In the early days of Venezuelan television, Cecilia Martínez, Ana Teresa Cifuentes, Paula Bellini and Susana Duijm, among a few others, managed to carve out a space for themselves as presenters, in a field dominated by men, like so many others in society in the mid-20th century.
They were followed by others with more opportunities and freedoms, such as Liana Cortijo, Desirée Rolando, Belén Marrero and Judith Castillo, although the one who stood in a privileged position was Carmen Victoria Pérez, thanks to her selection as co-host of the Miss Venezuela pageant, at the time of its consolidation as the program with the highest national audience, both for the splendor of its production and for the triumph of the Venezuelan queens abroad.
"La Flaca's" eloquence and impeccable style placed her on a dizzying pedestal. She became a role model for successive generations, including Maite Delgado, who currently enjoys similar respect.
The young woman who began her artistic journey as a beauty queen faced one challenge after another, until she transformed into the star who has more than enough reasons to celebrate 60 years of life and 40 years of professional career.
Without batting an eye
Maite's beginnings were meteoric. Miss Anzoátegui 1986, third runner-up and Miss Photogenic. She traveled to Santo Domingo and won Miss Tourism of Central America and the Caribbean. Upon her return, she was offered a job hosting the program. Complicitiesalongside Eva Gutiérrez and Carmen María Montiel. All between May and August.
After the morning show and its children's version (The complicit circus), remained on screen with Giro's TVIn 1992, she turned down the lead role in the telenovela Cara suciato continue speaking into the microphone.
On April 14, 1997, his international career took off, following an agreement with Univision to broadcast MaiteThe show reached over 10 million viewers in the United States and was broadcast in 15 countries.
That same year, she took over hosting duties for the Miss Venezuela pageant for the first time, alongside Napoleón Bravo, Alicia Machado, and Sandro Finoglio. She is the host who has done so the most times: 18 as the main presenter and two as a guest, until 2025.
In January 2011, she ended her working relationship with Venevisión after six years without her own program. She negotiated a special with Juan Gabriel with Televen and appeared on Globovisión as the host of Miss Earth Venezuela.
Her most recent appearances on television have been related to the country's longest-running pageant, due to the demands of a powerful sponsor, although it's unclear whether she'll participate again this year. In any case, she remains active on social media, where she receives expressions of affection from the public who have followed her career.
Little lie
Maite Coromoto Delgado González was born on September 20, 1966, in Caracas. The mistake of stating Valle de Guanape is sometimes repeated because, when she participated in Miss Venezuela, it was common practice to falsely claim the candidate was from there.
Daughter of journalist and teacher Fernando Delgado and teacher María Teresa, who died in 1990. Sister of Fernando, Ramón David and Victoria.
Since 1994, she has been married to former tennis player Alfonso González-Mora, with whom she became the mother of Alfonso Fernando and Santiago.
He maintains very long-standing friendly and professional relationships with his manager Luis Bascarán and with the stylist Franklin Salomón.
