Patricia Janiot Biography
Patricia Janiot is a Colombian-American journalist and news anchor, as well as a former beauty pageant contestant and model. She was the senior news anchor at CNN en Espaol for 25 years, where she established herself as a credible figure in Latin American news. She is currently a News Anchor and Senior Correspondent at Noticias Univision.
How old is Patricia Janiot? – Age
She is 58 years old as of 2 October 2021. She was born in 1963 in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. Her real name is Ángela Patricia Janiot Martirena.
Patricia Janiot Family
Janiot was born to Roberto Pablo Janiot (an Argentine of French descent), a former football player who spent some time with Atlético Bucaramanga, and his wife Zunilda Elvizzi Martirena, also an Argentine of Italian descent.
Patricia Janiot Husband
She is married to Miguel Yelós San Martn, an Argentine, and they have two children, Tábatha and Tadeo. She currently resides in Miami, Florida. Janiot is the president of the Colombianitos foundation, which assists children affected by Colombia’s armed conflict.
Patricia Janiot Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Patricia Janiot Miss Universe
Janiot was a Colombian model before becoming a journalist. She competed as Miss Santander in the Miss Colombia pageant in 1983, where she finished first runner-up and went on to become Miss World Colombia, Colombia’s delegate to the Miss World 1984 pageant. She traveled to London to compete in the pageant, where she finished in the Top 15 semifinalists.
Patricia Janiot Univision
Following her participation as a beauty queen, she earned a journalism degree from Universidad de la Sabana in Bogotá. She joined CNN in 1992 and hosted Noticiero Telemundo CNN. After leaving Telemundo, she joined CNN and became the anchor of CNN Internacional. She has been the main news anchor for CNN en Espaol since its inception in 1997.
Patricia Janiot Career
Janiot joined CNN in 1992 and currently hosts Noticiero CNN Internacional con Patricia Janiot, which covers the day’s most important headlines and stock market activity; Las Noticias con Jorge Gestoso and Patricia Janiot, a dynamic and comprehensive review of world events; and Noticias Mexico, which focuses on important local, national, and international events of special importance to Mexican viewers. Janiot also writes a weekly column for CNN en Espaol RADIO, the network’s Spanish-language radio news service.
She has traveled to Latin America to cover major world events live, including elections in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. When former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elected, she reported live from Gaza and Israel. She has covered a number of papal visits to Latin America as well as Ibero-American summits. Janiot most recently visited New York to cover the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Janiot has also interviewed the majority of Latin America’s leaders, including Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet.
Janiot also traveled to Paraguay to report on the political crisis that resulted in President Raul Cubas’ resignation. She also covered President Bill Clinton’s historic visit to Colombia and has anchored live from Atlanta the development of major news events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the war on terrorism, the U.S. presidential elections, the Peruvian hostage crisis, Princess Diana’s funeral, and the conflicts in Iraq and Kosovo.
Janiot has received numerous journalism honors, including a Golden Mike Award from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California in 1990 for best newscast, an Emmy Award nomination, and Colombia’s Simon Bolivar award for investigative journalism. Janiot was also named to the Hispanic Media 100 in 2001, an annual list of 100 of the most influential Spanish-language journalists and news media executives in the United States, and she was recently honored with a 2002 Spanish-language Television Industry Award (INTE) for “Best Female News Personality.” In addition, he is the president of the non-profit organization Colombianitos, which is dedicated to assisting children affected by Colombia’s civil war.