Amelia Vega

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1984 –

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Who is Amelia Vega?

Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco is a Dominican musician, model and beauty pageant title holder. In 2003 she became the first woman representing the Dominican Republic to be named Miss Universe.

Vega's father, Otto Vega, is a general medical practitioner with offices in New York City and Miami. Her mother, Patricia Polanco Álvarez, is a licenced Pilot and was also a previous national titleholder who represented the Dominican Republic in 1980 at the Miss World pageant. Vega is niece-in-law of the Grammy Award–winning singer Juan Luis Guerra and wife of NBA player Al Horford. They were married on December 24, 2011.

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Born
Nov 7, 1984
Santiago de los Caballeros
Also known as
  • Victoria Amelia Vega Polanco
  • Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco
  • amelia_vega
  • Amélie
  • Amelia Vega Polanco
  • Amelia Vega de Horford
  • Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco de Guerra
  • Miss Universe 2003
Parents
Spouses
Nationality
  • Dominican Republic
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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