Career
Daisy Fuentes was married to Juan Canales and was first hired in 1988 as the host of MTV Internacional, a one-hour Spanish language music show that aired in Latin America and the U.S. Later, Fuentes joined MTV in 1993, becoming MTV's first Latina VJ. She was also a host of the fashion and modeling series House of Style, among other correspondent gigs. With MTV she achieved name recognition as one of that network's more popular hosts and soon was courted by companies to be a spokesmodel. She later landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes appeared on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show, and Cybill. From 1994 to 1995, she hosted her own talk show, Daisy, on CNBC. She was the host of America's Funniest Home Videos from 1998 to 1999. She hosted the ALMA Award, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the 1998 World Music Awards, the 1999 Billboard Latin Awards, and the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageants. She guest-starred in the TV series Queen of Swords episode "Running Wild" 2000. In 2000 she also starred as Kenzie Pearson in Shutterspeed, a made-for TV movie also starring professional wrestler Sting (Steve Borden.)
Daisy Fuentes has appeared on many magazine covers and has starred in nationally televised ads for Revlon, Pantene, American Express, M&M's and others. She was the first Mind, Body, Spirit Superstar, which was created to generate awareness of top women's health causes and work to promote change. In 2005, Fuentes appeared on the three page cover of People en Español's "50 most beautiful" women. Fuentes has hosted numerous TV shows and specials.
In 2004, Fuentes successfully launched the first clothing line bearing her name.
She made her debut in the haircare category with an all-natural hair care line called Daisy Fuentes Style Pro, in March 2009 to mass retailers. Her workout game for the Wii, Daisy Fuentes Pilates, was released in August 2009.
On February 2011 through Kohl's stores The Daisy Fuentes new fragrance Mysterio eau de parfum will join her five other fragrances on store shelves at Kohl's along with her hair care line, jewelry line, home collection, accessories collection and clothing line. It is estimated that she sells about $300 million worth of goods, clothing, accessories, and sunglasses at Kohl’s department stores each year.
Fuentes signed a prescription-eye wear licensing deal with Zyloware, an eyewear manufacturer that also has licensing deals with the “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson and Sophia Loren, for a women’s Latina-driven collection of prescription glasses.
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