Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington, better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American dancer, actress and vedette.
Lupita Ferrer is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen" of telenovelas and one of the most famous Spanish-speaking telenovela actresses of all time.
Guadalupe Contreras Ramos, better known as Lupita D'Alessio, is a Mexican singer and actress. She is nicknamed "La Leona Dormida".
Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares, better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symbol, and one of the main stars of Ficheras cinema.
Kika Edgar is a Mexican actress and singer.
Su Muy Key was a Mexican vedette, film actress and dancer of Chinese descent. She was one of the first Burlesque performers in México. She was nicknamed "Muñequita China".
The Rumberas film was a film genre that flourished in Mexico's Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its major stars were the so-called rumberas, dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms. The genre is a film curiosity, one of the most fascinating hybrids of the international cinema.
Nuestra Belleza México 2001, the 8th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Aeropuerto Internacional "Lic. Adolfo López Mateos" of Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico on September 28, 2001. Forty-seven contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Ericka Cruz from Yucatán, who later competed in Miss Universe 2002 in Puerto Rico. Cruz was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Jacqueline Bracamontes. She is the first and only Yucateca and the third winner of foreign descent to win this Title.
A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. The purpose of the vedette is to entertain and captivate the public. Vedettes are expected to sing, dance and act on stage. Particularly accomplished artistes are considered super vedettes or first vedettes. Vedettes often appear alongside groups of dancers, flashy and revealing costumes, magicians, comedians, jugglers, or even performing animals. Vedettes specializing in burlesque generally do striptease and may also perform nude on stage.
Alejandra Bogue Gómez is a Mexican actress, comedian, television host, and vedette.
María del Rosario Mendoza Chávez was a Mexican vedette, actress, dancer, and singer. During the 1970s–1980s, she was one of the highest grossing artists in the Mexican sex comedy film genre.
Juana Amanda Seux Ramírez, better known as Wanda Seux, was a Paraguayan-Mexican vedette, dancer, and actress, who enjoyed a long career in film, television, and theatre in Mexico.
Rosita Fornés was a Cuban-American singer and film actress. She was noted for her multifaceted career in the entertainment industry of Cuba. She worked in cinema, the theater, radio, television and cabaret.
Isabel Camila Masiero, better known by her stage name Princesa Yamal, is an Argentine-Mexican vedette, actress and dancer. She was one of the most popular vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico.
Thelma Delia Suklenik Snopik, better known by her stage name Thelma Tixou, was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentine origin. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, and she became famous worldwide for her role as The Tattooed Woman in Alejandro Jodorowsky's cult classic film Santa Sangre (1989).
Susan Linda Fair, better known as Princesa Lea is a Canadian-born Mexican vedette, actress, and dancer, of Canadian origin. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s.
Graciela Prior Marín, better known as Grace Renat is a Mexican vedette, actress and dancer. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s.
Hoy voy a cambiar is a Mexican biographical miniseries produced by Santiago and Rubén Galindo for Televisa. The series is based on the life of Mexican singer and actress Lupita D'Alessio. It stars Gabriela Roel and Mariana Torres as the titular character and is narrated by Lupita D'Alessio. The series tells the story of Lupita D'Alessio from before she started her career as a singer and actress until the moment she was forced to leave everything for drugs.
Gina Romand was a Cuban-Mexican actress. At the time of her death she was one of the last stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
