 cristina maria saralegui (born january 29, 1948) is a cuban born-american journalist, actress and talk show host of the spanish-language eponymous show, cristina. ==early life and journalism career== saralegui was born in havana, cuba, to francisco rene saralegui, jr. and cristina santamarina. in 1960, following the cuban revolution, saralegui and her family fled to miami and settled on key biscayne. after graduating from the academy of the assumption in 1966, saralegui enrolled at the university of miami. in 1973, she began an internship at the magazine vanidades. this allowed her to improve her written spanish to the level of her spoken language. by 1979, saralegui was editor of the spanish version of cosmopolitan magazine. she continued in this role through most of the 1980s. ==el show de cristina== in 1989, saralegui transferred her journalistic success to television, by launching the miami-based spanish-language talk show, el show de cristina (the cristina show) on univisiÃ³n. she concluded each episode with a double thumbs-up salute and the cuban expression "pa'lante, pa'lante, pa'tras ni pa' coger impulso", (forward, forward; don't step back, not even to gain momentum (could also be understood as "to get a running start".)desde el avion. cristina online. retrieved on 2012-04-20. prominent guests included shakira, don francisco, the former members of menudo, fernando colunga, selena, lucero, celia cruz, thalÃ­a, julio iglesias, alejandro fernÃ¡ndez, enrique iglesias, pitbull, sussan taunton, jorge ramos, gloria estefan and her husband emilio estefan, jr., gloria trevi, chayanne, sebastian rulli, xuxa, ricky martin, rbd, niurka, noelia, anaÃ­s, george lopez, jennifer lopez, adela noriega, grecia colmenares, alexandra cheron, amelia vega, angÃ©lica vale, angÃ©lica marÃ­a, gloria trevi, and susana gonzalez. during the program recorded on monday, october 25, 2010, cristina reviewed her career and the program's more memorable episodes and guests. saragelui's talk show l
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