María Antonieta Collins

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María Antonieta Collins
Born	María Antonieta Collins May 12, 1952 (1952-05-12) (age 56) Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation	Journalist, Hostess and Writer

María Antonieta Collins (born May 12, 1952 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico) Is a Mexican journalist , TV host and best seller author of six books and winner of four EMMY awards, (two of them National EMMYS) and the Edward Murrow Award.

Collins became known to viewers in her native Mexico as a reporter of "Televisa 24 horas" (1974), Noticiero con Jacobo Zabludovsky. In 1979 Collins was sent by Televisa as the first correspondent in California where she began as a general assignemnt journalist also covering baseball in Major Leagues with the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers, job she did until 1986. Later that year was transfer to Spanish International Network (SIN)the network later named Univision. In eighteen years in Univision Network Collins was well known for her job as a Mexico Correspondent, Texas Correspondent, and International Correspondent. In 1993 was appointed as the succesor of Maria Celeste Arraras as the weekend anchor of Noticidero Univision, beginning to cover Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas while they were out. In 2000 was named Senior Correspondent for the news magazine "Aqui y Ahora" position that with Noticiero Univision fin de semana hold it until she left the network in August 2005.

In the same 2005 Collins where to Telemundo's where she is hosting the morning show Cada Dia"..

Collins underwent plastic surgery in 2004 and has spoken extensively about it.

"Collins' books are: "DIETAS Y RECETAS DE MARIA ANTONIETA" (Grijalbo/Random House 2001) "QUIEN DIJO QUE NO SE PUEDE" (Grijalbo/Random House 2002) "CUANDO EL MONSTRUO DESPIERTA" (Grijalbo/Random House 2003) spoke about domestic violence. Writing this book was an emotional rollercoaster for her, as she revealed that her own daughter, Antonieta Gonzalez Collins, had been a victim of domestic violence by a former boyfriend. "EN EL NOMBRE DE COMPRAR,FIRMAR Y NO LLORAR" (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2004) "COMO LIDIAR CON LOS EX'S HOMBRES, MUJERES Y FANTASMAS DEL PASADO" (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2006) "DIJISTE QUE ME QUERIAS" COMO SOBRELLEVAR LO IMPENSABLE (RAYO/HARPER COLLINS 2007)

She also write a weekly editorial column for "El Sol de Mexico" network and it sixty newspapers in the country of Mexico.

Maria Antonieta Collins and Maria Celeste Araras are both animal rights activists.

She study and play (classical) piano.

In an article in People En Espanol (March 2008) Maria Antonieta Collins announced that she will be leaving Telemundo when her contract expires in August, 2008 and that she wishes to return to anchoring news.