Celines Toribio

Her television career began in 1995 when she hosted the variety program Sabado Al Mediodia alongside Luis Velasco. She later became an entertainment reporter for WXTV, hosting segments like Galeria and Mi Gente, and appeared at events such as the Dominican Day Parade. In 1997, she gained national exposure on Univision, hosting their coverage of Miami's Calle Ocho festival. She went on to report for Fuera De Serie and El Gordo y La Flaca, and from 2002 to 2006 she hosted a Major League Baseball show on ESPN Deportes, making her the only woman to ever host an MLB-produced television show. She also co-hosted a Spanish-language morning radio program in New York.

Toribio has acted in films including El hijo del carnicero, a short film with Vin Diesel for Fast & Furious, and Trópico de Sangre, where she starred opposite Michelle Rodriguez and portrayed Dedé Mirabal. She has been featured in publications like the New York Post, Stuff Magazine, and Listín Diario, and was selected by People en Español as one of the "50 Mas Bellos." She runs an academy in the Bronx that teaches modeling, acting, and dance, and she was engaged to her manager Giancarlo Chersich in 2008, with plans to wed in April 2009 in the Dominican Republic. She studied at Lehman College, graduating in 1996 with a degree in Mass Communications.