| Silvia Corzo | ||
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| Gender | Female | |
| Birth name | Silvia Milena Corzo Pinto | |
| Born | October 30 1973 | |
| Birth place | Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia | |
| Circumstances | ||
| Occupation | lawyer, journalist, news presenter | |
| Spouse | Andrés Mora | |
| Notable credit(s) | Séptimo día presenter, Noticias Caracol presenter |
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Silvia Milena Corzo Pinto (born October 30, 1973 in Bucaramanga, Santander) is a Colombian lawyer, journalist and news presenter for Caracol TV.
Biography
Her parents are Mario Corzo and Irene Pinto.[1] After finishing high school, Silvia studied at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, where she majored in Law. In 1995, during her fifth and final year of college, her family signed her up for the Señorita Santander ("Miss Santander") beauty contest, where she was the second runner-up.[2] She considers that if she had won, she would not have finished her college studies, but would have become a model, an actress or a housewife.[3] According to her, she has always fancied working in the media and, although she has worked as a lawyer, she prefers human rights issues because she does not consider herself good at litigating.[4]
Media career
After graduating from college, Silvia hosted a radio show about human rights on the Universidad Industrial de Santander station, while working at the Bucaramanga branch of the Defensoría del Pueblo (namely the Ombudsman office). In 1997, she was offered to host a television show at the brand new TRO local station. After getting married, she moved to Cali, where she worked at the Contraloría (State Comptroller office) of that city. At the same time, she hosted the Noticiero del Pacífico at Telepacífico on weekends. A new transfer of her then husband took her to Bogotá. Since 16 December, 2002, she has been one of the newscasters at Noticias Caracol (at the time Caracol Noticias) newscast, where she also managed –until early 2007– its health segments, previously in charge by Claudia Palacios, who left for CNN en Español in 2004. As of December 2007, she hosts the 07:00 newscast on weekdays, where she also presents the weather forecast. In 2004 she was nominated as the Female News Personality of the Year at the Premio INTE, because of her "warmness and reliability",[5] and in 2005 she was awarded with the Premio Canal Caracol to the best female newscaster. On late 2006 she co-hosted the Noticiero Internacional, produced in Colombia and broadcasted by the Key West, Florida-based WGEN-TV station. In December 2006 she received the Orquídea award to the best female newsreader in Miami. Since June 2007, Corzo co-hosts the 60 Minutes-like newsmagazine Séptimo día, with Manuel Teodoro. In October 2007 she won a "special mention" in the category for best TV feature or report at the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar[6].
Personal life
Ms. Corzo divorced her first husband and re-married in December 2006[7]. She lives with her son Pablo in Bogotá.
References
- ^ (Spanish) El Frente, Candidatas Concurso Señorita Santander 1995, 14 September 1995
- ^ (Spanish) Vanguardia Liberal, Silvia es la Princesa*, 18 September 1995
- ^ (Spanish) Silvia Corzo Fan Club Entrevista exclusiva con Silvia Corzo, 28 September 2005
- ^ (Spanish) El Tiempo (Colombia), "Una mujer con suerte", 14 January 2003
- ^ (Spanish) INTE Awards Official Website
- ^ (Spanish) El Tiempo, Cinco premios Simón Bolívar a EL TIEMPO, 10 October 2007
- ^ (Spanish) Caracol TV Se casó Silvia Corzo (video), 30 January 2007
External links
- (Spanish) Newscasters at Noticias Caracol
- (Spanish) Séptimo día
- (Spanish) Silvia Corzo Fan Club
