María Antonieta Collins (born May 12, 1952 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican journalist, TV host and best seller author of seven books (one as coauthor), and winner of four Emmy Awards, (two of them National Emmys), and the Edward Murrow Award.
Biography
Collins became known to viewers in her native Mexico as a reporter of "Televisa 24 horas" (1974), Noticiero con Jacobo Zabludovsky. In 1979 Collins was sent by Televisa as the first correspondent in California where she began as a general assignemnt journalist also covering baseball in Major Leagues with the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers, job she did until 1986. Later that year was transfer to Spanish International Network (SIN) the network later named Univision. In eighteen years in Univision Network Collins was well known for her job as a Mexico Correspondent, Texas Correspondent, and International Correspondent. In 1993 was appointed as the successor of María Celeste Arrarás as the weekend anchor of Noticiero Univision, beginning to cover Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas while they were out. In 2000 was named Senior Correspondent for the news magazine "Aqui y Ahora" position that with Noticiero Univision fin de semana hold it until she left the network in August 2005.
In the same 2005 Collins where to Telemundo's where she is hosting the morning show Cada Dia".
Collins underwent plastic surgery in 2004 and has spoken extensively about it.
"Collins' books are: "DIETAS Y RECETAS DE MARÍA ANTONIETA" (Grijalbo/Random House 2001) "QUIEN DIJO QUE NO SE PUEDE" (Grijalbo/Random House 2002) "CUANDO EL MONSTRUO DESPIERTA" (Grijalbo/Random House 2003) spoke about domestic violence. Writing this book was an emotional rollercoaster for her, as she revealed that her own daughter, Antonieta Gonzalez Collins, had been a victim of domestic violence by a former boyfriend. "EN EL NOMBRE DE COMPRAR, FIRMAR Y NO LLORAR" (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2004) "COMO LIDIAR CON LOS EX HOMBRES, MUJERES Y FANTASMAS DEL PASADO" (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2006) "DIJISTE QUE ME QUERIAS" COMO SOBRELLEVAR LO IMPENSABLE (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2007).
She also write a weekly editorial column for "El Sol de Mexico" network and it sixty newspapers in the country of Mexico.
María Antonieta and María Celeste Arrarás are both animal rights activists.
She studies and plays (classical) piano.
In an article in People en Español (March 2008), Collins announced that she will be leaving Telemundo when her contract expires in August, 2008 and that she wishes to return to anchoring news.
In 1999 María Antonieta convinces her friend Juanita Castro, the younger brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro, to co-write and published Juanita's autobiography in Spanish edition: My brothers Fidel and Raúl, the secret story. The book is finally published in October 2009.[1]
Notas
- ^ Fidel y Raúl mis hermanos, la historia secreta. Juanita Castro y María Antonieta Collins. Editorial Aguilar, octubre 2009.
External links
- Personal Website
- Cada Dia con Maria Antonieta Collins
- María Antonieta Collins at the Internet Movie Database
- People en Espanol
- Harper-Collins
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Recien salida del tintero, la escritora mexicana Maria Antonieta Collins , presento su ultima obra de ayuda personal, titulada "Porque quiero, porque puedo y ...
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maria antonieta collins. reveals to people en espanol that she is not renewing her contract with telemundo and that she wishes to return to presenting the news. will she go back [...]
