Claudia Salinas
| Claudia Salinas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 August 1983 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
| Occupation | model, actress, blogger |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Website |
www www |
Claudia Salinas (/səˈliːnəs/ sa-'LEE-nas; born 19 August 1983) is a Mexican model, actress, blogger and fashionista. As a blogger she is known as Miss Salinas, which is the name of her blog.
Career
She studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York.
Claudia has appeared in major television and print ad campaigns for brands like BudLight, Calvin Klein, Yoplait, All State. She has also appeared inmagazines including GQ,[1] Maxim,[2] FHM, Bello and Trace. She was featured as the cover girl for the June 2011 issue of FHM Indonesia.
Films with appearances by Claudia include "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights", "Crossing Over" opposite Harrison Ford, and most recently the acclaimed Mexican action comedy "Salvando al Soldado Perez".[3]
Magazine Appearances
- FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 (#43)
Personal
Claudia was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her mother is of Russian Ashkenazi decent.
Although she is fluent in English, her first language is Spanish. At the age of 4, she began training as a ballet dancer. She performed in several ballet productions in her hometown Monterrey. Her parents, skeptical of a career as a dancer, encouraged her to go to college. Following her parents footsteps, both academics, she graduated from Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Universidad Regiomontana when she was only 19.
References
- ↑ "GQ&A with Claudia Salinas". GQ. June 22, 2011.
- ↑ "A Mexican who's Russian for the Hollywood bigtime!". Maxim. March 2011
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461336/