- Title: USA: People en Espanol names the 50 most beautiful people.
- Date: 15th May 2009
- Summary: KARLA MONROIG TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) KARLA MONROIG, ACTRESS, SAYING: "It's very important to learn how to love yourself. Your self-esteem is the maximum. For example, a lot of people ask me 'How do you feel about your new haircut?' Sometimes we think that the hair is everything, or the way we look is everything, but you need to learn to love yourself the way you are, and that way you can project the beauty to the outside. There is always make up involved and little tricks to help you look better, so it's just a matter of looking at a magazine or looking for help you don't feel good about how you look. But the most important thing is to love yourself the way you are because that's the way you were born, and we need to learn to be good human beings without focusing on the exterior." KARLA MONROIG POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS CUCU DIAMANTES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CUCU DIAMANTES, SINGER, SAYING: "First of all, beautiful comes from inside, so to be beautiful outside, you have to be very beautiful inside, otherwise it's not worth it." SAMMY SOSA AND HIS WIFE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHER
- Embargoed: 31st May 2009 18:01
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- Country: USA
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- Story Text: Beauty comes from within says People en Espanol's 50 most beautiful people.
It is the list that everybody wants to be on. People en Espanol, the spanish-language version of the popular People magazine, named its 50 most beautiful people for 2009.
And many of the People en Espanol's most beautiful lit up the red carpet before celebrating at The Edison Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday (May 13).
Among this year's most beautiful Hispanic celebrities are actresses Eva Longoria Parker, Maite Perroni and Karla Monroig.
Eva Longoria Parker says being named one of the 50 most beautiful has made her mother proud.
"For her, she's so proud because she made me. She takes all the credit," she said.
Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, says real beauty comes from inside.
"For example, I never thought I was going to be able to be a model, because I never saw myself as a pretty woman. I never saw myself as a beautiful woman, but it's not just physical, because everyone has different tastes. The point is that everything is in the soul, and the way you feel inside is what you are going to reflect, and that's what people are going to see of your spirit. What you see in the mirror is your soul and your spirit.
All these things you see in your eyes. So that's the real beauty,"
Mendoza said.
Among this year's best looking men are actor William Levy and actor and singer Christopher von Uckermann.
Von Uckermann says he is honored to have been chosen.
"I'm excited to be here because also my partner from my band RBD is here, so I'm excited and I feel good, and thanks to all the fans who voted for me," he said.
For the second year, readers of PeopleEnEspanol were invited to vote for their favorite celebrity on line.
Readers also voted for TV personality Lilia Luciano as one of the 50 most beautiful. Luciano said she is grateful for the support from her fans.
"It means the world to me. It's a dream come true. More than just being part of the list this year, which has been a dream since I was a little girl, since they started making this issue in People En Espanol as well as People in English. It represents the support that I get from our fans at Escandalo TV," she said.
TV personality Ana Maria Canseco said she is also grateful and happy to be on the list.
"It's a club that everybody wants to be in, so I'm super excited. When they told me about it, I was like 'Yes!'. I didn't want to yell that loud, but I was super excited and super happy to be in it," she said.
Actress Karla Monroig offered some words of advice to young women who may not feel pretty.
"It's very important to learn how to love yourself. Your self-esteem is the maximum. For example, a lot of people ask me 'How do you feel about your new haircut?' Sometimes we think that the hair is everything, or the way we look is everything, but you need to learn to love yourself the way you are, and that way you can project the beauty to the outside. There is always make up involved and little tricks to help you look better, so it's just a matter of looking at a magazine or looking for help you don't feel good about how you look. But the most important thing is to love yourself the way you are because that's the way you were born, and we need to learn to be good human beings without focusing on the exterior," Monroig said.
While singer Cucu Diamantes and former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa did not make the list, they did help the winners celebrate well into the night.
Cucu Diamantes said everyone can be beautiful. "First of all, beautiful comes from inside, so to be beautiful outside, you have to be very beautiful inside, otherwise it's not worth it," she said.
While that may be true, not everyone can make People en Espanol's list of most beautiful. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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