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Delicious Daniela - along with Yasmeen Ghauri & Heidi Klum - in the VSC 1997 Summer Semi-annual Sale catalog - my own scans:

Yummy Yasmeen - along with Heidi Klum & Daniela Pestova - in the VSC 1997 SUmmer Semi-annual sale catalog - my own scans: yasmeen - 1997 VSC

I'm not sure why she hasn't done better. But the fact is, with a handful of exceptions, Hollywood hasn't been kind to Latino(a)s. It seems the suits have yet to get the message that, at around 55 million, Latinos are now the second largest ethnic/racial group in the USA, after Whites and, now, before Blacks. Yet there are few films directed at a Latino audiance (unlike, say, the numerous idiotic Black exploitation fims that are constantly made). I don't think Leonor has exiled herself to South American & European films by choice. I think she'd love nothing better than to be a big star in Holllywood. And this girl definately deserves it. BLADE II was fine, but it had no pretensions to greatness or profundity - it was just action & FX! But she proved herself in INNOCENT VOICES (a dramatic actress) & in AMERICANO (a sexy comedic actress). Maybe she just needs a better agent!

Leonor did a fabulous job in Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes), a heart-rending story of the Salvadoran civil war (it was in theatres here in NY last fall - should come out on DVD soon) - and proved herself to be a fine comedic actress in Americano, opposite Joshua Jackson (shown this Spring in NY). And she was a great Cleopatra! And don't forget she was the Vampire Princess in Blade II! Check her out at these websites: http://www.leonor-varela.org/ http://www.lenorvarela.com/ and here, at IMDB: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0007237/ here at the official Americano site: http://www.americanothemovie.com/ and here at the official Voces Inocentes site: http://www.vocesinocentes.com/ She's a fine latina actress (of Chilean origin) who deserves to be star - just like Salma or J Lo! Here are a few of my own scans: NY newspaper ads from last Fall for Innocent Voices - a cover and article from Nov 1999 LATINA - an article from August 2001 PEOPLE (Spanish edition) - cover of August 2001 French MARIE-CLAIRE, and cover of March 2002 Spanish language COSMO:

Great pix Sanja - here is Heidi - (along with Yasmeen Ghauri & Daniela Pestova) just getting started - in the VSC 1997 Summer Sale catalog - my own scans:

Alessandra - along with Isabeli Fontana & an unknown third model (on the left - model "A" - anyone ID her? MTIA in advance for any info) - in the VSC 2001 Fall Trend Book - in a really super mini-skirt ad - my own scans: Click on thumbnails for SUPER BIG pictures: 2001