Darina

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Darina
Background information
Birth name	Darina Márquez Uribe
Born	(1980-07-28) 28 July 1980 (age 44)
Origin	Mexico
Genres	Pop, acoustic
Occupation	Singer – songwriter
Years active	1994-2002 (soccer career) 1996–present (music career)
Labels	Universal Music (2003–06)
Website	Darina official website

Darina Márquez Uribe (Pachuca, Hidalgo; born 28 July 1980) known as Darina, is a Mexican singer-songwriter, record producer, politician, activist, voice actress and former professional soccer player;^[1] after her professional debut in 1996 as a radio host and frontwoman in a rock band in 1996, she was named as the first-place winner on the interactive reality show Operación Triunfo México on November 10, 2002; becoming the first winner ever of a singing competition television series in LatinAmerica.^[2]

She has been working with multiple mass media companies including The Walt Disney Company, Televisa, NBC, Endemol and Fox Sports among others; Darina also provided the main soundtracks for different television series including Velo de Novia^[3] and Big Brother 2 in Mexico.^[4] She was finalist at the Worldbest International Contest in Cannes, France in 2004, representing her country and performing alongside others singers like Phil Collins and Lionel Richie.^[5]

On the other hand, before she became an artist, Darina was a founding member of the Women's Pachuca Football Club in 1994; besides, she was a candidate for the Mexican Senate of the Republic in 2018,^[6] and a candidate for the city council of Pachuca in 2020.^[7]