Mayte Garcia
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Mayte Jannell Garcia (b. 12 November 1973), better known as simply Mayte is a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop-star, Prince.
Mayte appeared on the American television program That's Incredible! at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany. This is the same high school Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis.
Working with Prince
Mayte first came to the attention of Prince in 1990 when her mother, Nell submitted a video cassette of Mayte's performance. Prince met the young dancer during the same year while on tour in Germany and eventually she was hired to dance in his Diamonds and Pearls tour. Her role was soon elevated as she became the focus of his next album — ("
"; see Love Symbol) and assumed the guise of an Egyptian princess for the concept album.
When Prince slimmed down the New Power Generation and changed his stage name to , Mayte revealed to fans her Puerto Rican heritage, remained in the NPG as a dancer, and often provided English and Spanish vocals on his albums. In 1995, produced an album for Mayte entitled Child of the Sun for a European release on his NPG Records label. Singles for the album included "If I Love U 2 Night".
Marriage, child and annulment
Rumors that and Mayte were an item were confirmed when they announced their engagement not long after her album was released. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1996. 's 3-CD opus, Emancipation was largely dedicated to their union and their then-unborn child. The child, rumored to have been named Gregory, was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare skull disease and died shortly after birth. This tragic event may have contributed to marital troubles, leading to an eventual annulment of their marriage in 1998. Mayte received a house in Spain as a settlement.In 2002 Mayte was briefly engaged to Pamela Anderson's ex-husband Tommy Lee. However, she is now single.
Recent activities
In 2003 Mayte had a bit role in the film Love Don't Cost a Thing as a dancer. The next year, she had a guest role the hit FX series Nip/Tuck, and became a host for Across the Hall, a music video show for Time Warner's English-language Latino network, Sí TV. In 2005, Mayte guest-starred on the season finale for the TNT series The Closer, an episode of NBC's Las Vegas, had a small roles in both the Bollywood movie Dus and and was featured as the model in a Bed Head print campaign. In addition, she is a featured model for Play Underwear and she hosted the E! Grammy Nominations with Samantha Harris on December 8, 2005. Mayte had a small part in an independent film Glow Ropes, written and directed by George Valencia and released in December 2005.
Upcoming projects include National Lampoon's TV the Movie with Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Wee Man and more. Another upcoming film is Rexxx the Firehouse Dog.
source material: [Mayte.com]
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