Greidys Gil

Greidys Zaldvar is a Cuban actress, TV Host, model and beauty queen. Gil became a contestant on the reality showbeauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina. After weeks of competition and eliminations, Gil won the grand prize of 200,000 and a contract with Univision and earned the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009. She won the challenge of the 50 Mas Bellos and formed part of the 50 Mas Bellos of the People en Espanol magazine.

Greidys Gil was born in Havana, Cuba, November 18, 1980. She was raised in the town of San Antonio de Las Vegas by her mother Kenya Nimo and her grandmother Blanca Rosa Piero. Her father, Esnel Gil, emigrated to the United States in 1980 during the Mariel exodus without having the opportunity to return to Cuba or to meet Greidys untilyears later. Kenya and Esnel remarried other partners and had other children. Gil has mentioned that for her there are no half brothers or sisters, Jackeline Gil and Yendry Mendez are my siblings even if we are not from the same father or mother. From a very young age, Gil always had an inclination for the arts and complemented her studies with singing lessons, dance, fine arts and theatre. For several years, she practiced rhythmic gymnastics and musical aerobics and her teachers though of her as multifaceted. Atyears old, she was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome, which caused her to interrupt her studies for one year and kept her from continuing

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