Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a model who
became an actress.
Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba but moved to Madrid, Spain when she was
three years old. Four years later, she emigrated to Harrison, New
Jersey. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen
Community College, finally being selected to the be the host for WXTV
Channel 41 weather. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually
becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV took
notice of the 19-year-old and snatched her up as host of MTV
Internacional, which later became MTV Latino. She began to develop
acting credits and gained a role on the ABC soap opera, Loving.
Fuentes had appearences on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders
Show, and Cybill. During 1994 to 1995, Daisy was the host of her own
talk show, called Daisy, on CNBC. She also acted as host on America's
Funniest Home Videos for two seasons. In 1997 and 1998 she hosted The
Alma Awards, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '98, the 1998 World
Music Awards, the 1999 Billboard Latin Awards, and the Miss Teen USA,
Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageants. She has been a spokesmodel for
Revlon, American Express, Pantene, M&M's, and Miller Lite. She majored
in communitcations and made it big on T.V. Many people recongize her
from AFHV (Americas Funniest Home Vidoes). She was married once, and
is now engaged to the lead singer of Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose.
Daisy also played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games
for the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital charity.