Pamela Cortés is a multi‑talented Ecuadorian artist born in Guayaquil on January 9, 1981. She began studying music and dance at age 7—attending the Conservatory Antonio Neumane and Danzas Jazz Academy—and shot to early fame in 1992 by winning the international vocal contest “Los Niños Cantan a América” �. es.wikipedia.org +5 By 1993 she was chosen as Ecuador’s “Paquita” (an assistant on Xuxa’s show), which led to her hosting her own children’s TV program, El Rincón de los Bajitos �. Her debut album, Alegría, launched in 1994, and she followed it with a string of studio albums: Más allá del sol (1996), Con el alma (2001), Esperaré (2004), and Cristales Rotos (2011) �. en.wikipedia.org +2