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• HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Fiesta Magazine celebrates the biggest Fiesta of the year for the Hispanic Community as we support Hispanic Heritage month from September 15 to October 15. In this issue we bring you special coverage of the 2013 Hispanic Heritage awards at The Kennedy Center with a variety of award winning stars who have made an impact on The Hispanic community. We also feature Mark Anthony, The King of Salsa on the front page and continue to bring you coverage of other concerts in the DMV. Fiesta Magazine takes advantage of this very special Hispanic Heritage month 52 pages, by bringing you a more sophisticated edition with additional pages to keep you entertained. We aim to keep you captivated with the coverage of the variety of celebrations in our area as well as our coverage of the Latin Fashion week in New York on page 26.

Don’t miss the beautiful Natasha on page 32 as she is sure to entice you with her beauty and natural curves and The Blonde Girl Arika on page 46 with her beautiful smile and hot leather pants!

A special thanks to our media partners Telemundo and Radio El Zol and as always we thank you, our readers, our advertisers and supporters of Fiesta Magazine. Please feel free to Email us with any and all suggestion or requests at magazinefiesta@gmail.com.

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FIESTA DC MAGAZINE on the cover SEPTEMBER 2013

PROTOGRAPHY by Sam Rodriguez

Tuesday, September 10 at 8 pm at the Filene Center.A Latin superstar who tells you what you “Need to Know” with riveting, pop-inspired crossover songs like “You Sang to Me” and new single “Vivir Mi Vida.”Marc Anthony

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by: Michelle Chavez

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Powerful voices came from the stage and strong approving applauses came from the seats.

Lights shined on the performers and cheers came from the audience. Latino pride was displayed throughout the night, acceptance speech after acceptance speech.

The 26th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards was an event unlike any of its kind. Public figures from all backgrounds made an appearance at the Kennedy Center as award recipients, performers, or special guests.

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near the stage. Performers throughout the night like Lucero, Pee Wee, and Los Tigres del Norte were also met by cheering audience members. During their acceptance speeches, notable people like Eva Longoria, Diego Luna, Juan Pablo Montoya focused on the importance of their Hispanic heritage, inciting the audience to rejoice with them asthey accepted their awards. < WWW.fiestaDCmagazine.com

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“ The Hershey Company presented The Hispanic Vision Award to LUCERO for her support of Children in Latin America.”

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Photography by Jose Mejia ®

The night was not complete without a few laughs, however. Lights went off at incorrect times, stage curtain malfunctions occurred, a microphone went off, and introductions had to be restated. It was not just the mistakes that made the audience laugh throughout the night, though. It was also Eva Longoria’s speech about how difficult it was to speak in such a tight dress that filled the theater with chuckles.

The night ended with many cabbing over to Cuba Libre for the after party.

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The Hershey Company presented The Hispanic Vision Award to LUCERO for her support of Children in Latin America. LUCERO is one of the most recognized performer’s in Latin America. She has sold over 27 million albums and has also starred in a variety of soap operas. The award recognizes her for her extensive work as a global philanthropist supporting different children’s charities. LUCERO performed on stage to the delight of the audience. She was the highlight of the evening with her Mariachi costume and powerful vocals.

Other awards include The legend awards given to Musical Group “Los Tigres Del Norte”, The Design Award given to Chef Jose Andres, The education award to Superintendant Alberto Carvalho, The Leadership Award to Teresa Kumar President of Voto Latino, The Inspira award to Actor/Director/Producer Diego Luna and The Sports Award to Race Car Driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

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By Claudia Ordóñez

MARC ANTHONY

A Latin superstar who tells you what you “Need to Know” with riveting, popinspired crossover songs like “You Sang to Me” and new single “Vivir Mi Vida.”

The King of Salsa, Marc Anthony sang and danced the night away at the beautiful Wolf Trap Arena in Vienna, VA on September 10th.

This was his 12th stop of his 36 City World Tour that began in Medellin, Colombia and will end in Adelaide, Australia on December 18.

By the time the tour is over, the singer will have performed in 3 continents, 15 countries and 36 Cities! El Zol radio station was once again the designated radio station responsible for promoting and selling out this sizzling event at the famous Wolf Trap Arena!

This was by far the most energized salsa concert to come to the DMV area this year! Marc Anthony kept the entire sold out 7,000 person seating arena on their feet dancing through the entire concert! He sang his top hits and came back with 2 encores culminating with his hottest and newest hit “Vivir La Vida”, the longest running #1 salsa song on the Billboards Hot Latin songs chart. The audience did not stop screaming and singing to the words of his songs as they danced the night away under the stars! The night was filled with amazing energy that radiated from Marc Anthony and his band as well as his very loyal, mostly Latin/ Puerto Rican audience.

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September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.

The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.

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2013 Event Highlights September 11 Concert Los Texmaniacs: Traditional Conjunto Dance music from Texas (Library of Congress) September 15 Family Day: Structure of Salsa Music An exploration and demonstration of salsa music and dance.

The Eileen Torres Dancers and Orquesta La Leyenda perform.

(American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution) September 21 & October 5 Family Day: Hispanics in Science and Aerospace Hear about Latin Americans’ contributions to aviation and space exploration and take part in bilingual story times and hands-on activities. (Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution) September 22, 27 & October 3 Gallery Talk Marta Horgan discusses “No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole,”

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Caribbean Plate Category: HIspanic food Location: 132 E. Annandale Road

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Report by Kimviet Ngo How many times do you pass by the road between Annandale and Washington Street in Falls Church area? And did you ever notice the sign of a Cuban restaurant in that corner shopping mall? The name of the restaurant Caribbean Plate, remidds us of the food from the fiery oceanic region that stretches from the Caribbean Sea to Central and South America.

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The Caribbean Sea is the large body of water, formed by the movement of the oceanic tectonic plates stretching over 3 million square miles, from Central America and the Caribbean Sea to the north coast of South America. Fiery volcanic eruptions and intense seismic activities borders this region of islands and peninsula. The Wotten Waven Caldera is one of 9 volcanoes on the island of Dominica. This popular hot spring retreat, is where the restaurant hot sauce gets its spirit from.

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Inspired by Caribbean Sea and the region’s unique food culture, the owner and the chef brings the tastes of the island to customers with dishes specializing on charcoal chicken, French pressed coffee, unique salads, fruit smoothies, and meat pies. The new restaurant just opens for its doors for 7 months, but already attracks a wide following of customers, lured by is very relaxing environment and the lull of Caribbean music playing back ground.

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The restaurant’s design, tropical decoration and a very friendly welcome gives firsttime customers a taste of tropical Caribbean Sea. The menus give customers a variety of selections of dishes from regions such as Columbia and Jamaica. The delicious Jamaican curried chicken with thick creamy yellow curry with pieces of chicken, carrots, sweet potatoes served with choice of rice and side dish.

Another excellent dish is shrimp tacos with charcoal shrimp, shredded cabbage, tomato, red onion, garlic rice, and BBQ ranch dressing served with rice and black beans.

Among the delicious and excellent dishes is charcoal chicken, so juicy and fresh that draws customers to come back again!

A special recipe from Cuba is the desert, as they make their own Cuban Flan and Coconut Macaroons.

If you want to seek the place to find a moment relaxing in Caribbean Sea without cruise or flying to central and South America, or you love to bring family and friends to enjoy Cuban food, come to the Caribbean Plate now.

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Taste of Falls Church Festival is a yearly community event in the town of Falls Church. On September 9, hundreds of local businesses, government and non-profit organizations attended this wonderful event at Cherry Hill Park, Falls Church, VA . The festival attracted not only local residents but also passengers passing by. Having just relocated to Falls Church at its current location, the festival gives Fiesta DC Magazine an opportunity to meet new friends, new faces and new neighborhood in this friendly community.

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September is the month dedicated to the Hispanic community in the United State. Googling “Hispanic heritage month” shows hundreds of thousands of non-profits and government sites holding events and festivals dedicateedfor Latino people. The Arlington County Alliance of Hispanic Employees held the event “Proclamation Ceremony of the Hispanic Heritage Month- Serving and Leading with Pride of Honor” on September 13, 2013. Those speakers are Mr. Pablo Zuniga, a Senior Office at the Organization American States (OAS) in the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions; Ms. Fernanda Ferrel-Zabala, an Aerospace Systems Engineer with NASA. For entertainment, the group of GRUFOLPAWA performed a beautiful cultural dance, and Michael Bard, the famous guitarist musician performed for many luminaries and dignitaries including former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, former Secretary of States Collin Powell and many Senators as well as various members of royalty throughout the Middle East. Fiesta Magazine will have a special interview Michael Bard on October issue. http://www.arlingtonva.us/ < WWW.fiestaDCmagazine.com

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By: Claudia Ordoñez

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by Claudia Ordoñez It was an extremely humid night in Virginia on September 10 but that didn’t stop thousands of diehard electronic dance music fans from sweating to the unique sounds of Depeche Mode at jiffy Lube Live. It was definitely a tantalizing night with an amazing backdrop of sensual images and electronic sounds! Although this UK band has been around since the 1980’s they sounded as fresh as any new electronic band of the day. Dave Gahan the lead singer gave a spectacular performance with his very strong and sexy vocals and hard abs or was it hard vocals and strong and sexy abs.

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Either way it was an electrically charged sexy night!

They opened the concert with songs from their most recent album: Delta Machine but it was the older songs, “Walking in My Shoes”’, “Precious”, “Policy of Truth” that got the crowd to their feet. Martin Gore sang a couple of solos “The Child Inside” and “But Not Tonight”. More songs and sexy images on the screen culminated to the last and one of my favorites, “Just Can’t Get Enough”. http://www.depechemode.com < WWW.fiestaDCmagazine.com

ARGENTINA 1600 New Hampshire Av. NW. Washington, DC 20009 Tel : (202) 238-6401 • Fax : (202) 332-3171 Web : www.embassyofargentina.us

BOLIVIA 3014 Massachusetts Av, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 483-4410 • Fax : (202) 328-3712 Web : www.bolivia-usa.org

BRASIL 3006 Massachusetts Av, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 238-2700 • Fax : (202) 238-2827 Web : www.brasilemb.org

CHILE 1732 Massachusetts Av, NW. Washington, DC 20036 Tel : (202) 785-1746 • Fax : (202) 887-5579 Web : www.chile-usa.org

COLOMBIA 2118 Leroy Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 387-8338 • Fax : (202) 232-8643 Web : www.colombiaemb.org

COSTA RICA 2112 South Street, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 328-6628 • Fax : (202) 234-6950 Web : www.costarica-embassy.org

ECUADOR 2535 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 2009 Tel : (202) 234-7200 • Fax : (202) 667-3482 Web : www.ecuador.org

EL SALVADOR 1400 16 Street NW. Suite 100.

Washington, DC 20036 Tel : 202) 595 7500 Fax : (202) 232-3763 Web : www.elsalvador.org

GUATEMALA 2220 R. Street, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 745-4952 • Fax : (202) 745-1908 Web : www.guatemala-embassy.org

HONDURAS 3007 Tilden Street, NW Suite 4-M. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 966-7702 • Fax : (202) 966-9751 Web : www.hondurasemb.org www.fiestadcmagazine.com >

MEXICO 1911 Pennsylvania Av. NW. Washington, DC 20006 Tel : (202) 728-1600 • Fax : (202) 728-1698 Web : www.embassyofmexico.org

NICARAGUA 1627 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC, 20009 Tel: (202) 939-6531 • Fax (202)-939-6532 Web :http://nicaragua.usembassy.gov

PANAMA 2862 McGill Terrace, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 483-1407 • Fax : (202) 483-4813 Web : www.embassyofpanama.org PARAGUAY 2400 Massachusetts Av, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 483-6960 • Fax : (202) 234-4508 Web : www.embaparusa.gov.py

PERU 1700 Massachusetts Av, NW. Washington, DC 20036 Tel : (202) 833-9860 • Fax : (202) 659-8124 Web : www.peruvianembassy.us

REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 1715 22nd Street, NW. Washington, DC 20008 Tel : (202) 265-8057 • Fax (202) 939-0971 Web : www.domrep.org

URUGUAY 19131 Eye Street, NW . Washington, DC 20006 Tel : (202) 331-1313 • Fax: (202) 331-8142 Web : www.uruwashi.org VENEZUELA 1099 30th St. NW. Washington, DC 20007 Tel : (202) 342-2214 • Fax : (202) 342-6820 Web : www.embavenez-us.org OFICINA DE INTERESES DE CUBA 2630 and 2639 16th Street, NW. Washington, DC 20009 Tel : (202) 797-8518

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New York Latin Fashion Week Prese New York City, NY welcomes Latin Fashion Week for the highly anticipated, fall fashion week.

Dreams in Heels PR will be hosting a series of events for Latin Fashion Week in New York City prior and post the multi-day event. Next Stop, DC and LA!.

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NEW YOR K -- This year’s Latin Fashion Week presents Keep Rising to the Top, a designer contest that tests the top Latin inspired designs.

The winner receives a $1500 cash prize and the opportunity of showcasing their collection during the opening night of the 3-day events of New York Latin Fashion Week. All entries were submitted online and there was only one entry allowed per designer.

New York Latin Fashion Week began on September 12 with an invitation only, VIP and media night. The night included runway shows, meet and greet, cocktails, interviews on the red carpet, performances and other surprises from 6-10pm at Pillars 38 NYC located at 518 W. 38th Street (btw 10th & 11th Ave), New York, N.Y. The highlight of the night showcased the collection of the winner of the Keep Rising to the Top contest.

On September 13 and 14, all Latin Fashion Week runway shows opened to the public from 6-10pm. Latin Fashion Week concluded on September 14 with a spectacular finale, and DIHPR invites all guests to celebrate another successful Latin Fashion Week at the private after party.

In an effort to give back to the community, Latin FW donated 50% of all tickets sales to charity: Luz Foundation (luz-foundation.org) helps youth to continue to pursue a career in the arts.

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About Latin Fashion Week: Sobeidy Vidal,Founder of Latin Fashion Week, began with a two-decade-old dream to share the style, creativity and brilliance of Latin Fashion Designers with the world in order to demonstrate and generate Latin Pride and Latin Genius. Sobeidy created Latin Fashion Week to not only make her dream come true but to uplift and empower the Latin Community and the world through fashion. Latin Fashion Week was created in the spirit of the Latin World’s illustrious designers—being a platform that is completely dedicated to showcasing the work of Latin and Multicultural inspired designers. Every Latin Fashion Week “Boutique Style” event brings together “Latin Fashionistas”—helping designers meet and interact with both each other and influential industry leaders who can help propel their work to its next level.

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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or “houses” to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know what’s “in” and what’s “out” for the season.

The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the four fashion capitals of the world: New York City, London, Milan, and Paris. Some other important fashion weeks in the world are held in Tokyo, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Singapore and in Toronto. DC launched its first Latin Fashion Week, the event took place at the Marriott Metro Center in Washington, DC. Designers such as Luis Mercader from Spain, Maurizio Alberino and StellaBonds a local designer from Colombia. by: Gedalia Vera

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Luis Mercader Spain Designer Luis Mercader was present at Latin Fashion Week 2011. He studied at the Center of Design Fashion Madrid. In 1994, starting as a freelance research conducted at leading Spanish and international companies such as El Corte Ingles. At Latin Fashion Week Mercader presented us with an esquisite men’s collection. Quality craftmanship and tailored suits for men. The designer presented a sneak peek to a future women collection.

Mercader is currently selling his line within the United States as well as in Europe.

Stella Bonds Stella Bonds Is an exciting designer from with a wonderful imagination.

A graduate of design programs in both the US and Europe, StellaBonds unifies old world craftsmanship and elegance with new world style and sensibilities.

Centered on couture dresses, men’s sportswear shirts, and high-end women’s shoes, the designer Stella, is a native of Bogota, Colombia, who blends her sensual and sophisticated South American roots with the vision and vitality of her experiences living in the US. The line for woman is only one kind of a dress. The line features boldo, brilliant and unique desi

Sabido & Basteris One of the designers that caught my eye is Sabido & Basteris with Italian and Mexican origen, is a new authority in the world of fashion. Known for the vibrant color and unique style, this quickly growing international powerhouse has created a solid place in the hearts of the fashion community. He was inspired by the seemingly endless amount of color he found within their walls. The idea of creating pieces or art that can withstand the test of time and still remain as vivacious as they were when created, gave him the inspiration to create what is now known as the colored silver thread Argento SB. Victor Sabido’s company is unique.

The Silver Mark has been designed to create a unique and distinctive visual brand that represents the uniqueness of SILVER. www. sabidobasteris.com

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Natasha Alam was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Natasha attended school at the University of Technology for Aviation where her major was aircraft mechanics. Before appearing on the July cover of Playboy, Natasha started modeling in Moscow only to then perform on the runways of Rome, London, Milan, and New York.

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Sofía triunfa con su papel de Gloria en la serie cómica de EEUU “Modern Family”, que en España se ve a través de Fox y de Neox. Interpeta el papel de una bella colombiana madre soltera de un niño de once años que está casada con un hombre bastante mayor que ella y adinerado. El papel fue hecho a la medida de Sofía contando incluso con su marcado acento sudamericano al hablar en inglés. Su espectacular físico y su talento bien lo merecían. Y el negocio ha salido redondo tanto para la serie, que cuenta con un valor seguro con la colombiana, como para la actriz, que ha sido nominada al Emmy y a los Globos de Oro y a los Screen Actors Guild por su interpretación de Gloria y ha recibido diversos galardones por su brillante trabajo.

Vergara fue descubierta por un cazatalentos en una playa colombiana y contratada como modelo de un comercial de Pepsi que tuvo mucho éxito en su país natal y le lanzó en el mercado local como modelo publicitaria y de pasarela.

Internacionalmente fue conocida cuando, siendo una de las En cierto modo, pues, la bella barranquillera pasó por el aro de los estereotipos. Pero está claro que con su brillante actuación en “Modern Family” ha dado al traste con los prejuicios. Sofía no es solo una mujer espectacular. Es también una excelente actriz que ha logrado con su trabajo el respeto y el posicionamiento del que goza cada vez más en Estados Unidos.Su incursión en el mercado angloparlante comenzó con

su participación como presentadora en los “American Comedy Awards” para la cadena Fox, donde conoció al director Barry Sonnenfeld, quien le ofreció el papel de Nina en la película Big Trouble de Disney. Ha protagonizado y participado en películas como Chasing Papi, junto al galán mexicano Eduardo Verástegui, Soul Plane, The 24th hour, Lords of Dogtown, Grilled con Ray Romano, Pledge this al lado de Paris Hilton y Four Brothers.

FIESTA MAGAZINE: ¿Qué significa en tu carrera haber sido nominada a los Emmy y a los Globos de Oro? Sofía Vergara: El solo hecho de estar nominada ya fue algo inolvidable porque es muy difícil conseguir papeles con mi físico y mi acento.

F.M: ¿Se puede decir que has hecho de la necesidad virtud aprovechando tu marcado acento para lograr papeles como el de Gloria en “Modern Family”?

S.V: Sí. Lo curioso es que ahora hablo peor el inglés que hace 20 años. Vivir en Miami me marcó porque allí no se habla inglés. Cuando me mudé a Los Ángeles y empecé a hacer pruebas para comedias descubrí que es mucho más divertida

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presentadoras del Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar, Chile, fue relacionada sentimentalmente con el cantante mexicano Luis Miguel y su nombre resonó en todos los medios de comunicación latinoamericanos. Posteriormente se mudó a Miami y firmó un contrato de exclusividad con la cadena hispana Univisión. Con esta cadena presentó los programas “Fuera de serie” y “A que no te atreves”. También presentó el programa “La bomba” para una estación local de Nueva York, además de participar como actriz en la novela “Acapulco”.

Sus inicios en Los Ángeles no fueron precisamente fáciles.

Le resultaba muy difícil que confiaran en ella como actriz. Ella misma cuenta que en los castings no encajaba en ningún papel con su acento, cuerpo. Sofía, rubia natural, no encajaba con el prototipo de mujer latina que señala el cliché. Sofía ha contado al respecto: “Pensaban que las latinas tenemos que ser todas como Salma Hayek. En el momento en que me teñí el cabello oscuro dijeron; “Oh, ella es la chica latina caliente”.

Ahora, junto a su éxito en “Modern Family”, está en las carteleras cinematográficas de todo el mundo como una de las protagonistas de la película de “Los pitufos”, mitad animación y mitad realidad. Vergara también fue confirmada como una de las voces de “Happy Feet 2”, la cinta de George Miller que llegará a las salas en noviembre de 2011 y que tiene entre su reparto vocal a Elijah Wood, Robin Williams y Brad Pitt.

cualquier frase en inglés con un acento fuerte que con uno más refinado.

F.M: ¿Se puede decir que estás en la cúspide de tu carrera por situaciones como haber tenido que rechazar trabajar con Pedro Almodóvar por cuestiones de agenda?

S.V: Me muero por trabajar por Almodóvar. Tenía el papel muy claro en la mente, había hecho ya el casting. Pero son cosas del trabajo, toco madera, a veces te sobra pero a veces falta hasta a las grandes estrellas.

F.M: ¿Crees que llegas a ser nominada al Oscar?

S.V: Eso es imposible. Para llegar a ese nivel, a la posibilidad de un Oscar, tienes que tener papeles dramáticos que no creo que me vayan a ofrecer.

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NIGHT OF HOPE AND PINK

By: Gedalia Vera The Gala Night, Night of Hope and Pink took place at the Sheraton in Annapolis, MD. The event featured the Redskins and Raven Cheerleaders, VIP’s and Socialites from Maryland gathered to celebrate breast cancer. A live auction took place, the event touched hearts of the attendees when survivors came out. Wonderful swag bags were provided for attendees.

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S0cial scene OkTOBERfest Celebramos en la ciudad Germantown el 25 anual Oktoberfest festival que se llevĂł a cabo en October 1, 2011 empezando desde las 11 AM en el parque Dusk Ridge Road Germantown, Maryland. Nuestra revista asistiĂł cubriendo el evento mas fotos visita www.fullpartytonight.com

Jenny, Barbara y Mirtha de cumpleaĂąos Jenny, Barbara y Mirtha celebraron juntas su cumpleaĂąos durante un agasajo ofrecido por â&#x20AC;&#x153;Las Chicas Fashionâ&#x20AC;?, un grupo que se reĂşne cada mes para compartir solo entre amigas.

ContĂĄctenos

Es importante para el â&#x20AC;&#x153;Staffâ&#x20AC;? las sugerencias de los lectores.

Ellos tambiĂŠn tienen la libertad de enviar, fotografĂ­as invitaciones a eventos o artĂ­culos de opiniĂłn.

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Modelo: Arika Burton Fecha de Nacimiento: 17 de Diciembre Lugar: oakton - Viginia.

La simpática joven que mostramos en la Portada está en el mundo del modelaje desde que tenía 11 años. A través de esta experiencia que fue expuesta y aprendió a amar el arte del maquillaje.

Ella es ahora profesional certificado como M.A.C. Pro y artista de maquillaje Smashbox Pro. Su pasión por el glamour que la condujo al mundo de la magnífica fotografía de tocador y tiene un estudio en Oakton Virginia que está abierto al público con cita previa.

El sitio virtual es: www.LoveBurtonBoudoir.com y está tambien en Facebook: Love, Burton Photography xo.

Arika tiene una pasión por viajar dentro y fuera de los Estados Unidos. Vivió en Europa y en las hermosas playas de la Florida ... Le encanta visitar lugares her- mosos de todo el mundo para el trabajo y para la diversión! También le gusta mantenerse activa trabajando en el gimnasio y nadando en su piscina tambien le gusta mucho salir con sus mascotas: Stoney y Zoe.

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