Mayra Verónica (born Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez August 20, 1980 in Havana, Cuba), is a Cuban-born American raised model who acquired her fame in the United States.
During her time with the Univision Network, Veronica had the opportunity to meet top ranked music producers who collaborated with her on her first music album. It was titled Vengo Con To’ (Im coming at you with everything) It was also a popular time for the reggaeton music movement and Veronica’s album included as its first single “Vengo con to” which was later quoted by King magazine: “Mayra Veronica’s moaning make Madonna’s Erotica sound like bubblegum pop…chew on that Daddy Yankee”
The song soared to number one on the top station in the country, in New York and the video, banned from Latin Television because her curves seemed too much for TV. Europe did not seem to mind and Mayra signed a deal with a German Label for the release of the album there. The album’s popularity landed Veronica a large deal with Universal Motown who put out a second single from the album, titled “Mamma Mia” which also did very well on radio. It wasn’t until the third single “Es Tan Dificil Olvidarte” dedicated to the fallen troops,which was redone by Jose Miguel Velazquez ,that Veronica’s voice was recognized by Billboard making her top 20 on the Pop Contemporary charts.
Veronica continued her work with the troops by visiting the wounded at Camp Lejeune, and was then asked by the New York Stock Exchange to ring the NASDAQ bell in Time Square on July 2, 2008 for Fourth of July week. Veronica decided to bring awareness to two of the organizations for which she’s an advocate and spokesperson,The USO and UNICEF, and brought them to the bell ringing ceremony.Veronica is now working on her first English release through Universal Motown.
Verónica first became noticed on Univision’s Don Francisco Presenta where her role as the model with the voluptuous body caught the attention of FHM magazine US edition. After appearing in FHM she was included in its 2004 calendar and went on to do the covers and feature spreads to Smooth, King, Edge Magazine, Maxim, Open Your Eyes, was chosen as the Cover for FHM’s Exclusive Collection Book, and was included amongst top A listers on the cover of Smoke Magazine, a magazine that had never previously been graced by a Cuban woman only American Oscar winners. She made appearances on many Spanish language television shows and won the audiences favorite after they voted following her appearance on (El Gordo y la Flaca) Verónica appeared as the lead to Frankie J’s hit video “Pensando en Ti” and did countless national commercials including a Nike Campaign with LeBron James, L’Oréal, Ford, Burger King, Coca Cola, She continued making waves on Don Francisco Presenta where hers became the top selling calendar in 2005 according to the Univision Network. She was on Spanish news indiscriminately for dating Donald Trump’s partner Gil Dezer and after that for suing a strip club after they unlawfully used her pictures. During that time Verónica worked on a solo Spanish Album whose single “Vengo Con To’ earned her a spot on New York’s top 10 at La Mega in October 2006 and was interviewed by top entertainment shows including Extra. The album, produced by Kike Santander and Roy Tavares made headlines on King magazine where it stated “Mayra Veronica’s moaning makes Madonna’s Erotica sound like Bubble gum Pop… chew on that Daddy Yankee” Her body and voice were used as a character for the 2007 video game Def Jam: Icon. Verónica currently inked a multi-million dollar record deal with UNIVERSAL MOTOWN and is preparing for her English release next year.
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