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Taina (model)
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Noris Díaz Pérez is a Puerto Rican
model
and host. She appeared on the now defunct late-night show No te Duermas
from 1996 to 2007. In addition to her work on television, she has appeared in numerous commercials and ads for beers and other products.
Taína has produced eight calendars featuring photograpghs of her in various poses. She had a brief roles as a prostitute in the film Bad Boys II
(along with fellow Puerto Rican Denise Quiñones
), and in the Puerto Rican film Más allá del límite, both released in 2002.
In January 2006, Taína was hospitalized with severe headaches and later fell in critical condition for what was believed to be a brain tumor
.The diagnosis was later altered to encephalitis
and she gradually recovered from the illness and returned to television shortly after.
On April 24, 2007, she announced her retirement from television
to dedicate time to other things, and to fully recover from her condition. After her exit from the entertainment industry, she became a born again Christian and started preaching in churches throughout Puerto Rico.
On August 1, 2011, she announced via a press release that she is HIV Positive.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
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....
and host. She appeared on the now defunct late-night show No te Duermas
No te Duermas
No te Duermas is a Spanish-language television program, a late-night talk and variety show from Puerto Rico. It started airing in 1990 as a late night show with comedian Antonio Sanchez El Gangster in WSTE-TV SuperSiete...
from 1996 to 2007. In addition to her work on television, she has appeared in numerous commercials and ads for beers and other products.
Taína has produced eight calendars featuring photograpghs of her in various poses. She had a brief roles as a prostitute in the film Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II is a 2003 action/comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. It is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys. The film is about two police detectives investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami...
(along with fellow Puerto Rican Denise Quiñones
Denise Quiñones
Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...
), and in the Puerto Rican film Más allá del límite, both released in 2002.
In January 2006, Taína was hospitalized with severe headaches and later fell in critical condition for what was believed to be a brain tumor
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
.The diagnosis was later altered to encephalitis
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue...
and she gradually recovered from the illness and returned to television shortly after.
On April 24, 2007, she announced her retirement from television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
to dedicate time to other things, and to fully recover from her condition. After her exit from the entertainment industry, she became a born again Christian and started preaching in churches throughout Puerto Rico.
On August 1, 2011, she announced via a press release that she is HIV Positive.
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