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- ↑ Muñoz Castillo, Fernando (1993). The Queens of the Tropic: María Antonieta Pons, Meche Barba, Amalia Aguilar, Ninón Sevilla, Rosa Carmina. México: Grupo Azabache. p. 211. ISBN 968-6084-85-1.
