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NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Daisy Fuentes, TV host, model and actress, has been using a sweatshop in Guatemala to produce her clothing line, including blouses and other garments sold exclusively at Kohl's department stores. According to Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the NYC-based National Labor Committee, conditions at the apparel factory, Fribo, S.A., in Santiago Sacatepequez are abusive and illegal under Guatemalan law.
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Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. When Daisy was three years old, the Fuentes family moved to Madrid, Spain, and finally emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey four years later. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV took notice of the 19-year-old and snatched her up as host of MTV Internacional, which later became MTV en Español and later MTV Latin America. She began to develop acting credits and landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving.
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Daisy Fuentes was born on November 17th in 1966 at Havana in Cuba. She was the crowned queen at her high school, but in the beginning of her career she used to study Communications at Bergen community college at New Jersey. Daisy had her spouse in actor Timothy Adams, but got separated from him in 1995.
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Daisy Fuentes has served as a TV news anchor, attracted a large following as a VJ on MTV, hosted a talk show and worked as a worldwide spokesmodel for Revlon. Also a soap opera and film star, Fuentes is a loyal St. Jude supporter, helping the hospital through promotional and fund-raising campaigns.
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In addition to hosting America's Funniest Home Videos for two full seasons, Daisy had a featured role in the 1996 Miramax film, Curdled, starring Stephen Baldwin. She ... has her own exercise video and was featured in two Landmark calendars, 1996 and 1997. She has hosted the ALMA awards, New Year's Rockin' Eve, the World Music Awards and the Miss Teen USA pageant, among other events.
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On January 29, 2004, Kohl’s announced its plan to launch and hold exclusive rights to a new fashion line of women’s clothing produced under the Daisy Fuentes label. Mr. Fuentes would oversee the development of the fashions.
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