Maite Delgado | |
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Born |
Maite Coromoto Delgado González September 20, 1966 Valle de Guanape, Venezuela |
Occupation | Hostess and Model |
Maite Coromoto Delgado de Mora (born September 20, 1966) is a Venezuelan TV show host and former beauty queen.
Delgado is the most recognized TV presenter in the Hispanic world. 25 years of TV work with high commintment and quality, made her a beloved personality. She has been followed day by day, coast to coast on the U.S., in Central America and South America.
She was born on September 20 in Caracas, Venezuela. After finishing elementary school she did studies on commercial locution.
On 1986 she started as a pageant in the Miss Venezuela contest. As her 2nd. runner up, on the same year, she participate and won for Venezuela the title and crown of Miss Tourism International held in Santo Domingo. Her debut as a co-host of the morning show "Complicidades" in Venevisión, was the beginning of an uninterrupted career with a lot of successful appearances into families TV shows as "Circo Cómplice" and "País de Caramelo". She was although involved in benefit telethons such as "Unidos contra el Cáncer"; "La Sonrisa de un niño sano" (Hospital Ortopédico infantil) and "Teleradio Pabellón”. She received many recognitions on her work, becoming a unique Venezuelan's sweetheart.
Meanwhile, her incursion on comedies sitcoms as "¡Qué Chicas!" gave her many opportunities to show also her talent on acting. She made her first international appearance, presenting "Señorita México 1988" in Veracruz, Mexico; continuing with "Miss Hispanidad 1991" in Miami; "Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar 1996" in Chile; and "Carnaval de la Calle 8" in Miami.
In 1992 she presents during 4 years "Giros TV", a morning show with great acceptance in audience.
On October 22, 1994 she married professional tennis player Alfonso Mora. She is the sister-in-law of American television news anchor Antonio Mora.
In 1997 she began the talk show “Maite”, making daily broadcasts from coast to coast in the U.S., Central America and South America. In “Maite” she had the experience to communicate in a fine and unique way a powerful personality with the public. Many Hispanics stars from all over the world were interviewed with her original style and charisma (Juan Gabriel, Thalía, Ricky Martin, Shakira, Chayanne, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Elvis Crespo, Ricardo Montaner) She had her first son.
Between 1997 and 2010 she was the official presenter of the Miss Venezuela Contest, an international broadcast show, where Maite make a demonstration of professionalism, style and glamour.
On 1999 she was the image of "Crest" for United States.
On December 8, 2000, E-Entertainment Television named her the "Celebrity of the year”. A distinction received in the past by other artists as Ricky Martin and Mexican singer Thalía. Also in 2000 she gave birth to her second son.