Lourdes Chacón
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Lourdes Chacón is a dancer, actress and singer vedette
from the Caribbean
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. She was baptized under the name of Fire Skin (Piel de Fuego) in Mexico
. Lourdes is well known for her dance exotica performances and songs encompassing ritmo, fuego y sabor. She retires from the world of entertainment in 1995 with the birth of her first daughter. She finally made her comeback during the 2000's doing the art of theater performance. She is shares her surname with her half-sister Iris Chacon
, who also was a vedette.
Vedette
The French military term vedette , also spelled vidette, migrated into English and other languages to refer to a mounted sentry or outpost, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc., to a main body of troops...
from the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
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Biography
Lourdes enjoyed huge popularity and media exposure during the 1980's and 1970's across every medium (press, television, radio, magazine) in the island of Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. She was baptized under the name of Fire Skin (Piel de Fuego) in 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...
. Lourdes is well known for her dance exotica performances and songs encompassing ritmo, fuego y sabor. She retires from the world of entertainment in 1995 with the birth of her first daughter. She finally made her comeback during the 2000's doing the art of theater performance. She is shares her surname with her half-sister Iris Chacon
Iris Chacón
Iris Chacón is a dancer, singer, and entertainer. She enjoys great popularity in Puerto Rico and in other Latin American countries, as well as such US locales as New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.-Career:Chacon has been known by various nicknames, such as "La Bomba de Puerto Rico" Iris Chacón...
, who also was a vedette.