Patricia Janiot

Patricia Janiot Biography

Ángela Patricia Janiot Martirena (born 1963) is a Colombian journalist, news presenter on CNN en Español, beauty queen and former model.

Miss World

Before becoming a journalist, Janiot was a Colombian model, then she participated as Miss Santander on Miss Colombia pageant in 1983, she resulted the first-runner of the pageant and becomes Miss World Colombia who was the delegate of Colombia to Miss World pageant. She traveled to London and participated at the pageant, there she placed in the Top 15 semifinalists, the winner of the pageant was Astrid Carolina Herrera.

CNN Internacional

After her participation as a beauty queen she graduated with a degree in Journalism at Universidad de la Sabana in Bogotá. She joined CNN in 1992, where she hosted the Noticiero Telemundo CNN After the association with Telemundo she stayed with CNN and anchored CNN Internacional. Since CNN en Español was founded in 1997, she became its main news anchor.

Awards

She has received several journalism awards, such as the Golden Mike Award in 1990 and the Simón Bolívar Journalism Award in Colombia. She has also been nominated for the Emmy Award.

Personal life and charitable work

Janiot was born in 1963 in Bucaramanga, Santander Department to Roberto Pablo Janiot, a former football player from Argentina who played for the Atlético Bucaramanga, and his wife Zunilda Martirena. She is married to Miguel Yelós San Martín with whom she has two children, Tábata and Tadeo, and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Janiot is president of the Colombianitos foundation, which helps children who are victims of the Colombian armed conflict.

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