Celines Toribio

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Celines Toribio Born in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic

Simply Celines, as she is known to her fans, is a well known Spanish speaking television personality residing in New York City. Celines began her television career in 1995 as host of the popular program Sabado Al Mediodia (Saturday at Midday), alongside Puerto Rican entertainer Jimmy Nieves. Sabado Al Mediodia, variety and entertainment show that was the number--rated local Spanish TV program on Univision's New York affiliate, WXTV-41, for more than six years. Celines was also a featured entertainment reporter on WXTV's local newscast as the host of Galeria (Gallery), a daily live gossip and entertainment segment, and Mi Gente (My People), a weekly segment that profiled and interviewed famous Latino personalities. During Celines' tenure at WXTV, she was wildly popular with viewers and made appearances at local Latino events such as the Puerto Rican Day Parade(Timeline of New York City events) and Dominican Day Parade.

In 1997, Celines received national exposure on Univision, the nation's dominant Spanish-language television network, as the on-air host for the network's coverage of Miami's Calle Ocho street festival (Little Havana). Later, Celines became a reporter for Univision's weekly primetime Fuera De Serie (Something Outrageous), and an entertainment reporter for El Gordo y La Flaca (Fatso and Skinny), the network's daily entertainment news and gossip show.

Celines has interviewed almost every major Latino celebrity and personality — Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Celia Cruz — has been a regular television fixture in her home country of the Dominican Republic. Celines has an academy in the Bronx, New York. There she teaches modeling, acting, dances and much more.

She was recently engaged to be married to Giancarlo Chersich in Cannes, France.

Celines will soon be seen opposite Michelle Rodriguez in the spanish-language historical film Trópico de Sangre which is set to begin filming in the Dominican Republic in November 2008.