Laura Harring (born Laura Elena MartÃnez Herring on March 3, 1964 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican American actress and former Miss USA (1985). Harring lived the first ten years of her life in Mexico, before her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas. At age 16 she convinced her family to let her study in Switzerland at one of the top schools, Aiglon College, where she graduated with an academic diploma. She eventually returned to America, settling down in El Paso, Texas, and entered the world of beauty pageants. She won the title of Miss El Paso, and soon after, Miss Texas. In 1985, at only 21 years of age, she became the first Hispanic to ever win the Miss USA crown. |
