Montserrat Oliver (born Montserrat Lourdes Socorro Oliver Grimau on April 13, 1966) is a Mexican

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, and talk-show host.

Life and career

Oliver started her modeling career at the age of 16. She quickly landed a ''

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'' cover, a magazine in which she was featured numerous times throughout her professional life. Her first relevant role was in the early years 90's, in the famous mexican "Brandy Presidente" (a liquor from Pedro Domecq distillery) tv commercial, with a high impact phrase : "obviamente Presidente". This commercial was an important impulse in her modeling career. Early in her career, Oliver moved to

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where she modeled for magazines such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. While in Miami, she was cast for a role in the Fox series ''

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''. She also hosted the

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show ''Basta'' for two years. After several years in the

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, Montserrat returned to

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where she appeared in ''

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'', the first of many telenovelas for the Spanish-language broadcast network

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, which included "Sin Pecado Concebido", "Mujeres" and "La Madrastra". After ''

'', Oliver starred in her own

show, "Las Hijas de la Madre Tierra", which she co-produced and co-hosted with close friend

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. The show aired for eight years in

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and in various countries around the world. During this time, Montserrat also served as national spokesperson and brand image for selected global companies, like

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, L’Oréal Paris, and

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among others. She is currently the brand image for Scotia Bank,

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, and Clear shampoo. Montserrat continued her relationship with Televisa as the network's live correspondent in historical television specials around the world like the

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and

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Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012, as well as the Japan,

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and

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in 2002, 2010 and 2014 respectively. She has also been called upon to host live award shows as was the case in 1998 when she hosted the prestigious music festival Viña del Mar in

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and in 2002 when she co-hosted the

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in Miami. Montserrat co-hosts with Yolanda Andrade the Televisa interview and musical late-night show ''Mojoe''. She is married to Slovak model Yaya Kosikova.

Business ventures

In addition to her high-profile media presence in Mexico, Montserrat Oliver owns several businesses: a clothing line called Royal Closet, Barbara Coppel used to be her business partner ; a line of sunglasses called MO Lunettes du Soleil; a talent agency, Jerry ML, which represents artists for commercial work throughout Mexico; and, a production company which specializes in producing commercials.

Television

As actress

* ''Palabra de Mujer'' 2007–2008 (TV series) (Montserrat) * ''La Madrastra'' 2005 (TV series) (Patricia Ibáñez) * ''Mujeres'' 2005 (TV series) (Pamela) * ''Gran musical'' 2003 (TV series) * ''Sin pecado concebido'' 2001 (TV series) (Montserrat España) * ''Ramona'' 2000 (TV series) (Doris) * ''Hacer y Desacer'' 1997 (TV series) (Host)

As producer

* ''Las Hijas de la Madre Tierra'' 2000 (TV series) (Producer)

As herself

* ''reto 4 elementos naturaleza extrema'' (host) (herself) 2018- * ''Mojoe'' Present (TV series) (Host) * ''Otro rollo... Historia en diez'' 2005 (TV movie) * ''Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones'' 2005 (TV series) * ''El show de Cristina'' 2004 (TV series) * ''Rebelde'' 2004 (TV series) * ''100 mexicanos dijeron''

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vs Los Comediantes 2004 (TV series) * ''Big Brother VIP 3'' 2004 (TV series) * ''Big Brother VIP: México'' Gran final del Circo de

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and Final 2004/1 y La guerra 2004 (TV series) * ''Hoy'' 2004 (TV series) * ''Clase 406'' 2002 (TV series) * ''

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'' 2002 (TV special) (Presenter) * ''Las hijas de la madre tierra'' 2000 (TV series) (Host)

References

External links

Official website
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