Iris Chacon (b. March 7, 1950) is a Puerto Rican who was, at one time, the world's most famous Vedette. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The French military term vedette (formed from Latin videre, to see), migrated into English and other languages to refer to a mounted sentry or outpost, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc, to a main body of troops. ...

Chacon's voice wasn't great, but her dancing ability became legendary all across Latin America and the United States. During her heyday in the 1970's and early 1980's, she toured all of Latin America, the USA, Europe and Japan. She also starred in many movies and soap operas, such as Yo Se Que Mentia. Her acting, however, wasn't anything to talk much about either. She also was able to amass quite a fortune, buy mansions and cars and live in a lot of luxury. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Yo Se Que Mentia was a 1982 soap opera produced by Puerto Ricos WAPA-TV. It included Argentinas Daniel Guerrero, Puerto Rican dancing legend Iris Chacon, a young Adamari Lopez, Amneris Morales and Miguel Angel Suarez and Angela Meyer as a married couple who tried to make Guerrero...

She was able to exploit her sensuality with her dances and skimpy bathing suits and the dresses she used during her shows; this, combined with her great talent as a dancer, were her formula for success.

In 1983, a TV commercial she did for Amalie Coolants became one of the most famous TV commercial's in Puerto Rico's history. The controversy surrounding the commercial landed her in a front page article in the Wall Street Journal in June of 1983 entitled "A Onetime Choirgirl Rules as Sex Goddess On Puerto Rican TV." She also had a variety show, El Show De Iris Chacon, for more than 15 years on WAPA-TV Saturday nights; it was also broadcast by some Spanish language television stations elsewhere in the United States. The show allowed her to display her talents as a variety show host and interviewer as well as a dancer. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ... Televicentro is a Puerto Rico-based television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as the call letters WAPA-TV, Channel 4, for NTSC television and WAPA-DT, Channel 27, for digital television. ...

After her heyday, she moved to Miami, where she lived more modestly, and found a job acting in a children's series for PBS, a job which she keeps currently. City nickname: The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location Location of Miami in the State of Florida Government County Miami-Dade Mayor Manuel “Manny” Diaz (R) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 139. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...

She has been married to musician Junno Faria for more than 25 years, and they have a daughter, Katiria Faria Chacon together. Her sisters, Lourdes Chacon and Liliana Chacon also were vedettes who became quite famous in Puerto Rico during the 80's. Iris and Liliana are converted Christians. Beliefs Though enormous diversity exists in the beliefs of those who self-identify as Christian, it is possible to venture general statements which describe the beliefs of a large majority . ...

She will be performing in Puerto Rico and New York City this year. She currently hosts a radio show called "Caramelo y Chocolate" on 102.5 FM in Puerto Rico. She is supposed to be issuing a DVD of her performances sometime in December 2005.

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

• http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/irischacon/