Dayanara Torres | |
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Born | Dayanara Torres Delgado October 28, 1974 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, model, writer |
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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Hair color | Dark Brown |
Eye color | Blue |
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Dayanara Torres Delgado (born October 28, 1974) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1993. [1]
Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant and the right to represent Puerto Rico in the 1993 Miss Universe pageant. [2] In 1992, she participated in the Miss International pageant and became a semi-finalist. The same year, she earned second place at the Queen of the World contest.
Torres won the crown in the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico in May 1993. Torres's victory in the pageant caused some controversy because of the claim that she was still a minor; [3] [4] however, Torres had turned 18 several months before the contest. Her victory also raised some eyebrows,[ citation needed ] as she did not top any of the pageant's segments. When Torres returned home to Puerto Rico, she was received with a parade.
During and after her reign as Miss Universe, she became an ambassador for UNICEF, traveling through Asia and Latin America in support of the organization. She created the Dayanara Torres Foundation which has provided scholarships to poor students in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. [5] In 1994, she went to Manila to crown the new Miss Universe and during the ceremony, she sang "A Whole New World" as a duet with Peabo Bryson. [6]
After the 1994 Miss Universe pageant, Torres landed several movie roles, made television appearances, and received offers to endorse products. She became a celebrity in the Philippines and lived in the country for five years. [6] During her time in the Philippines, Torres learned to speak Tagalog, the national language of the country. [7] Torres endorsed Pantene Shampoo in 1998-1999. [8]
She appeared in more than 10 movies, including Hataw Na, a film with Filipino actor and singer Gary Valenciano [6] (who is half-Puerto Rican). During that time, she also filmed Linda Sara (1994), a Puerto Rican film directed by Jacobo Morales in which she was paired with fellow Puerto Rican singer, Chayanne. She also became a staple figure on Philippine television every Sunday on the show ASAP Mania , where her dancing skills gained her the informal title "Dancing Queen."
Torres returned to Puerto Rico in 1998 and as a singer released her only album called Antifaz . It reached the top of Billboard charts in Latin America and the Philippines. She also starred in several theater productions on the island. That same year, a "Dayanara" doll was released and sold out in both Puerto Rico and the Philippines.[ citation needed ]
On September 1, 2005, Torres debuted in an American soap opera, playing a small role in The Young and the Restless . The program's producers expressed an interest in future appearances.[ citation needed ] To date, Torres has not made any other appearances on the show.[ citation needed ] Torres later starred in Watch Over Me , a MyNetworkTV primetime drama.
In 2008, Torres was included in People magazine's "Most Beautiful People" list. During the celebration ceremony, Torres stated she authored the self-help book Married to Me when she failed to find a book to help her with her 2003 separation from Marc Anthony in bookstores. [9]
In 2017, Torres made a return to the country as a judge for Miss Universe 2016, along with various guest appearances on Philippine television. [10]
In February 2017, Torres was asked whether or not she would be willing to do a romantic TV series with her former boyfriend and leading man Aga Muhlach; she said she was more than willing to do so. [11]
Torres has two older brothers, José and Joey, and a younger sister, Jeannette. [12] Upon completion of her high school studies at Colegio Santa Rosa, [13] in Bayamón, Torres had expressed interest in going to dentistry college to become an orthodontist. [2] [14]
While she was living in the Philippines, Torres had a four-year relationship with Filipino actor Aga Muhlach (who is now married to Charlene Gonzalez, a Miss Universe 1994 top six finalist); Torres and Muhlach first met on the set of her first Philippine movie, Basta't Kasama Kita ("As Long As I'm with You"). [14]
Torres married singer Marc Anthony on May 9, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The marriage resulted in two sons, Cristian Anthony Muñiz (b. February 5, 2001) and Ryan Anthony Muñiz (b. August 16, 2003). Their marriage was allegedly "rocky", [15] and the two separated, after just two years of marriage, in the summer of 2002. They later reconciled and renewed their vows in a ceremony, held in Puerto Rico, in December 2002. [16]
The couple's final separation was one year later, in October 2003, with Torres filing for divorce in January 2004. The divorce [17] was finalized June 1, 2004. [18]
In June of 2014, a judge ruled in Torres's favor by approving a two-fold increase in Marc Anthony's monthly child support payments (from $13,400 to $26,800); Torres had initially sought to receive monthly payments totaling $123,426 when it was alleged that Anthony had spent only 35 days with their children in 2012, but the Court discovered that he had spent 71 days. [19]
On February 4, 2019, Torres announced she had been diagnosed with skin cancer. [20] In February 2020, she announced she had completed the last session of her radiation treatment, and shared a month later that she was cancer-free. [21]
Year | Title | Role |
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1994 | Linda Sara | Young Sara |
1995 | Basta’t Kasama Kita | Princess Marinella of Bavaria / Ella |
Hataw Na / Dance Now / Groove | Anna Alvarado | |
1999 | Type Kita Walang Kokontra | Sabel |
2009 | The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone | Amelia |
2013 | 200 Cartas | Yolanda |
TBA | Solo Para Mujeres: The Movie | Diana |
Year | Title | Role |
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1995–1998, 1999, 2017 | ASAP | Host |
1996–1997 | Easy Dancing | Host/Dancer |
1996 | Access Hollywood | Herself |
1999 | La Cenicienta | Cenicienta |
2005 | The Young and the Restless | Elise Tomkins |
2006–2007 | Watch Over Me | Julia Rivera |
2017 | Ang Probinsyano | Mariana Dela Vega |
Miss Universe 2017 | Judge | |
Mira quién baila Season 5 | Winner | |
2018 | Mira quién baila Season 6 | Judge |
2022-present | Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve | Puerto Rico Host |
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