Daisy Fuentes

Daisy Fuentes

Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is an Cuban-American model and actress.

MTV took notice of the 19-year-old Fuentes and made her host of MTV International, which later became MTV en Español and later MTV Latin America. She later landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes appeared on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show, and Cybill. From 1994 to 1995, she hosted her own talk show, Daisy, on CNBC. She was the host of America’s Funniest Home Videos for three seasons. She hosted The ALMA Awards, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, the 1998 World Music Awards, the 1999 Billboard Latin Awards, and the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageants.She Guest starred in the tv series Queen Of Swords episode “runaways” 2000. She has been a spokeswoman for the companies Revlon, American Express, Pantene, M&M’s, and Miller Lite.

Hugh Hefner reportedly invited Fuentes numerous times in the early 90′s to pose nude in Playboy magazine, but she has insisted that she will never do nude modeling.

Fuentes played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital charity. She also has designed a clothing line bearing her name, sold exclusively by Kohl’s Department Stores. Her manager works for Shelter Entertainment.