Carmen Dominicci | |
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Born |
Carmen Lourdes Dominicci Ramos July 15, 1966 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Alma mater | University of El Sagrado Corazón |
Occupation |
Travel blogger Journalist Television host |
Awards | 5 EMMY Awards 1 Paoli Award 1 Ace Award 1 GLAAD Award |
Website | Sitio oficial |
Carmen Lourdes Dominicci Ramos is a travel blogger, journalist and news anchor in the United States, winner of five Emmy Awards. People en Español magazine chose her as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" of 2010.
Carmen Lourdes Dominicci Ramos (Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 15, 1966) is a journalist and news anchor, recently transformed into travel blogger and influencer. She is the host of Carmen Dominicci Trotamundos, a travel blog that visits tourist destinations around the world, under its motto of "Travel the world through my eyes.”
Dominicci was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on July 15, 1966. She studied primary education in local schools and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of El Sagrado Corazón with a degree in Journalism and Social Communication.
Dominicci began appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. She represented Puerto Rico in various beauty pageants and international modeling competitions in the United States and Europe.
She pursued a career in television, first in theatrical plays and then in television miniseries, but she left that path to focus fully to her journalism studies.
In 1989 she married Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Ríos with whom she had a son, Giuliano Ríos Dominicci. She and Osvaldo divorced in 1993.
In the 1990s, Carmen Dominicci became one of the most recognized news reporters in Puerto Rico thanks to her work on the Tele-Once Channel, and later as the presenter on WAPA-TV's prime time newscast.
In 1998, she signed a contract with Telemundo 47, New York, as a news anchor, position she held for four years, and in which she covered important events such as President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, the inauguration of President George Bush and the 9-11 attacks on the Twin Towers, among others.
In 2002 Carmen Dominicci joined the Univision network as a presenter of the "Primer Impacto" news program where she worked for three years, and conducted the night edition of the same program. Among her outstanding coverages were the death of Pope John Paul II, (brodcast directly from Rome, Italy), and the investigative series “Infierno Animal" and "Tragedia en Jimaní".
In October 2005, Carmen Dominicci and Rolando Nichols became presenters of the "TeleFutura en Vivo y en Directo”, the most important news program of the network. The following year Carmen returned to Univision as a correspondent of the investigative show "Aquí y Ahora", where she worked until 2009.