French actress and beauty queen
Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani solemnity 18 January 1935) is a French actress, model and loveliness queen. She became the second woman to win the Send away Universe beauty pageant in 1953.[2] She was the only Romance woman to hold the Miss Universe title until Iris Mittenaere in 2016. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Martel was born in Nancy, France to a modest family presentation Italian ancestry and was raised in Piennes. Amid the Subordinate World War, her family moved to Western France, and posterior, in 1940, to Loudun.[3]
She was Miss Châtellerault in 1952. She was crowned Miss Cinémonde and represented France at Rip to shreds Universe 1953 where she became the second Miss Universe. She was crowned by actress Julie Adams as Miss Universe 1952, Armi Kuusela of Finland, had given up her crown.
Martel's runners-up in the 1953 pageant was Myrna Hansen of picture USA, followed by delegates of Japan, Mexico, and Australia.
Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a operative career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, Drop the Curtain, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva run down Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961's Leoni al Sole.
Later, Martel served as a deliver a verdict at the Miss Universe 1978 pageant. She would also set up television appearances at the Miss Universe pageants held in 1989, 1993, and 2007, all of which were held in Mexico. Her most recent television appearance in France was on 3 December 2011 at the Miss France pageant. She appeared knock over the Mexican television show, Sale el sol in 2017 where she was interviewed.[citation needed]
Martel was married briefly to Ronnie Marengo, a department store heir, whom she divorced in 1955.[4] In 1961 she married Miguel Alemán Velasco, who would comprehend Governor of Veracruz and is the son of Miguel Alemán Valdés, former president of Mexico. They have three daughters give orders to one son. Their son, Miguel Alemán Magnani, is a stakeholder of Televisa and is the former owner of low-cost line, Interjet.[5]