Herrera may refer to:

Places[link]

• Herrera de Pisuerga, a town in the province of Palencia, Spain
• Herrera Province, Panama
• Herrera, Spain, a municipality in the province of Sevilla
• Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport
• Herrera, Entre Ríos in Argentina
• Herrera, Santiago del Estero in Argentina
• Los Herrera, a municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.

Surname[link]

Herrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin FERRĀRIA, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin FERRĀRIUS, "of or pertainting to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero ("ironsmith", from FERRĀRIUS), which also gives the surname Herrero. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira

Actors[link]

• Lorena Herrera
• Anthony Herrera
• Alfonso Herrera

Architects[link]

• Juan de Herrera, designed and constructed El Escorial

Artists[link]

• Roberto Herrera of Argentina, choreographer and dancer
• Mike Herrera (musician), the vocalist and bassist of pop punk band MxPx
• Raymond Herrera, the drummer of death metal/industrial band Fear Factory
• Danny Herrera (musician), drummer of Napalm Death
• Ram Herrera, Tejano musician
• Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)
• David Herrera, Music video director

Athletes[link]

• Alex Herrera, baseball player
• Ángel Herrera Vera, Cuban boxer
• Armando Herrera, Cuban triple jumper
• Arquímedes Herrera, Venezuelan track and field athlete
• Diego Herrera, Ecuadorian footballer
• Efren Herrera, American football kicker
• Elder Herrera, Colombian cyclist
• Germán Gustavo Herrera, Argentine footballer
• Helenio Herrera, Franco-Argentine football player and manager
• Jesús Herrera, Mexican long-distance runner
• Jesús Herrera Alonso, Spanish footballer
• Jonathan Herrera, Baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
• Jorge Herrera, Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer
• José Herrera (1960s outfielder), baseball player
• Julio Herrera (cyclist), Venezuelan track and road cyclist
• Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
• Mike Herrera (baseball), baseball player
• Víctor Herrera, Colombian track and road cyclist

Cardinals[link]

• Ángel Herrera Oria of Spain

Philosophers[link]

• Abraham Cohen de Herrera also called Alonso Nunez de Herrera

Politicians[link]

• Vicente Herrera Zeledón of Costa Rica
• Carlos Herrera y Luna of Guatemala
• José Joaquín de Herrera of Mexico
• Juan Vicente Herrera Campo of Castile-León in Spain
• Pedro de Herrera of Córdoba, Spain
• Luis Alberto de Herrera of Uruguay
• John J. Herrera, civil-rights activist

Professional Organizer[link]

• Caroline Marie Herrera

Scientists[link]

• Alfonso L. Herrera

Writers[link]

• Fernando de Herrera, sixteenth-century Spanish humanist and poet

Secondary surname[link]

Politicians[link]

• Omar Torrijos Herrera of Panama
• Enrique Olaya Herrera of Colombia

Writers[link]

• Luz María Umpierre-Herrera of Puerto Rico
• M. Miriam Herrera
• Joaquín Ramón Herrera
• Juan Felipe Herrera

Plants[link]

• Herrera, a former genus in the Rubiaceae plant family

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Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on 30 April 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros.

History[link]

He got his start in music at the age of nine, when he began to play the guitar and take classes from a music teacher. Herrera developed his talent and began to participate in various music contests, among them the Festival of the Voice of Santiago, where he won second place at the age of 15. At 17 he took first prize.

He entered the Pontifical, Catholic University Madre y Maestra to study architecture, but only lasted two and a half years, as he was presented with the opportunity to work in the group of Wilfrido Vargas and gladly accepted, disregarding his mother's objections.

His first international success was titled El jardinero, which was launched three months after having joined the Wilfrido Vargas's musical group. He stayed in that group from 1984 to 1990, when he was launched as a soloist under the label MP Records. Their second album was recorded a year later under the same label; it was titled Mi more.

He later he changed record companies, joining MP J & N Records to launch the album Amame, from then on, all his records have come under the same label.

Countries like: Venezuela, Colombia, Curazao, Aruba, Perú, Ecuador, Panamá, Costa Rica, USA; Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Los Ángeles, etc. have been part of Eddy Herrera's international in the time his tour of 2008. They project for Eddy to visit again some of these countries and also attract, new plazas like: Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in the end of 2008, and the first few months of 2009.

Accolades[link]

Herrera has won the Casandra Award for Best Male Performer.^[1]

Discography[link]

• Independiente (1990)
• Mi More (1991)
• Ámame (1993)
• Lluvia de Amor (1994)
• Los Hombres Calientes (1997)
• Alma Gemela (1998)
• Me Enamoré (2000)
• Atrevido (2001)
• Para Siempre (2003)
• Amor de Locos (2005)
• Paso Firme (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Eddy Herrera website

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Roberto Herrera is an Argentine Tango dancer born in San Salvador de Jujuy.^[1]

Early life[link]

He began studying Argentine folk dancing at the age of 8. From 1986 to 1990 he was the principal dancer of the Ballet Popular Argentino, directed by "El Chúcaro" Santiago Ayala and Norma Viola. In 1986 he was chosen as a soloist dancer for the movie Tango Bar, which contributed to relaunching Argentine Tango on the world scene.

1990s[link]

From 1990 to 1991 he was the principal dancer of the show Imágenes de Tango y Folklore, with the Orchestra of Horacio Salgán, choreographed by Ana María Stekelman and directed by Héctor Aure. From 1990 to 1992 he was also main dancer and choreography assistant of the Ballet Folklórico Nacional de Argentina.

In 1992 he entered the cast of the now legendary show Tango Argentino, with all the major dancers of the period, during its opening season at Lola Membrives Theatre in Buenos Aires, under the direction of Claudio Segovia. He also undertook the first of many tours of Japan, with the Orchestra of Maestro Ramos.

From 1992 to 1994 he was main dancer of the show of the Casa de Tango Michelangelo in Buenos Aires, with the participation of the famous songwriters/singers Roberto Goyeneche, María Graña, Adriana Varela, Horacio Ferrer, Raúl Lavié, and of the Orchestras Sexteto Mayor, Julián Plaza and José Colángelo.

In 1992 he was chosen by Osvaldo Pugliese as principal dancer of his Orchestra and took part in a European tour and in a Latin American one. The two artists then continued working together until Pugliese's death in 1995. From 1993 to 1995 Roberto Herrera was also the main dancer of the show Tango Pasión with the Orchestra Sexteto Mayor, during its tours in Europe, the United States of America and Asia. In 1994 he was cast in the biographical movie Muchas Gracias, Maestro, on the life of Osvaldo Pugliese.

In 1995 he took part in the Japanese tour of the Orchestra of Leopoldo Federico and, in that same year and until 2001, he was the creator, choreographer and principal dancer of the show Tango, Una História, performed successfully in the historic bar El Querandí in Buenos Aires for six subsequent years, then in Brazil in 1999 and in Korea in 2002. In 1996 he took part in three tours of Japan, respectively with the Orchestra of Julián Plaza, with Los Grandes del Tango Argentino and with the Orchestra of Leopoldo Federico. In 1997 Roberto Herrera was chosen to open the Argentine premiere of the movie Evita, with an original choreography. That same year he directed the closing show of the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina.

From 1999 to 2000 he was again cast in the show Tango Argentino, directed by Claudio Segovia, during its season at the Buenos Aires Opera Theatre and its return to the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway.

2000s[link]

Since the year 2000 he has also taken part, as invited artist and teacher, in many festivals of Argentine tango in Europe, South America and Japan. In 1999 and 2003 he directed and performed as principal dancer in a show with the Orchestra of Beba Pugliese, daughter of the great Maestro, touring Japan. That same year he took part in the 20th anniversary of the show Tango Argentino in Buenos Aires.

At the beginning of 2004 he was invited as principal dancer to take part in the tango musical Tanguera (singer: Lidia Borda) at the Teatro Nacional of Buenos Aires. During the same year he also presented his new show entitled Tango Nuevo with a tour of the Northern provinces of Salta and Jujuy in Argentina.

In July 2005 Tango Nuevo premiered successfully in Europe. The show, which toured the main cities of Italy, is composed of six couples of dancers accompanied by the Ensemble Hyperion Orchestra.

In June and September 2006 Roberto Herrera took part in the sell-out show Buenos Aires Tango in the cities of Paris (France), Brussels (Belgium) and Rome (Italy), with Orquesta El Arranque, Vale Tango, Quinteto Ramiro Gallo and Decarísimo. He then performed in the same show in Brescia (Italy) and at the Hong Kong Arts Festival for two weeks in March 2007.

In February 2007 Roberto Herrera and his Tango Company toured Italy once more with the show Tango, accompanied by Ensemble Hyperion.

In May 2007 Roberto and his Company took the show Tango Nuevo to Singapore and Bali.

Roberto Herrera has also been portrayed in numerous books and tango CDs and received a mention in the chapter entitled Camino al fin del Siglo 20 of the book El Siglo de Oro del Tango, by Horacio Ferrer, published by Manrique Zago in Buenos Aires.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site

Karlie Kloss
On the runway for Diane von Fürstenberg, Spring 2009
Born	Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (1992-08-03) August 3, 1992 (age 19) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Hair color	light brown
Eye color	hazel
Dress size	(US) 4; (EU) 34
Shoe size	(US) 9; (EU) 40
Manager	Next Models

Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American model and ballet dancer.

Kloss is ranked 3rd on the Top 50 Models Women List by models.com. Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.^[1]

Early life and discovery[link]

On the runway for Anna Sui, Fall 2011 in New York Fashion Week.

Kloss was born in Chicago, Illinois, and her family moved to suburban St. Louis, Missouri in 1995.^[2] Kloss has called her classical ballet training "a beautiful thing" that taught her how to move in the modeling world and was a great training ground for her runway walk.^[3]

When Kloss was 13, she was discovered at a charity fashion show in St. Louis.^[4] She was encouraged and inspired to model by one of her teachers in Webster Groves High School. In 2007, she signed with Elite Model Management.^[5]

Modelling[link]

On the runway for Zac Posen, Fall 2008 in New York Fashion Week.

One of her first modelling stints was for Abercrombie when she posed for the brand's photography shot by Bruce Weber.^[6] In January 2008 she left Elite and signed with NEXT Model Management. She ended up walking 31 runways in New York Fashion Week notably, closing for Marc Jacobs, opening Carolina Herrera, and occupying both spots at Doo.Ri.^[7] After New York she went on to walk 20 shows in Milan, and 13 in Paris for the fall 2008 collections, with a total of 64 shows in a single season. Kloss found herself in the middle of a legal dispute when her former agency Elite was suing NEXT for allegedly stealing away its young star by offering her "improper compensation" to sign. Elite felt they were responsible for launching her career and booking much work for her. The case was eventually settled out of court.

She was named the best model by People magazine in 2008. Kloss, labeled her famed runway walk a "moody gait." Molly Sims, whom she considers a mentor, told New York she thinks Kloss is the type of model who will still "do well at 30" because of her classic look.^[3]

She has been in advertisements for Donna Karan, Nina Ricci, Chloé, Lacoste, Sportmax, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Elie Saab, Dolce & Gabbana, Gap, Bally Shoe, Bergdorf Goodman, Pringle of Scotland, Dior, Hermes, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Rykiel, Aquascutum, Topshop, Eryn Brinie, Uniqlo, Omnia Jade, Lord & Taylor, Barneys New York, American Eagle, and Victoria's Secret PINK. Kloss is the face of the Marc Jacobs fragrance Lola. She has walked for numerous designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris, including Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Givenchy, Gucci, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Versace, Elie Saab and appeared in editorials for American and Korean W, American Elle, Allure, i-D, French and Japanese Numéro, Vanity Fair, Dazed & Confused, and American, Australian, Italian, French, British, Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Teen, and Latin American^[8][9] Vogue magazines. Her covers include Italian Vogue in October 2009, January 2010, and December 2011, Vogue Turkey, Vogue Portugal, Vogue China in February, August, and November in 2010, Vogue Korea and American Teen Vogue, alongside Chanel Iman and Ali Michael in February 2008 and by herself in May 2010. She has ventured into TV when she appeared in Season Four Episode 1 of Gossip Girl as herself. She has become a muse for fashion designer John Galliano and has appeared in Dior and John Galliano campaigns and opened both shows, Christian Dior Haute Couture and Dior resort shows from spring summer 2010. In the Spring/Summer 2011 Season, she opened 10 shows and closed 8.^[10] Her runway walk, one of the most unique, is often described as powerful.^[11]

In 2011 Kloss renewed her contract with Christian Dior for the third season in a row.^[12] The same year, she made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Personal life[link]

Her hobbies include baking cookies, biking and ballet. Among her fellow models, her friends include Jourdan Dunn, Toni Garrn, Ali Stephens, Joan Smalls, Frida Gustavsson, Coco Rocha, Monika Jagaciak, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Irina Kulikova, Chanel Iman, Patricia van der Vliet.^[13] Supermodel Tyra Banks has stated on her Twitter account that Kloss is one of her favorite models right now because of her unique, atypical beauty.^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Karlie Kloss at the Fashion Model Directory
• Riverfront Times article

Mauricio Herrera (born May 24, 1980) is a Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.^[1][2]

Professional career[link]

On January 7, 2011 Herrera beat the undefeated Ruslan Provodnikov on ESPN's Friday Night Fights to win the USBA Lightweight Championship.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Mauricio Herrera from BoxRec