Mayra Verónica

Frequently counted among the sexiest women in the world, Mayra Veronica is a Cuban-American model whose international fame led to a solo recording career. Born Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez on August 20, 1980, in Havana, Cuba, she moved to the United States at age five with her mother. Her father joined the family a year later, and the family settled in a Cuban neighborhood of Miami, FL. After years of dance and beauty pageantry, Veronica established herself as a model, first on the Spanish-language television channel Univision; then in the pages as well as on the covers of m...