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			'''Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck''' (born May 19, 1965) is a Chilean actress, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned ] and ].

			Bolocco has worked as a journalist on the Spanish language edition of ], on ] and on various programs for Chilean Television and acted on the soap opera '']''.
	'''Cecilia Bolocco''', ]an TV entertainer. 1987 ].

			Between 2001<ref name=BBC>{{Cite news\|agency=]\|
	Born on May 19, 1965 in Santiago, Chile. Father, Enzo Bolocco, mother, Rose Marie Fonck. Silbings, Juan Pablo, Verónica, Diana and Rodrigo (deceased).
			url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1353904.stm
			\|title=Menem marries his beauty queen
			\|first=Claire\|last=Marshall
			\|date=May 26, 2001
			\|location=United Kingdom
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			\|access-date=2010-09-16}}</ref> and 2011 she was married to the 44th President of Argentina ] and they have a son together.

			==Early life==
	Attended primary and secondary school at the Santiago College school. Took a year of Civil Engineering at the Unversity of Chile before dropping out and Constume Design at Incacea Institute.
			Bolocco was born in ] to Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, an ] (Italo-Albanian) businessman <ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://tpino.netfirms.com/bolocco.htm \|title=Bolocco family in Chile \|access-date=2019-02-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714165545/http://tpino.netfirms.com/bolocco.htm \|archive-date=2011-07-14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and Rose Marie Fonck Assler. She attended primary and secondary school at ]. She then studied a year of ] at the ], before dropping out to pursue ] at the INCA-CEA Institute.

			==Miss Universe==
	Chosen Miss Chile for Miss Universe on April 20, 1987. Won the ] ] on May 26, 1987, the first Chilean in doing so.
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			Bolocco was selected ] for ] on April 20, 1987. On May 26, 1987, she beat 67 contestants to become the first Chilean to win the Miss Universe ] that was held at the ] in ] that year.<ref>], 27 May 1987. p. A.28. {{subscription required}} </ref> During her year-long reign, she settled in ].
	During her year-long reign, she lived in Los Angeles, California.

			==After the crown==
	Began a television career in Chile in the show ''Porque hoy es sábado'' (Because it's Saturday) in National Television. She then co-hosted ''Martes 13'' (Tuesday the 13th) on Canal 13.

			Bolocco began a television career in Chile with the show ''Porque hoy es sábado'' ("Because it's Saturday") on ]. She then co-hosted ''Martes 13'' ("Tuesday the 13th") on ]. The program name is a play on the English idiomatic expression about Friday the 13th, where in Chile the unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th.
	Married American producer Michael Young on March, 1990, in Santiago, Chile. The media would call that marriage "the wedding of the century."

			In March 1990, Bolocco married ] television producer ] in Santiago. The local media covered the event as if it were a royal wedding.
	She worked as anchor-women for the Spanish news section at CNN in June, 1990. Then, on Telemundo, where she hosted the show ''La buena vida'' (The Good Life), ''Ocurrió así'' (The Way It Happened) and ''Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco'' (Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco), for which she won two Emmy awards.

			Bolocco moved to ] to work as an anchorwoman for the Spanish section at ] produced for Telemundo Network, in June 1990. Then, she became a full-fledged member of the ] family where she hosted the afternoon lifestyles program '']'' ("The Good Life"). The show was merged with another newsmagazine titled '']'' ("It Happened This Way") and ''Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco'' ("Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco") followed, for which she won two ] awards.
	She then began acting on the Mexican soap opera ''Morelia'', which was aired on more than 70 countries of the Americas and Europe, including Chile.
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			She then took a starring role as the evil ''Karina Lafontaine de Montero'' in the Mexican ]'s hit ] ], which was aired to more than 70 countries throughout the Americas, including ], and Europe.
	She ended her relationship with husband Young around this time. Because there is no divorce law in Chile, she could not divorce him.

			Around the mid-1990s, Bolocco ended her relationship with husband Michael Young. The marriage was annulled, because no ] law existed in Chile at the time.
	She co-hosted the closing night of the 36th Viña del Mar Festival on February, 1995, in Chile.

			In 1993 Bolocco co-hosted the ] in the Auditorio Nacional in ].
	In October 1996 she took the job as co-host in one of the highest ratings shows in Chilean television history, ''Viva el lunes'' (Long Live Monday), along Kike Morandé and comedian Álvaro Salas.

			In 1995 Bolocco co-hosted the closing night of the 36th ], held every year in ], Chile.
	At the same time, she hosted a radio show and appeared in her own TV show ''La noche de Cecilia'' (The Night of Cecilia).

			In October 1996, Bolocco took the job as co-host in one of the shows with the highest ratings in Chilean television history, ''Viva el lunes'' ("Long Live Monday"), alongside Kike Morandé and comedian Álvaro Salas. At the same time, she had a radio show and appeared in her own television show, ''La noche de Cecilia'' ("The Night of Cecilia").
	In February 2000, she became an established hostess for the Viña del Mar Festival, with partner and long time host Antonio Vodanovic.

			Also in 1996 Bolocco was a judge in the ] in ], ].
	During this time she was romantically linked with former ''Viva el lunes'' partner Kike Morandé and songwriter Keko Yungue.

			In February, 2000, Bolocco became an established hostess for the Viña del Mar Song Festival, with partner and longtime host ].
	By July of 2000 there were rumors in the press that she and former Argentine president ] were dating.

			In August 2001 Bolocco's marriage to Young was annulled. On 26 May 2001, Bolocco married former Argentine president ] in ],<ref name=BBC /><ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516025925/http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/bolocco/index.html \|date=2006-05-16 }}, ''La Cuarta''</ref> whom she met while interviewing him at the ] presidential house in Argentina. On November 19, 2003, their first son, Máximo Saúl Menem Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile. They separated in April 2007 and officially divorced in May 2011.
	She married Menem on May 26, 2001 in La Rioja, ], to a full crowd.

			==See also==
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Cecilia Bolocco
Bolocco at the 2010 Chilean telethon
Born	Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (1965-05-19) May 19, 1965 (age 59) Santiago, Chile
Occupation(s)	Television host, fashion designer
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouses	Michael Young (m. 1990; div. 2001) Carlos Menem (m. 2001; div. 2011) José Patricio Daire Barrios (m. 2022)
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Major competition(s)	Miss Chile 1987 (Winner) Miss Universe 1987 (Winner)

Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (born May 19, 1965) is a Chilean actress, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.

Bolocco has worked as a journalist on the Spanish language edition of CNN, on Telemundo and on various programs for Chilean Television and acted on the soap opera Morelia.

Between 2001 and 2011 she was married to the 44th President of Argentina Carlos Menem and they have a son together.

Early life

Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile to Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, an Arbëreshë (Italo-Albanian) businessman and Rose Marie Fonck Assler. She attended primary and secondary school at Santiago College. She then studied a year of civil engineering at the University of Santiago, Chile, before dropping out to pursue costume design at the INCA-CEA Institute.

Miss Universe

Bolocco was selected Miss Chile for Miss Universe on April 20, 1987. On May 26, 1987, she beat 67 contestants to become the first Chilean to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant that was held at the World Trade Centre in Singapore that year. During her year-long reign, she settled in Los Angeles, California.

After the crown

Bolocco began a television career in Chile with the show Porque hoy es sábado ("Because it's Saturday") on Televisión Nacional de Chile. She then co-hosted Martes 13 ("Tuesday the 13th") on Channel 13. The program name is a play on the English idiomatic expression about Friday the 13th, where in Chile the unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th.

In March 1990, Bolocco married American television producer Michael Young in Santiago. The local media covered the event as if it were a royal wedding.

Bolocco moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work as an anchorwoman for the Spanish section at CNN produced for Telemundo Network, in June 1990. Then, she became a full-fledged member of the Telemundo family where she hosted the afternoon lifestyles program La Buena Vida ("The Good Life"). The show was merged with another newsmagazine titled Ocurrió así ("It Happened This Way") and Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco ("Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco") followed, for which she won two Emmy awards.

She then took a starring role as the evil Karina Lafontaine de Montero in the Mexican Televisa's hit soap opera Morelia, which was aired to more than 70 countries throughout the Americas, including Chile, and Europe.

Around the mid-1990s, Bolocco ended her relationship with husband Michael Young. The marriage was annulled, because no divorce law existed in Chile at the time.

In 1993 Bolocco co-hosted the 1993 Miss Universe pageant in the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.

In 1995 Bolocco co-hosted the closing night of the 36th Viña del Mar International Song Festival, held every year in Viña del Mar, Chile.

In October 1996, Bolocco took the job as co-host in one of the shows with the highest ratings in Chilean television history, Viva el lunes ("Long Live Monday"), alongside Kike Morandé and comedian Álvaro Salas. At the same time, she had a radio show and appeared in her own television show, La noche de Cecilia ("The Night of Cecilia").

Also in 1996 Bolocco was a judge in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In February, 2000, Bolocco became an established hostess for the Viña del Mar Song Festival, with partner and longtime host Antonio Vodanovic.

In August 2001 Bolocco's marriage to Young was annulled. On 26 May 2001, Bolocco married former Argentine president Carlos Menem in La Rioja, Argentina, whom she met while interviewing him at the Casa Rosada presidential house in Argentina. On November 19, 2003, their first son, Máximo Saúl Menem Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile. They separated in April 2007 and officially divorced in May 2011.

References

^ Marshall, Claire (May 26, 2001). "Menem marries his beauty queen". BBC News. United Kingdom. BBC. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
"Bolocco family in Chile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
"Miss Universe 1987 crowned"Toronto Star, 27 May 1987. p. A.28. (subscription required)
"Cecilia Bolocco, El casamiento del año" Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, La Cuarta

External links

Cecilia Bolocco at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bárbara Palacios	Miss Universe 1987	Succeeded by Porntip Nakhirunkanok
Preceded byMariana Villasante	Miss Chile 1987	Succeeded byVerónica Romero
Media offices
Preceded byLeeza Gibbons and Angela Visser	Miss Universe color commentator (with Angela Visser) 1993	Succeeded byArthel Neville and Angela Visser

v t e Miss Universe titleholders
1950s	Armi Kuusela (1952) Christiane Martel (1953) Miriam Stevenson (1954) Hillevi Rombin (1955) Carol Morris (1956) Gladys Zender (1957) Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958) Akiko Kojima (1959)
1960s	Linda Bement (1960) Marlene Schmidt (1961) Norma Nolan (1962) Iêda Maria Vargas (1963) Corinna Tsopei (1964) Apasra Hongsakula (1965) Margareta Arvidsson (1966) Sylvia Hitchcock (1967) Martha Vasconcellos (1968) Gloria Diaz (1969)
1970s	Marisol Malaret (1970) Georgina Rizk (1971) Kerry Anne Wells (1972) Margie Moran (1973) Amparo Muñoz (1974) Anne Marie Pohtamo (1975) Rina Messinger (1976) Janelle Commissiong (1977) Margaret Gardiner (1978) Maritza Sayalero (1979)
1980s	Shawn Weatherly (1980) Irene Sáez (1981) Karen Baldwin (1982) Lorraine Downes (1983) Yvonne Ryding (1984) Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985) Bárbara Palacios (1986) Cecilia Bolocco (1987) Porntip Nakhirunkanok (1988) Angela Visser (1989)
1990s	Mona Grudt (1990) Lupita Jones (1991) Michelle McLean (1992) Dayanara Torres (1993) Sushmita Sen (1994) Chelsi Smith (1995) Alicia Machado (1996) Brook Lee (1997) Wendy Fitzwilliam (1998) Mpule Kwelagobe (1999)
2000s	Lara Dutta (2000) Denise Quiñones (2001) Oxana Fedorova/Justine Pasek (2002) Amelia Vega (2003) Jennifer Hawkins (2004) Natalie Glebova (2005) Zuleyka Rivera (2006) Riyo Mori (2007) Dayana Mendoza (2008) Stefanía Fernández (2009)
2010s	Ximena Navarrete (2010) Leila Lopes (2011) Olivia Culpo (2012) Gabriela Isler (2013) Paulina Vega (2014) Pia Wurtzbach (2015) Iris Mittenaere (2016) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (2017) Catriona Gray (2018) Zozibini Tunzi (2019)
2020s	Andrea Meza (2020) Harnaaz Sandhu (2021) R'Bonney Gabriel (2022) Sheynnis Palacios (2023) Victoria Kjær Theilvig (2024)

v t e Miss Universe 1987 national titleholders
BRA: Jacqueline Meirelles CHI: Cecilia Bolocco COL: Patricia López FRA: Nathalie Marquay HKG: Lily Chung ITA: Roberta Capua NGA: Lynda Chuba PAN: Gabriela Deleuze PUR: Laurie Simpson THA: Chutima Naiyana USA: Michelle Royer VEN: Inés María Calero

Miss Chile titleholders (1987)

Miss Universo Chile
Cecilia Bolocco

Miss World Chile
Yasna Vukasovic

Major international pageant titleholders (1987)

Miss World
Ulla Weigerstorfer

Miss Universe
Cecilia Bolocco

Miss International
Laurie Simpson

Miss Universe Organization titleholders (1987)

Miss Universe
Cecilia Bolocco

Miss USA
Michelle Royer

Miss Teen USA
Kristi Addis

v t e Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Years	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024 2025
Hosts	Raúl Matas Ricardo García César Antonio Santis Antonio Vodanovic María Olga Fernández María Graciela Gómez Pamela Hodar Paulina Nin De Cardona Sofía Vergara Cecilia Bolocco Myriam Hernández Ricardo Montaner Sergio Lagos Tonka Tomicic Soledad Onetto Felipe Camiroaga Rafael Araneda Eva Gómez Carolina de Moras María Luisa Godoy Martín Cárcamo Pancho Saavedra
Awards	Gaviota Antorcha Lira de Oro Arpa de Oro
Others	El Monstruo

Carlos Menem

Presidency

Events	Presidential pardons Plaza del sí BONEX plan Convertibility plan 1992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing AMIA bombing Pact of Olivos 1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina
Elections	1989 general elections 1991 legislative elections 1993 legislative elections 1995 general elections 1997 legislative elections 2003 general elections
Laws	Argentine quota law State reform law

Scandals

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