Dayanara Torres Biography
Dayanara Torres is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, writer, and former Miss Universe. In May 1993, she has crowned Miss Universe at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico.
How old is Dayanara Torres? – Age
She is 48 years old as of 28 October 2022. She was born in 1974 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Her real name is Dayanara Torres Delgado.
Dayanara Torres Family
Torres has two older brothers named José and Joey, as well as a younger sister named Jeannette. She completed her studies at Colegio Santa Rosa in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, with the goal of attending college and becoming an orthodontist.
Who is Dayanara Torres Husband?
Torres was in a four-year relationship with Filipino actor Aga Muhlach, who is now married to Charlene Gonzalez, a Miss Universe 1994 top six finalist. Torres and Muhlach first met on the set of her debut film in the Philippines, Basta’t Kasama Kita. Torres married singer Marc Anthony in Las Vegas on May 9, 2000. Cristian Anthony Muiz, born on February 5, 2001, and Ryan Anthony Muiz, born on August 16, 2003, are their two sons. Their relationship was rocky, and they divorced in the summer of 2002.
Later, in December 2002, they reconciled and renewed their vows in Puerto Rico. Torres filed for divorce in January 2004 after the couple’s final separation in October 2003. On June 1, 2004, the divorce was finalized. In June 2014, a divorce court approved an increase in monthly child support payments from $13,400 to $26,800; Torres had originally requested monthly payments of $123,426 claiming Marc Anthony had only spent 35 days with their two children in 2012, but the Court determined he had spent 71 days.
How much is Dayanara Torres’s Net Worth?
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
How tall is Dayanara Torres? – Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.73 m).
Dayanara Torres Miss Universe
At the age of 17, Torres was spotted in her hometown’s Plaza de Toa Alta while strolling and was given the opportunity to represent Toa Alta in the yearly Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She was crowned Miss Universe in 1993 and earned the right to represent Puerto Rico. She competed in the Miss International pageant in 1992 and advanced to the semifinals. She came in second place at the Queen of the World competition that same year.
In the Miss Universe competition held in Mexico in May 1993, Torres took home the title. The fact that Torres had turned 18 months prior to the competition, despite claims to the contrary, raised some controversy following her victory in the pageant. She did not place first in any of the pageant’s categories, so her victory also raised some questions. Torres was welcomed with a parade when she arrived back in Puerto Rico.
She served as a UNICEF ambassador both during and after her time as Miss Universe, visiting Asia and Latin America to promote the cause. She founded the Dayanara Torres Foundation, which has given scholarships to deserving students in the Philippines and Puerto Rico. She traveled to Manila in 1994 to crown the new Miss Universe, and at the event, she and Peabo Bryson performed a duet of “A Whole New World.”
Dayanara Torres Puerto Rico
When Torres returned to Puerto Rico in 1998, she recorded her only album, Antifaz, and released it. In the Philippines and Latin America, it peaked at the top of the Billboard charts. She played the lead in a number of plays on the island. A “Dayanara” doll was released in the same year and quickly sold out in the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
On September 1, 2005, Torres made his television debut in The Young and the Restless, a popular American soap opera. The show’s creators expressed enthusiasm for additional appearances. Torres hasn’t yet made any additional appearances on the program. Later, Torres starred in the MyNetworkTV drama Watch Over Me. The “Most Beautiful People” list from People magazine featured Torres in 2008. At the celebration ceremony, Torres said she wrote Married to Me because she couldn’t find a book in the bookstores to help her deal with her divorce from Marc Anthony in 2003.