Talisa Soto (born March 27, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Top model and actress of Puerto Rican descent. Talisa's parents moved from Puerto Rico in the 1950's to Brooklyn, New York, where Talisa (Miriam Soto) was born. Later on, her parents moved to Massachusetts when she was still just a child. Talisa's family was one of the few Puerto Rican families that resided in her neighborhood. She was raised and educated there but, she felt that people were prejudiced against her and she became a loner. Talisa landed her first modeling job in 1982, when she was 15 years old. In 1985, she tried to sign up with the Ford modeling agency but, was rejected because she looked "too" Latina. Talisa then went and signed with Click Model Management and headed for Europe. She established herself as one of the 1980's top models and was very busy modeling in Italy and France. She appeared on the covers of "Vogue", "Mademoiselle", "Glamour" and "Self" magazines. |
