Betty Missiego | |
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| Born | Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos (1938-01-16)16 January 1938 (age 87) Lima, Peru |
| Occupation | Singer |
Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos (born 16 January 1938 inLima,Peru) better known asBetty Missiego (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈbetimiˈsjeɣo]) is a Peruvian singer, who has held dualSpanish citizenship since 1972 and lives in Spain. She representedPeru at theOTI Festival 1972 with the song "Recuerdos de un adiós" placing ninth and she representedSpain at theEurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Su canción" placing second.
In her native Peru, Missiego began her career as a dancer, but she was forced to abandon professional dancing due to an injury. She continued pursuing a career in show business and was a host for a television program that brought her great popularity in her native country.
In 1969, she moved to Spain to pursue a singing career, where she received Spanish citizenship in 1972. She currently holds dual citizenship in both Spain and Peru.
On 25 November 1972, she representedPeru in thefirst edition of theOTI Festival, held in thePalacio de Exposiciones y Congresos auditorium in Madrid, with the song written by herself "Recuerdos de un adiós", placing ninth.
On 31 March 1979, she representedSpain at the24th edition of theEurovision Song Contest held inJerusalem with the song "Su canción", written by Fernando Moreno.[1] Betty was accompanied by four children –Javier Glaria, Alexis Carmona, Beatriz Carmona, and Rosalía Rodríguez– who sang 157 LAs in the song, a Eurovision record.[2] At the end of the song, each children unfurled a small banner, with "thanks" inscribed on each in English, Spanish, Hebrew, and French, respectively. Betty ended up in second place with 116 points, behind Israel'sMilk and Honey with the song"Hallelujah". She also participated in theWorld Popular Festival in Tokyo and theMusic Olympics in Paris. In 1980 she submitted another song, "Don José" to the Spanish selection committee for Eurovision but it was not selected.
Her son Joaquín Missiego –known by his mononym "Missiego"–, is also a singer.
| Preceded by none | Peru in the OTI Festival 1972 | Succeeded by Gabriela de Jesús with "El mundo gira por tu amor" |
| Preceded by | Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | Succeeded by |
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