Vida Guerra

Vida Guerra (born March 19, 1974[1]) is a Cuban-American glamour model. Her first notable appearance was in the U.S. edition of FHM magazine in December 2002; since then, she has modeled for many other men's magazines.

Vida Guerra
Guerra at the 2007 American Music Awards after-party in November 2007
Born (1974-03-19) March 19, 1974i
Havana, Cuba
Modeling information
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown

Early life

Born in Havana, Cuba, Guerra, still a child, migrated with her family to the United States, moving to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. While growing up, she entered several fashion shows modeling swim wear, and has appeared in music videos.[1]

Career

Guerra's first national exposure came when she appeared in a lingerie spread for FHM in December 2002. The magazine later reported that following its publication, almost one third of their mail was from readers demanding more photos of her. She was called back for more photo shoots and became "FHM's Model of the Year" in 2004.[2] Since then, she has been featured in many magazines, including DUB, Smooth, Escape, and Open Your Eyes, often as the cover girl.

Guerra has made multiple appearances on several Spanish language television programs such as entertainment gossip show El Gordo y la Flaca (The Fat guy and The Skinny girl). She has also become a staple in music videos, appearing in "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee, from the Bad Boys II soundtrack, 2003) and "The New Workout Plan" (Kanye West, 2004), in "Obsession (No Es Amor)" (Frankie J featuring Baby Bash, 2005) among others. In addition, Guerra has appeared in a commercial for Burger King's TenderCrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch, a couple of sketches on Chappelle's Show (including "R. Kelly's '(I Wanna) Piss on You' Music Video", which spoofed the R. Kelly sex tape), and the film National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2. She lent her voice to the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.

In April 2005, Guerra's camera phone was allegedly hacked. Dozens of photos, including nude pictures, were widely disseminated on the Internet. Guerra said the nude images were of another woman, and that they had been mixed with genuine, non-nude camera-phone images of her to create the false appearance that she was the naked woman pictured.

Guerra was voted Number 26 in "F.H.M's Top 100 Sexiest Females" of 2005 and has twice been named the winner of the magazine's "Best Butt Award". She has produced her own swimsuit calendars (and accompanying "behind the scenes" DVDs) and a 2006 DVD titled Vida Guerra: Exposed.

The July 2006 issue of Playboy featured the first formal nude photos of Guerra. Part of her motivation for posing for the magazine, she said, was the camera phone incident; she wanted people to see what she really looked like naked.[3]

The first song from Guerra's debut album, "You Got Me", was leaked to the Internet on November 2, 2006.

In a July 2008 interview on The Jace Hall Show, she spoke about her show Livin' the Low Life, stating that "I didn't like it [low rider cars] at first, I mean, they were cool, but now that I did the first season I'm actually gonna get one."[4]

She also appeared in the F.H.M sexiest woman of the year 2017, ranked at 89th position.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Writer's Block Muse Short film
2005 Fake Preacher Direct to video
2006 Dorm Daze 2 Violet Main role
2010 Sardines Samantha Short film
2010 Lean Like a Cholo Daisy
2011 Going Down There Angela Short film
2012 Filly Brown Wyatt's groupie
2012 Y: The Last Man Rising Roxy Short film
2013 Not Another Celebrity Movie Rosalita
2013 Blood Shed Khara
2015 Mercy for Angels Tracy
2015 Tamales and Gumbo Gloria
2016 Hauntsville El Vida
2017 American Justice Officer Alexa
2017 CHiPs Ann
2017 Perceptions Sarah Short film
2018 Compton's Finest Maria

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003–2004Chappelle's ShowStripper/dancer2 episodes
2005Unique WhipsHerself1 episode
2005The DropHerself1 episode
2006Rome is BurningHerself1 episode
2008Hacienda HeightsBella1 episode
2010Eastbound & Down1 episode
2018Southern Girls

Personal life

Guerra is a vegetarian. Regarding vegetarianism, she has stated "I feel really healthy, and it works on so many different levels, including the condition of my skin".[6] In 2011, she appeared nude in a campaign for PETA, in support of vegetarianism.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Model of the Week: Vida Guerra". AskMen.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
  2. "Girls of FHM: Vida Guerra". FHM.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  3. "Vida Guerra: Dangerous Curves Ahead". LatinRapper.com. June 9, 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
  4. "Jace Hall, Ep 8: Video Game Violence & HOT CHICKS!". The Jace Hall Show. Season 1. Episode 8. July 23, 2008.
  5. "The 100 Sexiest Women In The World, 2017". FHM. 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. "PETA makes a veggie statement at Capitol for National Hot Dog Month". Axcessnews.com. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  7. "Vida Guerra Sheds Clothes For PETA, Asks For Donations To See Pics". BallerStatus.com. March 17, 2011.
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