Plaza Mexico

Plaza Mexico statues

Inside Plaza Mexico

The Plaza México, situated in Mexico City, is the world's largest bullring. This 41,262-seat^[1] facility is usually dedicated to bullfighting, but many boxing fights have been held there as well, including Julio César Chávez's third bout with Frankie Randall [2]. The Plaza México replaced the ancient bullbag Toreo de la Condesa in the Condesa neighborhood that was overwhelmed by the rapid development of the Mexican population. It opened on 5 February 1946 and annually since then, that date marks the date of the Corrida de Aniversario. This building was built beside the football stadium Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes (now Estadio Azul).

Coordinates: 19°22′58.6″N 99°10′48.1″W / 19.382944°N 99.180028°W / 19.382944; -99.180028

References[link]

• Official site

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also known as "The Little Giant"

Born: August 25, 1949, Ciudad Guadalupe, Nuevo León, México.

Resides in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, a suburb of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon México. Eloy Cavazos is respected as one of Mexico's top matadors, and has been such for decades.

Debut, Alternativa, Confirmación[link]

Debut in Plaza México:

He debuted in Plaza México on July 12, 1966, with Gonzalo Iturbe and Leonardo Manzanos.

Alternativa:

He took his alternativa in Plaza Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, on August 28, 1966. His Padrino was Antonio Velázquez. His Testigo was Manolo Martinez. His first bull was named "Cariñoso", from the ranch of San Miguel Mimiahuapam.

Confirmación en México:

He took his confirmación in Plaza México, on January 14, 1968. His Padrino was Alfredo Leal. His Testigo was Jaime Rangel. Bulls were from the ranch of Jesús Cabrera.

Confirmación en Madrid:

He took his confirmación in Madrid, Spain, on May 22, 1971. HIs Padrino was Miguel Mateo "Miguelín". His Testigo was Gabriel de la Casa. Bulls were from the ranch of José Luis Osborne.

Personal[link]

Unlike some matadors who are well known for their hard partying lifestyle, Eloy Cavazos is known and respected for his professionalism and a disciplined lifestyle that he has maintained throughout his career. This pattern was evident from his beginnings with his late mentor, the Matador Jaime Bravo, who would make sure that Eloy did not drink, went to bed early, and woke up early to train.

Miscellaneous[link]

• Eloy Cavazos's Banderillero is his brother.

• Eloy Cavazos's Picador is his Mozo De Espadas (sword handler) son.

• Jaime, his son, is named after Eloy's mentor, the late Matador Jaime Bravo.

• Eloy Cavazos and Jaime Bravo were in a tragic 1970 automobile accident, near Zacatecas, México. Eloy survived. Jaime died, shortly thereafter. Their driver died in the accident. The accident occurred after a bullfight, in Zacatecas, where Jaime Bravo had just won that year's "Golden Sword" award. The sword disappeared in the accident.

• The Mexican Matador Alejandro Amaya is regarded as Eloy Cavazos's protege.

• Eloy Cavazos's manager, Rafael Baez, had also been the late Matador Jaime Bravo's manager.

External links[link]

• Portal Taurino
• Eloy Cavazos in the Spanish Language Wikipedia
• "Haunted By The Horns", (2006) An ESPN online article about Alejandro Amaya and Eloy Cavazos, it seeks why a matador has chosen their profession.
• "Story Of A Matador" (1962). A 30 minute David Wolper episode, provides an excellent insight into what it's like to be a matador.
• Eloy Cavazos at ToroPedia.com

References[link]

• Portal Taurino.
• Official Matador Jaime Bravo Website

• ESPN "Haunted By The Horns"

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LaCosta Tucker (born December 12, 1951) is an American country music artist who recorded in the 1970s and 1980s as La Costa. The sister of country singer Tanya Tucker, LaCosta charted several singles of her own in the 1970s on the Billboard country singles charts, including the #3 "Get on My Love Train."

Biography[link]

Born in Seminole, Texas, Tucker moved around frequently, as her father Beau Tucker was a construction worker. Tucker had two siblings, Donald and younger sister, Tanya Tucker. Beau felt LaCosta had the talent to be a star, and Tucker won her first talent contest at age four. In-between entering beauty pageants and talent shows, she performed with Tanya in a band called the Country Westerners. She graduated from Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona and began working as a medical records technician as she sang in clubs and became Miss Country Music, Phoenix.

La Costa married, and around this time, Tanya became a country music star. La Costa moved to Las Vegas, to be near Tanya, and Beau Tucker helped her get a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1974. Going only by La Costa, she soon had a hit record with "I Wanna Get To You", which landed at 25 on the country charts, followed by "Get On My Love Train" at number 3 and "He Took Me for a Ride" at number 10.^[1] She charted 10 more singles for Capitol and recorded five albums for the label. In 1982 she moved to Elektra Records and she charted with "Love Take It Easy On Me", under her full name of La Costa Tucker.^[1]

In 1989 LaCosta toured with Tanya, and by the 1990s was serving as president of Tanya's fan club. She raised two children, and for a time made gourmet candy for sale on her sister's website.

Many of LaCosta Tucker's recordings are out of print, but a 2000 release, Sisters: An Anthology, had some of her hits packaged together with Tanya's material.^[2]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

Danna García
Born	Danna María García Osuna (1978-02-04) February 4, 1978 (age 34) Medellín, Colombia
Other names	Dannita
Occupation	Actress and model
Years active	1990–present
Height	5' 3"
Website
www.dannagarcia.com

Biography‏[link]

'Danna Maria García Osuna' (born February 4, Medellín, Colombia) is actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.

she along with her sister Claudia formed the band Café Moreno That same year, Danna appeared in her first major role in the Colombian telenovela "Café con aroma de mujer." In 1996, she became the first Colombian actress to star in a Mexican telenovela when she appeared as the protagonist in "Al norte del corazón." She is best known for her leading roles in Pasión de Gavilanes (2003) and La Revancha (2000). García replaced Sandra Echeverría in the lead role for Telemundo's novela La Traición (2008), which starred former Pasión de Gavilanes co-star, Mario Cimarro. Later in 2008, she accepted a leading role in Televisa's comedy soap Un Gancho al Corazón where she played the leading role of "La Monita". In 2009 she started filming episodes for her lead role opposite Segundo Cernadas in Bella Calamidades, a Telemundo remake of a late 1980s Colombian soap opera of the same name, which received a huge international success. Danna is currently starring in Telemundo's new thriller soap Alguien Te Mira opposite to Christian Meier and Rafael Amaya.

In 2006, Maybelline signed Danna as the company's newest Hispanic spokesmodel for its cosmetics advertisements in print and television. García is also signed to Garnier Nutrisse as a spokesmodel for their hair products in print and television as well.

In 2006 and 2008 and 2010 Danna was one of the 50 most beautiful people according to People en Español's Los 50 más Bellos list.

Filmography[link]

External links[link]

• Danna García at the Internet Movie Database

• Danna Garcia Signed as the Newest Latina Face of Maybelline New York