Vida Guerra


Vida Guerra is a Cuban-American glamour model. Her first notable appearance was in the U.S. edition of FHM magazine in December 2002; since then, she has modeled for many other men's magazines.

Early life

Born in Fidel Castro's Communist Havana, Cuba, Guerra defected to the United States soon after, ending up in the town of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. While growing up, she entered several fashion shows modeling swim wear, and has appeared in music videos.

Career

Guerra's first national exposure came when she appeared in a lingerie spread for FHM in December 2002. The magazine later reported that following its publication, almost one third of their mail was from readers demanding more photos of her. She was called back for more photo shoots and became "FHMs Model of the Year" in 2004. Since then, she has been featured in many magazines, including DUB, Smooth, Escape, and Open Your Eyes, often as the cover girl.
Guerra has made multiple appearances on several Spanish language television programs such as entertainment gossip show
El Gordo y la Flaca. She has also become a staple in music videos, appearing in "Shake Ya Tailfeather" and "The New Workout Plan", in "Obsession " among others. In addition, Guerra has appeared in a commercial for Burger King's TenderCrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch, a couple of sketches on Chappelle's Show, and the film National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2. She lent her voice to the video game
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In April 2005, Guerra's camera phone was allegedly hacked. Dozens of photos, including nude pictures, were widely disseminated on the Internet. Guerra said the nude images were of another woman, and that they had been mixed with genuine, non-nude camera-phone images of her to create the false appearance that she was the naked woman pictured.
Guerra was voted Number 26 in "
F.H.M's Top 100 Sexiest Females" of 2005 and has twice been named the winner of the magazine's "Best Butt Award". She has produced her own swimsuit calendars and a 2006 DVD titled Vida Guerra: Exposed.
The July 2006 issue of
Playboy featured the first formal nude photos of Guerra. Part of her motivation for posing for the magazine, she said, was the camera phone incident; she wanted people to see what she really looked like naked.
The first song from Guerra's debut album, "You Got Me", was leaked to the Internet on November 2, 2006.
In a July 2008 interview on
The Jace Hall Show, she spoke about her show Livin' the Low Life'', stating that "I didn't like it at first, I mean, they were cool, but now that I did the first season I'm actually gonna get one."
She also appeared in the F.H.M sexiest woman of the year 2017, ranked at 89th position.
In October, 2019, Vida Guerra joined with PETA as the face of the initiative to raise the awareness about benefits of vegetarian diet. She posed for the public print service announcement in a naked body posture photographed from her back.

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Guerra is a vegetarian. Regarding vegetarianism, she has stated "I feel really healthy, and it works on so many different levels, including the condition of my skin". In 2011, she appeared nude in a campaign for PETA, in support of vegetarianism.