Angélica María

'MEXICO'S SWEETHEART' ANGELICA MARIA GETS STAR IN HOLLYWOOD

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• published: 26 May 2016
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I know that all of those people that are on those stars have felt the same thing I am feeling today, no matter how important they've been. It's a very emotional moment to be placed on the street where you know will stay forever, that's marvelous," said the Mexican artist during the ceremony. The singer, movie, theater and television star acknowledged her deceased Mother Angelica Ortiz, her daughter Angelica Vale, her grandchildren Angelica Maciel and Daniel Nicholas and her son-in-law Otto Padron, who accompanied her at the ceremony. Of course she also took the time to thank her fans that have supported her for over 65 years. "This is dedicated to all of Latin America, all of my admirers from Latin America, to all those countries all over the world where I am recognized and supported," said Maria. "To the media who have supported me and who love my daughter and I, thank you. You guys have helped so that all of this can be possible." "This star is dedicated to my Mexico, which is what made me. The one that saw me grow, the one that made me 'Mexico's sweetheart'. Therefore 'Viva Mexico!' 'Viva' (Long-live) the USA that is giving me this fabulous star," she said. Maria Angelica's star was awarded in the category of theater and cinema and is the 2,582 star to be given out. "I think this is the first time I'm going to be happy for people to step all over my name," she said jokingly before unveiling the star and posing with Vale and her grandchildren. Angelica Vale read congratulatory letters from Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Ricky Martin, but the most emotional moment was when Vale read a letter she had written to her mother. "Mommy you are my example, my best friend, my partner in crime," read Vale. "Everything anyone can wish in a mother and more. Love you." Both mother and daughter tearfully hugged in front of the fans. Mexican actor Diego Boneta was also there to support a woman he had admired his whole life. He remembers meeting her for the first time when he was 12-years-old. "I met both of them, Angelica Maria and Angelica Vale were so sweet and loving with me," said Boneta. "They supported me from the moment I began and they have treated me exactly the same way just as when I was a scrawny12-year-old boy with no experience to today, 15 years later. That is something very rare in this industry." Angelica Maria began her film career as a child and at age of eight and had already won an Ariel Award (for "My Wife and the Other" in 1952). She excelled in the theater ("Mom Loves Rock" with Ricky Martin, 1990), film ("Wild Heart," 1968), television ("Three generations," 1987). In music, she was one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spanish in the 1960s with Enrique Guzman, Cesar Costa, Johnny Laboriel and Marco Antonio Muniz. She was also the first Latin singer to sell two million albums in the U.S. and remains the only Mexican who has filled two consecutive dates at Madison Square Garden in New York. In 2008 she received the award for musical excellence by the Latin Recording Academy. Ironically her star ceremony came just hours before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was set to speak nearby at the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show. Angelica Maria, who was born in the U.S., raised in Mexico and currently resides in Hollywood, had a serious message to her fans about the upcoming election. "You guys need to vote for the people that love us, that is going to support us and isn't going to separate us and isn't going to put an end to our families. You can't vote for somebody that doesn't deserve it and that doesn't love us and that is going to do us lots of harm. Pay close attention," she warned.