Frank Cuesta

Frank Cuesta

Frank Cuesta (wearing a white cap) in Barcelona in 2013
Born Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos
(1971-10-16) 16 October 1971
León, Spain
Residence

Bangkok, Thailand

Occupation
Spouse(s) Yuyee Alissa Intusmith (Divorced)
Children

Zipi (b. 2005, deceased)
Zape (b.2005)
Zorro (b.2007)
Zen (b.2009)
Pepsi (b.)(adopted in 2013)[1]

Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos (León, Spain, 16 October 1971), better known as Frank Cuesta, is a Spanish adventurer, television presenter and tennis coach, who currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

He presented his first TV Show Frank de la jungla which was broadcast on Cuatro from 2010 to 2013 . It received the Premio Ondas award on 8 November 2011 in the national TV category.[2] The show brought him national fame along with the spin-off shows called La Selva en Casa and Natural Frank. In March 2014, Cuesta signed a contract with Discovery MAX in order to make the TV show Wild Frank which has been broadcast in more than 30 countries.[3]

Biography

Frank Cuesta studied veterinary medicine in the University. Frank was also interested to be a tennis player in his youth before he had a motorbike accident. Then he became a tennis coach instead signing up in the Nick Bollettieri tennis academy in Florida. He moved to Thailand to build his own academy, the Frank Cuesta Tennis Academy.

Throughout these years, his interest in herpetology led him to found an association to help reptiles in Thailand.[4]

In 2010, the Spanish show Callejeros Viajeros's team met Frank Cuesta when they had some problems with a snake.[5] His skills and knowledge led him to present his own TV show, Frank de la Jungla.

It received the Premio Ondas award on 8 November 2011 in the national TV category.[2] The show brought him national fame along with the spin-off shows called La Selva en Casa and Natural Frank. In March 2014, Cuesta signed a contract with Discovery MAX in order to make the TV show Wild Frank which has been broadcast in more than 30 countries.[3]

In June 2014, his wife Yuyee Alissa Intusmith was arrested in the airport Don Mueang in Bangkok, with 5 miligrams of cocaine and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Frank claims that his wife was convicted without proof.

TV shows

References

  1. ↑ "Frank, su familia y su forma de vida". Cuatro (in Spanish). 30 September 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Premios Ondas 2011" (in Spanish).
  3. 1 2 "Frank Cuesta y sus indirectas 'muy directas' a Discovery Max" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Frank Cuesta: "El tenis es mi mujer y los reptiles, mis amantes"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Frank Cuesta, el pollastre de León" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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