Gigi Graciette
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Gigi Graciette is a television
Television
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 and radio
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 personality in the United States
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 and Mexico
Mexico
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. She is a news reporter for FOX 11 News and MY 13 News in Los Angeles
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 and the host of Ella Es….Gigi Graciette a syndicated radio show on the Radiovisa Network.

Graciette was born and raised in California. At age 12, her first editorial was published in La Opinion, a Los Angeles daily Spanish language
Spanish language
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 newspaper.

Her television career began at Telemundo
Telemundo
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, where she was a feature and entertainment reporter for two national shows. She went on to produce and host her own television specials, such as The Hispanic Family of the Year.

Graciette later moved to the competing network, Univision
Univision
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, where she became the Los Angeles Bureau Chief and a reporter for Sábado Gigante
Sábado Gigante
Sábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television show that is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment...

, one of the network's highest-rated programs.

In 1995, Graciette returned to Telemundo where she was the co-creator, executive producer and on-camera host alongside Antonio Farré
Antonio Farré
Antonio Farré is a Spanish actor, voice-over artist, and television host.-Early life:Farré was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...

 of the daily talk show El y Ella
El y Ella
El y Ella may refer to:* El y Ella, one of Telemundo's most popular talk shows created by Gigi Graciette, who hosted the show with Antonio Farré* El y Ella, the adaptation in Spain of the Quebec television comedy series Un gars, une fille...

. The show was seen in over 15 countries and became the highest-rated afternoon show for the network. Both hosts were replaced by Sofia Webber and Guillermo Quintanilla in 1998.

Graciette later worked for Televisa
Televisa
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 in Mexico City
Mexico City
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, where she solo anchored three one-hour newscasts a day for Televisa's cable news network "ECO," seen in over thirty countries. She also created and executive produced a daily political program called Eco Expediente and hosted her own radio show for Televisa Radio.

Graciette is fluent in three languages, English
English language
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, Spanish and Portuguese
Portuguese language
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.

External links

  • Official website
  • FOX News Bio
  • Gigi Graciette at the Internet Movie Database
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