Andrea Nocetti
Encyclopedia
Andrea María Nocetti Gómez (sometimes spelled Andrea Noceti) is a Colombia
n model
, actress, and former Miss Colombia
, born 18 March 1978 in Cartagena de Indias.
Nocetti started her career as a model. She would become Miss Colombia, representing Cartagena, in November 2000. She would debut in television
in 2004, appearing in Caracol TV
reality show La Granja Tolima, and on the 2005 telenovela
El pasado no perdona. In 2007 she would play the evil Fernanda Sanmiguel de Ferreira on the Caracol TV telenovela Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre
. In 2009 she appears in Bermúdez
, also as the evil Lucía Congote.
Nocetti starred in the 2008 Colombian film
Ni te cases ni te embarques, opposite Víctor Hugo Cabrera
.
joked about the 'special talent' which Noceti, the then-reigning Miss Colombia, possessed - that she was able to "swallow 50 balloons full of heroin" for the (non existent) talent competition
in the Miss Universe 2001
pageant. The remark not only infuriated the beauty queen, but also the people in Colombia.
Nocetti openly threatened to sue
Letterman but later withdrawn the statement after Letterman formally apologized to her in The Late Show with David Letterman about the quip made. Letterman had invited the beauty queen to appear on his show as a gesture of appeasement
.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, actress, and former Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia
Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...
, born 18 March 1978 in Cartagena de Indias.
Nocetti started her career as a model. She would become Miss Colombia, representing Cartagena, in November 2000. She would debut in television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in 2004, appearing in Caracol TV
Caracol TV
Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...
reality show La Granja Tolima, and on the 2005 telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
El pasado no perdona. In 2007 she would play the evil Fernanda Sanmiguel de Ferreira on the Caracol TV telenovela Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre
Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre
Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre is a Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV starring Martín Karpan, John Alex Toro , Maria Cecilia Botero, Carolina Acevedo, Hugo Gómez, former Miss Colombia Andrea Noceti and Andrés Toro .The show started on July 16, 2007 on Caracol TV and it is...
. In 2009 she appears in Bermúdez
Bermúdez (telenovela)
Bermúdez is a 2009 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV. It was initially released as Todas odian a Bermúdez .-Plot:...
, also as the evil Lucía Congote.
Nocetti starred in the 2008 Colombian film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Ni te cases ni te embarques, opposite Víctor Hugo Cabrera
Víctor Hugo Cabrera
Víctor Hugo Cabrera is a Colombian actor, born 1968.Cabrera is son to Ecuadorian artist Víctor Hugo Cabrera y Cácerez, member of musical theatre group Los Chaparrines, and radio actress Concha Potier....
.
Controversy with David Letterman
In May 2001, David LettermanDavid Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
joked about the 'special talent' which Noceti, the then-reigning Miss Colombia, possessed - that she was able to "swallow 50 balloons full of heroin" for the (non existent) talent competition
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
in the Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...
pageant. The remark not only infuriated the beauty queen, but also the people in Colombia.
Nocetti openly threatened to sue
Lawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
Letterman but later withdrawn the statement after Letterman formally apologized to her in The Late Show with David Letterman about the quip made. Letterman had invited the beauty queen to appear on his show as a gesture of appeasement
Appeasement
The term appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power. Historian Paul Kennedy defines it as "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and...
.