Eva Mendes
Mendes was born in Miami, to Cuban-American parents and was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents’ divorce; Mendes has said that her mother “suffered so much to make my life OK” during her early years.
Her father was a car salesman and her mother, also named Eva, is now an elementary school principal. She is the youngest of four children (she has two sisters and a brother). She was raised Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun.[2] As a child, Mendes was teased about her “buck teeth”.
American actress Eva Mendes, who had jetted off to Australia for the 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty festival, was irked when her risque appearance in a Calvin Klein fragrance ad was cut off for showing too much skin.
In the ad, Mendes could be seen naked and rolling about on a bed, which revealed too much to suit the conservative US audiences.
“I”m completely American, I was born and raised in America and I love it but I think we are too quick to censor nudity,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as telling fashion editor Jen Melocco.
“Meanwhile, it’’s OK to blow things up and our films are so violent and our television is so violent.
“I would rather see tasteful nudity than violence any day of the week,” she added.
The Hitch star will hit Sydney on August 27, before taking to the red carpet to launch the month of fashion and beauty events.
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As a child she lived in Miami, Florida, and Los Angeles, California. She never saw herself as an actress while she was young and decided to pursue other interests. She attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing, but dropped out after meeting boyfriend Zedrick Threatt, who helped her to begin an acting career. She studied with Ivana Chubbuck.
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