El catorce de mayo/May 14th

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Photo from telemundo.com story (includes video of her and
son Manuel, born in January of 2017). Click HERE. 
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Anahí (Anahí Giovanna Puente de Velasco)! (1983-      )

A Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and dancer, she has also been the First Lady of Chiapas since her marriage in 2015 to Governor of Chiapas Manuel Velasco Coello. She started her acting career at the age of two on the show Chiquilladas and went on to appear in many successful telenovelas, including the wildly successful Rebelde (2004-2006), which was based on the popular Argentine series Rebelde Way. As such, she was a member of the musical group Rebelde, which sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and was nominated for two Latin Grammys. She has since gone solo and has six studio albums, including 2016's Inesperado. Anahí suffered from anorexia as a teenager that required serious treatment (at one point the disease caused her heart to stop for 8 seconds), and she is now outspoken about preventing bulimia and anorexia. She is also a part of the Non-Violence Project's "Imagine One Billion Faces for Peace" alongside others such as Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono. She and her husband have one son, Manuel, born in January of 2017.

Click HERE to see the controversial 2011 Snickers commercial she starred in (some claimed it was sexist). What do you think? :)

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