Famous People with Name Paloma

Paloma Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paloma Herrera: a principal ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.Ms. Herrera was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and began studying ballet there at the age of seven with teacher Olga Ferri. She quickly became a noted prodigy in South America, winning many competitions throughout and was able to continue her training at the Minsk Ballet School in the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus); returning to Buenos Aires, she was cast as Cupid in a performance of Don Quixote at the Teatro Col=n.

Paloma San Basilio            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Paloma San Basilio: a Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer.She starred in the Spanish language premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Evita at Teatro Monumental in Madrid. The show later transferred to Barcelona and certain cities in Latin America. She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the sad ballad La fiesta terminó (The party ended), and finished 14th. She also starred in highly acclaimed Madrid revivals of "Man of La Mancha" and "My Fair Lady," and the Madrid production of "Victor/Victoria." In 2006, the Latin Grammy Award Society gave San Basilio the Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award based on her work in Spanish-language music.

Sasha Palomäki            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sasha Palomäki: is a Finnish ice dancer. He competes with Oksana Klimova. Klimova and Palomäki teamed up in the summer of 2007. They are the 2009 & 2010 Finnish national champions.