The first English-language Paulina Rubio's song since "Don't Say Goodbye" was acclamaid as the "hymn of the summer", and commercially was a success in Spain, where was certified gold.
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Paulina Rubio performed at the Telehit Awards where she was recognized for her twenty-year career as a solo artist with an award.
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In early 2013, Paulina Rubio was included on a remix of Juan Magan's song "Mal De Amores".
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Paulina Rubio then sued Telemundo for alleged breach of contract.
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Paulina Rubio became the first Mexican artist judge on an American singing competition series.
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Paulina Rubio mentored the Boys category; her final act, Carlito Olivero, was finished 3rd in the competition of the season.
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Paulina Rubio first teased a new single on Valentine's Day in 2014, playing a "La Bamba"-esque song "Cuanto Te Quiero" with producers in the studio.
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In January 2015, Paulina Rubio released a new single, "Mi Nuevo Vicio" featuring Colombian group Morat.
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That same summer, Paulina Rubio co-wrote and collaborated on Juan Magan's song "Vuelve", featuring DCS.
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Paulina Rubio performed at the 3rd Platino Awards, were announced the name of her new single, "Me Quema".
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Paulina Rubio performed "Me Quema" at the Telehit Awards 2016 for the first time; her setlist consisted in perform other three hits, and when finished her performance she confused Telehit with MTV.
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Also, during the same fall of that year, was confirmed that Paulina Rubio had ended her relationship with Gerardo Bazua.
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Paulina Rubio returned to the talents shows as a judge and coach in January 2019 in the sixth season of Spanish version of La Voz; her final act, Angel Cortes, was finished 4rd in the competition of the season.
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Paulina Rubio distinguished herself by being the only woman on the coaching team.
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Paulina Rubio was considered a right guess in La Voz, because the ranking of Antena 3's production rose considerably compared to recent seasons.
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Paulina Rubio embarked on Deseo Tour, which began in June and ended in December 2019.
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In March 2020, Paulina Rubio joined with Mexican musician Raymix in the song "Tu Y Yo".
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On 16 April 2020, Paulina Rubio performed a solo some of her hits as part of the One World: Together At Home virtual concert, a benefit event by Global Citizen to raise funds for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
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Paulina Rubio's performance received widespread negative critics due to her strange behavior that developed during the performance, forgetting the lyrics of her own songs and wearing a very disheveled image.
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The video was viral on social media, and two days later Paulina Rubio posted a video on her Instagram account mocking the moment.
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However, the Miami court judge refused to proceed because it could not be proven that Paulina Rubio had been under the influence of drugs.
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Paulina Rubio performed some of her hits and was crowned as "Gay Queen".
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Paulina Rubio claimed that she "sang in front of the mirror" songs by Daniela Romo, Camilo Sesto, Juan Gabriel, Jose Jose, Mecano and Miguel Bose.
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Paulina Rubio has been inspired by and compared to Madonna and Marilyn Monroe throughout her career.
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Paulina Rubio received negative comments when she posted a post on Instagram where she sported the same look from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes that starred Monroe in 1953 and later Madonna recreated in the video for her single "Material Girl" in 1985.
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Paulina Rubio is known for giving Latin music a new avant-garde sound, as in her song "El Ultimo Adios", where she set a new standard in her musical career by combining mariachi and ranchera style with pop and hip hop.
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On social media, Paulina Rubio was most followed Mexican person on Twitter between 2011 and 2019.
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Paulina Rubio was included in Forbes list "Celebrity 100: Twitter's most-followed superstars" list in 2015.
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Paulina Rubio was having a crossover moment with her English-language album Border Girl and in 2005 Rubio decked up with others female celebrities of white and diamonds from Tiffany's for the "50 most beautiful" cover.
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Paulina Rubio then became a more sophisticated performer with a flirtatious and playful persona attracted new fans all around the world.
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Paulina Rubio is to her generation what Maria Felix was to hers.
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Paulina Rubio represents a more empowered, self-determined Mexican woman who is proud to be glamorous.
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The staff of the Spanish women's magazine MujerdeElite wrote "[Paulina Rubio] was one of the first singers in the 1990s to incorporate gay images in her music videos" referring to the music video for "Enamorada", where she shows a homosexual couple.
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Paulina Rubio was consecrated as an international music star in 2000, and was referred as the "Queen of Latin Pop".
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Paulina Rubio identifies as a feminist, and is considered a "feminist icon".
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Paulina Rubio's work has influenced artists as Eiza Gonzalez and Taboo.
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In 2002, Paulina Rubio signed a promotional deal with Dr Pepper's "Be You" advertising campaign.
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Paulina Rubio was the first Latin artist to partner with the company in a fragrance.
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In October 2013, Paulina Rubio designed and launched an exclusive line of "sensual, modern and casual" maxi bags, heels, high boots and booties in collaboration with JustFab.
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Paulina Rubio has walked on runways of events and the New York Fashion Week from designers such as Alvin Valley, Gaudi, Roberto Cavalli, Kiff-Kiff, Hernan Zajar among others.
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Paulina Rubio was the "face" of the opening campaign for the French fashion house Louis Vuitton in Latin America in 2006.
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Paulina Rubio has a restaurant in Miami Beach called L'Entrecote de Paris.
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Paulina Rubio appeared alongside her mother, Susana Dosamantes, in the photos of the advertising campaign.
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In February 2006, Paulina Rubio starred in an advertisement for Ron Pomalca, for which there was an expensive contract of around $150,000.
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Paulina Rubio became the first "Mexican Madrina" to partner with the organization.
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Paulina Rubio stated, "It is important to make our voice heard and try to bring back some of the care that the community shares each day".
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On 17 May 2008, Paulina Rubio performed at the ALAS concert.
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On 3 December 2009, Paulina Rubio held a press conference announcing the creation of an organization in partnership with the Lili Claire Foundation to provide assistance to children living with neurological disorders and their families.
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Fundacion Paulina Rubio is a project inspired by children in anguish as a result of homelessness, birth defects, and lack of education among other pernicious plights that many face today.
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In 2018, Paulina Rubio appeared in a PETA video reminding people not to leave animals or children in parked cars.