Who Is Marc Anthony’s First Wife Dayanara Torres?

Dayanara Torres is the first wife of American singer, songwriter, and actor Marc Anthony.

Dayanara and Marc got married in 2000 and divorced after four years (thus, in 2004).

Dayanara and Marc have two sons, Cristian Marcus Muñiz (born February 5, 2001) whom Anthony named after the Mexican singer Cristian Castro, and Ryan Adrian Muñiz (born August 16, 2003).

There were many problems in the marriage, and the couple separated in early 2002.

However, they later reconciled and renewed their vows in a formal ceremony on December 7, 2002, at San Juan’s Cathedral in Puerto Rico.

Despite the reconciliation, the couple were unable to work things out between themselves and the rocky marriage came to an end in October 2003 with Dayanara filing for divorce in January 2004.

To help her recover from the divorce, Dayanara traded her engagement ring for a diamond-encrusted Cartier watch and wrote the book Married to Me: How Committing to Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce.

Who Is Marc Anthony’s First Wife Dayanara Torres?

Dayanara is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, writer and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1993.

Dayanara was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant.

Dayanara won the pageant and the right to represent Puerto Rico in the 1993 Miss Universe pageant.

In 1992, Dayanara participated in the Miss International pageant and became a semi-finalist and in the same year, she earned second place at the Queen of the World contest.

Dayanara won the crown in the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico in May 1993.

However, Dayanara’s victory in the pageant raised some eyebrows because of the claim that she was still a minor.

The controversy was quite absurd because Dayanara had turned 18 several months before the contest.

Also, Dayanara’s victory raised some eyebrows because she did not top any of the pageant’s segments.

Despite the controversies regarding Dayanara’s victory, she was received with a parade when she returned home to Puerto Rico.

During and after her reign as Miss Universe, she became an ambassador for UNICEF, traveling through Asia and Latin America in support of the organization.

Dayanara also created the Dayanara Torres Foundation which has provided scholarships to poor students in Puerto Rico and the Philippines.