Salma Hayek: Beauty, Brains, And A Heart

Born and raised in Mexico, the daughter of a Spanish opera singer and Lebanese oil company exec, Salma Hayak moved to the US when she was 25 years old. She did attend a girls school in Louisiana when she was twelve but attended college in Mexico City. She starred on Mexican TV and decided to move to Los Angeles to study acting. Within 5 years she was landing roles opposite Antonio Banderes and within another five she had her own production company. She played in "Desperado", "The Mask of Zorro", "Traffic", "Dogma", and "Frida" just to name a few.

The beauty of Salma is not only in her lovely features and curvy figure. She is a proponent of healthy children with UNICEF. She has worked with and donated monies to help UNICEF feed children, teach and promote breastfeeding of babies. She actually breastfed a baby in SierraLeone for a woman who could not produce any milk. Salma also speaks for women of domestic violence, lending her voice to stop this huge problem around the world. Selma does not forget where she came from and is very involved in TV and movie projects in Mexico. Her production company employs many people in Mexico and the US. She is a New World Woman.

This pictorial will give you a chance to see the outer beauty of the woman they call Salma Hayek. But the real beauty she has is inside her. The video clip on the bottom will help you see some of that. I recommend you check YouTube for more clips of her interviews and speaking engagements.