Luz García

Luz Margarita Cecilia García Guzmán (born April 15, 1977) is a Dominican TV hostess, theatre and film actress, and beauty pageant title holder. García is known in Puerto Rico as Lucy Amado.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Guzmán.
Luz García
García in the set of Noche de Luz
Born
Luz Margarita Cecilia García Guzmán

(1977-04-15) April 15, 1977
Moca, Espaillat, Dominican Republic
Spouse(s)José Miguel Soto Jiménez
(2008-2011)
ChildrenMiguel-Ángel Soto García
(b. 2010)
Career
ShowNoche de Luz
Station(s)Antena Latina (Channel 7)
NetworkBonetti Comunicaciones
Time slotSaturday 9:00 to 10:30 pm
Previous show(s)Vale Más (1996-2000)
Hola Gente (2000-2001)
El Show del Mediodía (2001-2002)
Formalmente Informal (2002)
Botando el Golpe (radio, 2003)
El Escándalo del 13 (2003-2004)
Todo Bien (2006-2008)
TitleMiss Universe Dominicana 1999
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe Dominicana 1999
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1999
WebsiteLuz García on Twitter

Career

Modeling

García started her career as a model in Puerto Rico, then she moved back to the Dominican Republic where she participated in the beauty pageant Miss Universe Dominicana 1999, she won and represented her country in the Miss Universe 1999 contest; after that, she represented again her country now at Miss World 1999.

Radio and television
Luz García and Jenny Blanco at Noche de Luz (April 2012)
  • “Vale Más” stage name: 'Lucy Amado'[1] (1996-2000)
  • “Hola Gente” (2000-2001)
  • “El Show del Mediodía” (2001-2002)
  • “Formalmente Informal” (2002)
  • “Botando el Golpe” (radio, 2003)
  • “El Escándalo del 13” (2003-2004)
  • “Noche de Luz” (2004–present)
  • “Todo Bien” (2006-2008)

Acting
  • "Prefiero un marido infiel" (2002)
  • "El buhó y la gatica" (2003)
  • "¿Qué sexo prefiere Javier?" (2005)
  • "Mujeres en cuatro posiciones" (2006)
  • "Orgasmos" (2007)
  • "El rey de Najayo" (2011)
  • "El que mucho abarca" (2014)[2][3]

Personal life

In April 2008 she married Maj. Gen. José Miguel Soto Jiménez, former Minister of the Dominican armed forces, in a villa in La Romana.[4] They had a son, Miguel Ángel (born 2010), and divorced on 2011.[5]

References
  1. "Luz García va a PR y se defiende de chismes" (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Listín Diario. Primera Hora. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "Luz García y Georgina Duluc protagonizan película que se estrenará en julio" (in Spanish). El Caribe. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-13. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. "Luz Garcia y Georgina Duluc protagonizan película ""El que mucho abarca"". Imágenes Dominicanas (in Spanish). 1 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. "Luz García y José Miguel Soto se casarán el 12 de abril en Romana" (in Spanish). Diario Libre. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. "Soltera: Luz García se mudará a Miami" (in Spanish). Diario Digital RD. December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
Preceded by
Selinée Méndez		 Miss Dominican Republic
1999		 Succeeded by
Gilda Jovine
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