Maria Celeste Arraras Joins Las Vegas Walk of Stars

The host of Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo" news magazine, María Celeste Arrarás, will soon add her name to the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. She is the first person born in Puerto Rico to receive this honor, held by a select group of superstars such as Juan Gabriel, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Luis Miguel, Vicente Fernández and Jenni Rivera. María Celeste's star will be unveiled in a special ceremony on Tuesday, April 24, and installed in its permanent sidewalk home for public viewing the following day, Wednesday, April 25.

"I owe this star to each and every one of the individuals who have stood alongside me during my career, and especially to the viewers who accompany me from home every day," María Celeste acknowledged.

Emmy-award winning journalist and investigative reporter María Celeste Arrarás is one of the best-known figures in Spanish-speaking television. The lead anchor of "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste," one of the most acclaimed news magazines on Hispanic television, she has also served as guest anchor of "Noticias Telemundo" and NBC's "Today Show," and as a contributor to "Dateline" and "NBC Nightly News." She has appeared on the cover of People en Español more than 14 times and graced the front of Newsweek's special issue on "Women and Leadership: The Next Generation." She has been profiled in numerous prestigious publications, among them The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and The Miami Herald.

María Celeste began her television career as a local reporter for Puerto Rico's Canal 24 in 1986. She was hired by Telemundo's New York affiliate and in 1994 went on to work for "Primer Impacto" on Univision, rejoining Telemundo as anchor of "Al Rojo Vivo" in 2002.

Her career is distinguished by a number of prestigious awards, including three Emmys™ and the Rubén Salazar Award for Excellence in Journalism.