García, born in
Havana,
Cuba, started by participating in dance demonstrations by the age of eight. At nine, she was admitted to the Alicia Alonso School of Ballet. When Odalys was 13, she arrived in
Miami, where she began a career in modeling. In 1991, she was cast to host
Noche de Gigantes (
Night of the Giants) by Univision, alongside
Don Francisco. Garcia and Don Francisco became friends during the two years she was in the show, and she started to become famous to
Hispanic audiences with her voluptuous figure. Soon, she was chosen to host
De Pelicula, a Saturday afternoon movies show. But her biggest break came in 1993, when she was chosen to participate in
Lente Loco (
Crazy Lens), as Pupu Pirú, a show that was like a Spanish version of
Candid Camera.
Lente Loco became a big hit among Univision's target audiences, and Odalys' fame went off the roof. Within years, she was producing calendars, being the object of romance rumors by many magazines, and becoming the spokeswoman of
Columbia House's
Club Musica Latina. She also had the opportunity to act in a
Spanish soap opera, named
Morelia, and she was disc jockey at a morning
radio show at
Florida's station,
WQBA. She is also a spokeswoman for
Bally Total Fitness. Odalys García is also an executive producer and singer. Her calendars have sold well over the years, her 2001 version selling 200,000 copies, and she also produces a video to accompany her calendars. ==References==