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| nationalcompetitioncompetitions = {{ubl|[[Miss Chile|Miss Chile 1987]]<br />(Winner)<br>|[[Miss Universe 1987]]<br />(Winner)}}

| birth_place= [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]

| children = Máximo Menem (b. 2003)1

'''Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck''' (born May 19, 1965) is a Chilean actress, TV Hosthost and beauty queen who was crowned [[Miss Universo Chile|Miss Universo Chile 1987]] and [[Miss Universe 1987]].

SheBolocco has worked as a journalist on the Spanish language edition of [[CNN]], on [[Telemundo]] and on various programs for Chilean Television and she acted on the soap opera ''[[Morelia (telenovela)|Morelia]]''.

|location=[[United Kingdom]]

|accessdateaccess-date=2010-09-16}}</ref> and 2011 she was married to formerthe 44th President [[Argentine]]of presidentArgentina [[Carlos Menem]].

Bolocco was born in [[Santiago, Chile]] to Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, an [[Arbëreshë people|Arbëreshë]] (Italo-Albanian) businessman <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tpino.netfirms.com/bolocco.htm |title=Bolocco family in Chile |access-date=2019-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714165545/http://tpino.netfirms.com/bolocco.htm |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Rose Marie Fonck Assler. She attended primary and secondary school at [[Santiago College]]. She then tookstudied a year of [[Civilcivil Engineeringengineering]] at the [[University of Santiago, Chile]], before dropping out to pursue [[Costumecostume Designdesign]] at the INCA-CEA Institute.

Bolocco was selected [[Miss Chile]] for [[Miss Universe]] on April 20, 1987. On May 26, 1987, she beat 67 contestants to become the first Chilean to win the Miss Universe [[beauty pageant]] that was held at the [[World Trade Centre, Singapore|World Trade Centre]] in [[Singapore]] that year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204452/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472763211.html?dids=472763211:472763211&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+27%2C,+1987&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Miss+Universe+1987+crowned "Miss Universe 1987 crowned"] [[Toronto Star]], 27 May 1987. p. A.28. {{paywallsubscription required}} </ref> During her year-long reign, she settled in [[Los Angeles, California]].

In October 1996, already separated, Bolocco took the job as co-host in one of the shows with the highest ratings in Chilean television history, ''Viva el lunes'' ("Long Live Monday"), alongside Kike Morandé and comedian Álvaro Salas. At the same time, she had a radio show and appeared in her own television show, ''La noche de Cecilia'' ("The Night of Cecilia").

In February, 2000, Bolocco became an established hostess for the Viña del Mar Song Festival, with partner and longtime host [[Antonio Vodanovic]].

In August 2001 Bolocco's marriage to Young was annulled. On 26 May 2001, Bolocco married former [[Argentina|Argentine]] president [[Carlos Menem]] in [[La Rioja, Argentina]],<ref name=BBC /><ref>[http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/bolocco/index.html "Cecilia Bolocco, El casamiento del año"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516025925/http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/bolocco/index.html |date=2006-05-16 }}, ''La Cuarta''</ref> whom she met while interviewing him at the [[Casa Rosada]] presidential house in Argentina. On November 19, 2003, their first son, Máximo Saúl Menem Bolocco, was born in Santiago, Chile. They separated in April 2007 and officially divorced in May 2011.

* [[List of television presenters|List of television presenters/Chile]]

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[[Category:PeopleActresses from Santiago, Chile]]

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