Photos: Growing Stronger (MQ)
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0001.jpg533x4801467 viewsMy mom and my dad in Xochimilco.
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0002.jpg165x1431202 viewsThis is “la Chancha,” the nickname we gave this tiny head at home.
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0003.jpg331x4431409 viewsMy father and I.
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0004.jpg296x4251344 viewsOn my way out to the Kiosco Morisco.
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0005.jpg210x1841414 viewsIn La Paz, Baja California. An authentic mini-Marimar.
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0006.jpg209x1881528 viewsAt preschool with my mother.
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0007.jpg350x2451488 viewsMy baptism in the arms of my mother, with all my sisters.
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0008.jpg768x5601144 viewsThe TV show La Mujer Ahora.
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0009.jpg481x376992 viewsMy first appearance on TV at three years old.
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0010.jpg227x2301175 viewsMy cooking segment on Evelyn la Puente’s morning show.
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0011.jpg357x4761040 viewsThe first time I played Sandy in Grease with Benny Ibarra in the role of Danny.
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0012.jpg233x2661167 viewsThe band Timbiriche.
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0013.jpg416x7441032 viewsIn my character María la del Barrio standing in a real landfill.
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0014.jpg352x488995 viewsSinging at a Timbiriche show.
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0015.jpg232x3011011 viewsOne of my performances on Siempre en Domingo, hosted by Raul Velasco.
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0016.jpg352x4851066 viewsOne of my looks for the Love album, made with daisies, my favorite flower.
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0017.jpg233x3031000 viewsEccentric wardrobes have always been a huge part of my career.
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0018.jpg288x207968 viewsAt the height of the popularity of the novela trilogy, I visited Manila, Phillipines. The novelas were highly rated and seen in more than 180 countries by more than two billion people.
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0019.jpg368x524869 viewsMaría Mercedes.
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0020.jpg228x299991 viewsMarimar.
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0021.jpg296x1801095 viewsAdela Noriega and I in Quinceañera.
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0022.jpg607x560782 viewsComeback as a perfomer during Primera fila, live.
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0023.jpg457x323855 viewsLo Nuestro Award for Latin Music.
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0024.jpg427x307906 viewsCelebrating the sales of “Piel Morena” and “Amor a la Mexicana.”
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0025.jpg524x332936 viewsMusicians during a reception with the governor of Bali.
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0026.jpg309x245855 viewsWherever I go, my nationality is celebrated with a good Mariachi band. ¡Viva México!
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0027.jpg411x318895 viewsTypical receptions in the countries I’ve visited, typical clothes, and always surrounded by children.
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0028.jpg235x2071198 viewsLooking very sad in Venice. Neither my youth nor the good-looking boys could fill my solitude.
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0029.jpg513x361973 viewsVisiting an orphanage in Mexico City in 2001.
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0030.jpg479x234938 viewsMy job as the spokesperson for the March of Dimes in 2006.
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0031.jpg414x2291014 viewsMeeting my European fans in 2005.
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0032.jpg688x5391857 viewsGetting dressed at Hotel Mark in New York.
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0033.jpg454x3081962 viewsIn the limo on my way to my wedding ceremony. My mother and Mitzy to the right, Danny on the left.
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0034.jpg662x6092608 viewsCutting our wedding cake. Every level had a different flavor.
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0035.jpg438x2981770 viewsTommy and I with Michael Jackson on our wedding day.
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0036.jpg461x3291466 viewsGloria Estefan and Rosie O’Donnell hop onstage as Donna Summers sings at our wedding.
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0037.jpg332x2231539 viewsTommy and I with Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
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0038.jpg334x5461527 viewsA Christmas special performance on Rockefeller Plaza across from St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where Tommy and I got married.
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0039.jpg662x3971155 viewsDancing with President Barack Obama during the “In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina” concert, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage, on the South Lawn of the White House, October 13, 2009.
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0040.jpg488x2961180 viewsThe concert finale at the White House of the October 13 taping for “In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina”: (left to right) Eva Longoria, George Lopez, Tito “El Bambino,” Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, José Feliciano, me, and Aventura member Anthony “Romeo” Santos.
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0041.jpg236x3471892 viewsTommy and I at a Fourth of July BBQ in Aspen.
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0042.jpg236x3471368 viewsMy first catch! Montauk, New York.
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0043.jpg237x3231606 viewsRock climbing in Utah.
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0044.jpg239x3071566 viewsTrapeze lessons in Bridgehampton, summer 2010.
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0045.jpg252x3291768 viewsMy birthday at Da Silvano, two months before Sabrina was born. Tommy surprised me with my likeness on the birthday cake.
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0046.jpg219x2852320 viewsPicking apples at the orchard in Millbrook, New York. This is possibly the moment I could have contracted Lyme disease. The area is beautiful but heavily wooded and full of deer ticks!
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0047.jpg252x2332781 viewsLast month of medicines and supplements prescribed for my Lyme disease.
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0048.jpg219x2373532 viewsLosing my hair and muscle mass in the fight with Lyme disease.
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0049.jpg443x6162785 viewsSabrina and I.
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0050.jpg508x6094907 viewsHere are my two loves. Sabrina is singing to her baby brother in my belly, whom at the time she called “Yuyu.”
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