Gabriel Soto

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name = Gabriel Soto


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birthname = Gabriel Soto Borja-Diaz
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location = Mexico City, Mexico flagicon|Mexico
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homepage = http://www.gabrielsoto.net
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Gabriel Soto Borja-Diaz (born April 17, 1975 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in countless telenovelas.

Biography

Soto's childhood was affected with some unfortunate events: His mother Elisa Diaz (who suffered from mental illness) committed suicide, and his father Francisco Soto Borja Anda, has been involved in several illicit business. However, he had a best friend whose mother took care of him. Unfortunately this friend has died. Growing up, Soto went to El Colegio Britanico (The Edron Academy), hoping someday to study at Harvard University. After finishing up at Edron, Soto received a chance to study economy at Harvard. Soto though, changed his mind on economics and decided to dedicate himself to modeling. While modeling, he worked for the top names such as Hugo Boss, Armani, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, and many others.

Seeing that he was a great model, Soto decided to enter a pageant in 1996. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico and represented his country in Mister World the same year, where he placed first runner-up. After the competition, in 1997 Soto starting his acting career on the telenovela Mi Querida Isabel with Televisa.

After the telenovela ended, Soto received the chance to be one of the members of the boy band Kairo. He replaced original member, Eduardo Verástegui, who wanted to focus on his acting career. While the two other original members, Jean Paul Forat Morales and Francisco Carlos Zorrilla González were replaced by ex-Tierra Cero group member, Paulo César Quevedo de la Vega and Roberto Assad Martínez respectively. This made the group Kairo completely new because all the original members were replaced. The Kairo group with Soto released the album Pasiones in 1998. The group was greatly successful in Latin America.

After been exposed to the world as a singer, more and more people wanted to see his image. So he began to model for major companies such as Trident Gum, Air Toner products, Kazzan And Terra catalogue, and many others. He also appeared on many magazine covers such as Men's Health and People En Español. Soto has recently been the new face of Definite and NeoSkin products.

In 1999, Soto resumed his acting career in many telenovelas such as Mujer de Madera and Las Vías Del Amor. Recently, Soto appeared in the telenovela La Verdad Oculta. In 2005, Soto was a contestant on the popular Spanish show Bailando Por Un Sueño. He came far in the competition with his partner, but did not win.

Soto represented "Ducati Mexico" at Italy during a Motorcycle rally. He drove his motorcycle around Italy with many other representing their countries.

Personal life

Gabriel was engaged to Mexican actress, Martha Julia in 2005, but terminated their relationship before getting married. He is currently in a relationship with Mexican actress, Geraldine Bazan. Expecting a first child together with girlfriend Geraldine Bazan in February 2009. Fact|date=July 2008

Filmography

Telenovelas and series

Movies

Trivia

*Gabriel's height is 6' 0¾" (1.85 m).
*Gabriel loves to Box and Surf.
*He is a huge fan of Harley Davidson and Ducati motorcycles.

External links

* [http://www.gabrielsoto.net/ Official Gabriel Soto website]
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* [http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/gabriel_soto/index.shtml Net Glimse Bio]
* [http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-286974-bio--Kairo Kairo's Bio at Yahoo! Music]