Salma Hayek and her businessman fiancé, François Henri Pinault, are the parents of a baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault.“Mother and daughter are doing well,” Hayek’s publicist Cari Ross, said in a statement. No further details were released.A source told PEOPLE that the 41-year-old Mexican-born actress entered the hospital on Thursday and that Pinault was present.The daughter is the first child for Hayek. Pinault, 45, has two children from a previous marriage which ended in divorce in 2004.
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Salma Hayek is due to give birth to her first child with partner Francois-Henri Pinault any time now. But despite impending motherhood, Salma Hayek plans to keep herself busy professionally by working on new projects with her Ventanarosa Productions business partner Jose Tamez.
“I’m going to stay (in the U.S.) and run this company. I could just say I will give it all up and be a housewife in Paris. But I said, ‘No.’ I was so lucky because I found myself a man who is a great businessman. And he loves it that I work this hard. He has a lot of respect for what I do.”
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Salma Hayek has been named Hollywood’s Sexiest Celebrity.The 40-year-old Latina actress claimed the top spot after 65 percent of US people polled said she had sex appeal.The average star is considered desirable by just 15 percent of the American public, according to E-Poll Market Research.Matthew McConaughey is the highest ranked male with 39 percent, which only secured him 41st position in a female dominated list of 3,000 celebrities.’Sin City’ star Jessica Alba, 26, claimed second place, while Beyonce Knowles, 25, and Halle Berry, 40, were placed joint fifth.Alba, Knowles and 25-year-old Jessica Biel – who came joint ninth – were the only women in their 20s to make the top 40.
Pregnant Salma Hayek Walking in Hollywood
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From Salma Hayek to Mario Lopez, meet People en Español’s picks for this year’s Most Beautiful stars
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Recently engaged mommy-to-be Salma Hayek spoke to Marie Claire Magazine about her struggles as a Latina actress in Hollywood, and the unfair pressures women face to have children.
“Motherhood is not for everyone—it is for me…but society thinks if you don’t have children, you’ve failed as a woman,” 40-year-old Hayek told the magazine.
“You’ve got to be beautiful, smart, skinny, tall, rich, successful at your job, married to the right guy—and have genius children.Marie Claire hits newsstands on April 17. Here’s a quick glance at the rest of Salma’s thoughtful interview:
On being typecast in certain roles because she’s Mexican:I started out in Hollywood at the same time as Jennifer Lopez. Before us, Latinas only had roles that were part of the backdrop, as the maid or prostitute. We changed that.On issues with her appearance:Especially when I have to appear in public, and there are cameras…the stress is sensational. Sometimes I don’t like the dress—the way it fits, the way I look. And there are a million people looking at me, telling me to smile, but I don’t feel like smiling. But then I have to keep everything in perspective.
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The pregnant actress says being a mom is for her – but it isn’t for everyone
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