Tuesday, September 16, 2008

BIRTHDAYS: Gloria Estefan (Birthday 1st September), Famous Cuban/American singer, Biography of Gloria Estefan on Career, Personal Life, Awards

Gloria Estefan Birth details

Gloria Estefan was born on September 1, 1957.

Importance and success story of Gloria Estefan

•Gloria Estefan is an American singer and song composer.
•Gloria Estefan is rated amongst the top 100 most excellent marketing music artists.
•Gloria Estefan has total of more than 90 million albums sold all around the world.
•In United States, around 15.5 million copies have been sold.
•Gloria Estefan is the winner of five Grammy Awards.
•Gloria Estefan is one of the most successful entertainers in Latin music till now.
•The Latin Grammy Award Recording Association chooses her as the “Person of the Year”.
•Gloria Estefan was awarded in a ceremony in the month of November 2008.
•The ward is dedicated to her for her long career of 20 years and her achievement throughout.
•Gloria Estefan would be the first female singer getting the award.
•Gloria Estefan has been nominated for three more awards in the same ceremony.

Gloria Estefan Personal life

•Gloria Estefan father was José Fajardo.
•Gloria Estefan was employed as a bodyguard to the wife of former Cuban president.
•Gloria Estefan mother was Gloria García Pérez de Fajardo.
•Gloria Estefan presently lives in Miami.
•Gloria Estefan had established a school in Cuba in 1950s.
•It was for kindergarten children.
•Gloria Estefan brought up mainly in Miami.
•In 1975, Gloria Estefan did her graduation from a Catholic high school, “Our Lady of Lourdes Academy.” Gloria Estefan also studied at the University of Miami.
•Gloria Estefan also worked as a Spanish and French translator in the Customs Department of Miami.
•Gloria Estefan also grabbed a degree in communications and psychology in 1978.
•In 1976, Gloria Estefan fell in love with the bandleader of Miami Sound Machine, Emilio Estefan.
•Both were married on 2nd September 1978.
•The couple is blessed with a son, Nayib who was born in 1980.
•They also have a daughter, Emily Marie who was born in 1994.
•They are presently residing in Vero Beach, Florida.

Business

•The couple owns a number of business organizations.
•They have established a chain of seven Cuban restaurants.
•These restaurants are situated on the Miami Beach, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Downtown Miami, American Airlines Arena and Downtown Disney in Orlando.
•They also possess two hotels.
•One of it is hotel in Vero Beach.
•The hotel was ruined by Hurricane in September 2004.
•It is planned to reopen in June 2008.
•The other one is Cardozo in Miami Beach.
•In 2007, Estefan was selected in the board of directors for Univision Communications Inc.
•As estimated, presently her property is worth approximately $500 million.

Gloria Estefan Awards

•Beside Grammy, Gloria Estefan has also won a number of other awards.
•In 1993, Gloria Estefan was awarded the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor. It is the most honorable award that can be received by naturalized U.S. citizen.
•Gloria Estefan also received the Hispanic Heritage Award.
•It is a MTV Video Music Award. Gloria Estefan also won two television ACE Awards.
•Gloria Estefan also got the National Music Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award in 1993. Gloria is also going to be the receiver of the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement.
•In 2005, Gloria Estefan won a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
•Emilio, her husband, who is a well-known music impresario, was also given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
•Gloria Estefan was awarded a doctoral degree in music from the University of Miami in 1993. In 2007, Emilioa and Estefan were awarded an honorary doctoral degree in music by the Berklee College of Music, Boston.
•Gloria Estefan has numerous encomiums for her musical achievements, charitable and benevolent work. In 2002, Gloria Estefan was given the medal of Excellence for Community Service from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
•In 1994, Gloria Estefan was declared the Musicares Person of the Year.
•Gloria Estefan has laid down the Gloria Estefan Foundation whose aim is to aid people with spinal cord injuries.
•The Songwriters Hall of Fame has privileged her.
•Gloria Estefan performed as a public member of the United States Delegation to the United Nations in 1992.


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