Gigi Graciette
Encyclopedia
Gigi Graciette is a television
and radio
personality in the United States
and Mexico
. She is a news reporter for FOX 11 News and MY 13 News in Los Angeles
and the host of Ella Es….Gigi Graciette a syndicated radio show on the Radiovisa Network.
Graciette was born and raised in California. At age 12, her first editorial was published in La Opinion, a Los Angeles daily Spanish language
newspaper.
Her television career began at Telemundo
, where she was a feature and entertainment reporter for two national shows. She went on to produce and host her own television specials, such as The Hispanic Family of the Year.
Graciette later moved to the competing network, Univision
, where she became the Los Angeles Bureau Chief and a reporter for Sábado Gigante
, one of the network's highest-rated programs.
In 1995, Graciette returned to Telemundo where she was the co-creator, executive producer and on-camera host alongside Antonio Farré
of the daily talk show El y Ella
. The show was seen in over 15 countries and became the highest-rated afternoon show for the network. Both hosts were replaced by Sofia Webber and Guillermo Quintanilla in 1998.
Graciette later worked for Televisa
in Mexico City
, where she solo anchored three one-hour newscasts a day for Televisa's cable news network "ECO," seen in over thirty countries. She also created and executive produced a daily political program called Eco Expediente and hosted her own radio show for Televisa Radio.
Graciette is fluent in three languages, English
, Spanish and Portuguese
.
Television
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and radio
Radio
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personality in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. She is a news reporter for FOX 11 News and MY 13 News in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and the host of Ella Es….Gigi Graciette a syndicated radio show on the Radiovisa Network.
Graciette was born and raised in California. At age 12, her first editorial was published in La Opinion, a Los Angeles daily Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
newspaper.
Her television career began at Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
, where she was a feature and entertainment reporter for two national shows. She went on to produce and host her own television specials, such as The Hispanic Family of the Year.
Graciette later moved to the competing network, Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, where she became the Los Angeles Bureau Chief and a reporter for Sábado Gigante
Sábado Gigante
Sábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television show that is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment...
, one of the network's highest-rated programs.
In 1995, Graciette returned to Telemundo where she was the co-creator, executive producer and on-camera host alongside Antonio Farré
Antonio Farré
Antonio Farré is a Spanish actor, voice-over artist, and television host.-Early life:Farré was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...
of the daily talk show El y Ella
El y Ella
El y Ella may refer to:* El y Ella, one of Telemundo's most popular talk shows created by Gigi Graciette, who hosted the show with Antonio Farré* El y Ella, the adaptation in Spain of the Quebec television comedy series Un gars, une fille...
. The show was seen in over 15 countries and became the highest-rated afternoon show for the network. Both hosts were replaced by Sofia Webber and Guillermo Quintanilla in 1998.
Graciette later worked for Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, where she solo anchored three one-hour newscasts a day for Televisa's cable news network "ECO," seen in over thirty countries. She also created and executive produced a daily political program called Eco Expediente and hosted her own radio show for Televisa Radio.
Graciette is fluent in three languages, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Spanish and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
.
External links
- Official website
- FOX News Bio
- Gigi Graciette at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...