Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress who achieved fame as a Hollywood sex symbol during the 1960s. Welch, the oldest of three children, was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Josephine Sarah (née Hall) and Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo. Her father immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia, her mother was an Irish-American. In 1942, Armando Tejada was transferred to San Diego, California. The family moved to the suburb of La Jolla, where Welch grew up. She took dancing lessons as a child, and was winning beauty pageant by the time she was a teenager. Among her titles were "Miss Photogenic," "Miss La Jolla," "Miss Contour," and "Miss San Diego." In 1957, she was named "Miss Fairest of the Fair" at the San Diego County Fair, and won the Maid of California 1957 title as well. After attending La Jolla High School ( Class of 1958 ), she entered San Diego State College on a theater arts scholarship. The following year she married a... full article at wikipedia