Maria Conchita Alonso

Birthday: 29 June 1957, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Birth Name: María Concepción Alonso Bustillo

Height: 169 cm

Born in Cuba, but raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Maria Conchita Alonso was crowned Miss Teenager of the World in 1971 and later as Miss Distrito Federal became the first runner up in the Miss Venezuela 1975 competition placing later that year in the top seven of the Miss World 1975. She became a popular actress in Latin America, working in ten telenovelas (soap operas) and starred in a quartet of Venezuelan films. She was also a popular singer, and has three Grammy nominations. In 1982, she emigrated to the US, and made her Hollywood film debut in 1984 in Paul Mazursky's Moscow on the Hudson (1984), opposite Robin Williams. In 1995 she was playing "Aurora/Spider Woman" in a Broadway production of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", making her the first South American woman to star on the Great White Way. Show less «

I left Venezuela looking for something bigger. I wanted to be an international star.

I've always wanted to be the center of attention.

All my life I've had a weight problem. As a child, I loved to eat. I would hide from my mother and d...Show more »

All my life I've had a weight problem. As a child, I loved to eat. I would hide from my mother and drink whole cans of condensed milk in my room. Show less «

I've never had a problem with age; my feelings and emotions are still like those of a young woman. T...Show more »

I've never had a problem with age; my feelings and emotions are still like those of a young woman. Thank God, I can still be surprised and excited, and I can still dream. I think that's something no one should stop doing, because it's what keeps you young! Show less «

I've always been more in control of my professional life than my personal life. Although I'm a stron...Show more »

I've always been more in control of my professional life than my personal life. Although I'm a strong woman, when I fall in love I just give myself 100 percent. I become secondary. Show less «

I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That'...Show more »

I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That's what brings the wrinkles! I didn't care when I turned 30 or 40 or 50. Show less «

It doesn't really matter where the opportunity comes from, as long as I have fun doing the work.

It's not right to believe that the only way you're gonna get a job and the only way you're gonna get...Show more »

It's not right to believe that the only way you're gonna get a job and the only way you're gonna get a man or be happy is by being so skinny. Show less «

I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel s...Show more »

I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the ones in trouble. Show less «

Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how...Show more »

Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world. Show less «

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