Melanie Iglesias
Iglesias in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Melanie Tiana Iglesias
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 18, 1987
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, Indigenous], Italian, some Filipino
Melanie Iglesias is an American model and actress. She has been featured in World’s Most Beautiful, Esquire, and Vibe. She appeared on the World Poker Tour series, and on the shows Guy Code, Girl Code, and Guy Court.
She is the daughter of Maria Concepcion Muniz and Daniel Iglesias. Melanie graduated from Tottenville High School on Staten Island, New York City.
A DNA test whose results Melanie displayed on her Twitter page stated that her genetic ancestry consists of:
*65% Europe
——–*41% Italy/Greece
——–*16% Iberian Peninsula
*16% Africa
——–*7% Mali
——–*4% Africa North
*12% West Asia
——–*10% Caucasus
*6% America
——–*6% Native American
*<1% Asia
Melanie’s paternal grandparents likely were named Michael D. Iglesias and Theresa Cantafio.
Source: Melanie states her ethnicity – https://twitter.com
The chick isnt European looking, clearly part Asian, guess why tons of Italians go to places like Cuba, Brazil to meet exotic women like her..she cant fit in any Southern european country you said
I don’t think she looks exotic, but she certainly doesn’t look European. That’s because she isn’t. She’s mixed. Cypriots, Maltese, Sicilians, and such do not look like her. As far as Brazil goes, there are actually millions of Brazilians who are of Italian descent. Sometimes even German.
Recently there live 2-5 million people of mainly German descent in Brazil and estimated 12 Million of any German descent, mostly in the south. In Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul 40% of the population is German-Brazilian. The most Germans came after the crushed revolution of 1848, after the crushed revolution of 1918/19, in the inflation years 1922-24 and in the 30s, many of the last probably Jewish who fled the nazi regime.
A study of a Brazilian Institute in 2000 revealed that nearly 28 million Brazilians are of Italian descent, nearly 10 million of them in the state São Paulo. Wikipedia concludes that “São Paulo has more people with Italian ancestry than any region of Italy itself”. :D
In Argentine, 25 million people are of Italian descent – nearly 40% of the population; about 3 million are of German descent.
She could pass as Andalusian too.
She doesn’t look European. It is very obvious she has other ancestries from outside Europe.
Reply to Check7t.
You obviously don’t know what people from the Balkans look like, she could pass as Cypriot, Maltese, Sicilian, or Greek.
I’m actually very interested in phenotype. Places like Cyprus are very heavily middle eastern in genes and looks. Maltese are very similar to Sicilians. While they have their look Melanie Iglesias has obvious Asian heritage (and non-European ancestry) and does not look like the populations you mentioned. Is there something wrong with that? She is a lovely looking woman. She doesn’t have to fit a European look.
Agree
While Melanie does not look European, your word isn’t something to go by. For the longest time, you argued that Cheryl Cole and her mother weren’t European even though they turned out to be.
Alice is 100% right, this girl is clearly of mixed race and doesn’t look in any way 100% white. The picture above does make her face and nose look narrower which gives her a more european look but if you search her on google images, her asian blood is very prominent in her phenotype. my mothers side is maltese, i assure you no one in my mothers family look anything like this girl, maltese have penotypes that are predominately white with some noticeable negroid admixture, much like most southern europeans whom had arab invasions from north africa. It is true many southern europeans can look mixed race and can have a slight mongoloid appeal as well as negroid in their facial structure but this girl is clearly not of full european blood
@ashash – Don’t exaggerate. I did not argue for the longest time about Cheryl. Regarding Cheryl Cole I though her brother looked very Asian influenced and he does. You won’t find many people that look like him in Britain or Ireland. Cheryl and her mother do look atypical but I’m always open to other’s opinions and only obstinate when I feel something is incorrect.
@aghash – There is no conflict regarding Melanie as she has known Asian ancestry to nothing to argue about.
Sentence should be “so nothing to argue about”.
@Alice I wasn’t arguing that Melanie looks European. She doesn’t. She is clearly mixed-race. I was merely commenting on some things you have said in the past.
she’s pretty, but she’s highly overrated just like jessica alba. they both look like any other latina you’ll see in puerto rico and mexico. actually a lot of non-famous everyday latinas look better than them. i’m not saying they’re ugly, but there are prettier latinas than them.
looks Italian
serious?
Yes.
Looks Southern Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Maltese, SE European in general.
If yo
Italy and Malta are not SE european, they’re usually just considered southern european as they’re centralised in the mediterranean but if you had to say SE or SW then they’d be considered SW