Mayte Garcia

Mayte Garcia: Biography in Details

Who is Mayte Garcia?

Mayte Garcia is an American belly dancer, actress, singer, and choreographer.

She is known for her dancing. She toured as a dancer on the “Diamonds and Pearls” tour.

Mayte Garcia: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Mayte Garcia was born on November 12, 1973, in Alabama, USA.

As of 2023, she is 49 years old.

Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is Puerto Rican

Her birth name is Mayte Jannell Garcia.

Mayte Garcia was born on an army base.

His father is Major John Garcia, USA – Ret. and her mother is Janelle Gracia.

Her father was a pilot in the Army whereas her mother was a dance teacher. She has one older sister Janice. On holidays she used to visit her extended family in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In which school did Mayte Garcia attend?

Mayte Garcia went to General H.H. Arnold High School, Germany for her studies.

After completion of school, she got more involved in showbiz with her dancing skills and got recognition as the youngest professional Belly Dancer in the world.

Mayte Garcia: Professional Life and Career

Mayte Garcia started belly dancing at the age of three.

By the age of 8, she was a professional belly dancer and appeared on the American television program That’s Incredible! As the world’s youngest professional belly dancer.

Mayte met with superstar Prince Rogers Nelson in Germany after her mother submitted a videocassette of Garcia’s performance in 1990.

Prince hired her for the dance on his Diamonds and Pearls Tour which led the attention of Prince to his next album Love Symbol.

Prince also made a song for her with the title “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” which was a great hit among the people.

Mayte was also in the band The New Power Generation (NPG).

Prince produced an album dedicated to her in 2005 under the label of NPG, Child of the Sun.

Mayte Garcia later became the artistic director of NPG Dance Company.

Mayte directed music videos for artists like Chaka Khan, Graham Central Station, and one for Prince.

Mayte Garcia was also a choreographer, she choreographed for I’m a Slave 4 U which was performed by Britney Spears. She even performed it at MTV Video Music Awards.

Mayte Garcia can also be seen in television series like Psych, The Closer, Las Vegas, Nip/Tuck, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians including ABC television series Big Shots as a reporter.

She can even be seen in the movie Firehouse Dog and the Hindi film Dus as a dancer. In 2009 she starred in Sí TV’s program Across the Hall.

Mayte Garcia also judged the first season of Dance Your Ass Off and also can be seen on the reality show Hollywood Exes on VH1.

Mayte Garcia: Salary and Net Worth

Her salary is around  $250k per annum and her total net worth is estimated to be $2.5 million as of 2023.

Is Mayte Garcia involved in any rumors and controversies?

Rumors were that Mayte could be an HIV patient because Prince, her ex-husband was communicating with HIV in the 1990s.

And they got married in the 1960s.

Later Mayte Garcia was fit as well she gave birth to Prince’s baby then the rumors were shut down.

Mayte Garcia is a very bold and confident lady.

Because of her opinions and statement, she is in the news and controversial whenever she speaks.

She described how she lost her virginity to Prince. Also, she revealed that her husband, Prince struggled with drugs.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Mayte Garcia has a height of 5 feet 6 inches.

Her body weighs 53kg. She has black hair and hazel eyes. Her shoe size is 7(US).

Furthermore, her body measurements are 33-24-33 inches.

Social Media

Mayte Garcia is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 107k followers on Facebook, 137k followers on Instagram, and 56.2k followers on Twitter.

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