Did You Know!? 9 Our Favorite Celebs of Cuban Descent (And Some Surprises!)

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Christina Milian

The singer, actress and ex-wife of The-Dream was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Afro-Cuban parents. She was born Christine Flores, but she changed her last name to her mother’s maiden name (Milian), and went with Christina, in the hopes of having an easier time getting into the entertainment industry. Can’t really tell you if it worked like that or not, but she is in the industry! Milian has even discussed the discrimination she’s faced being an Afro-Cuban woman of a darker complexion:

“There have been a lot… especially endorsements. There are certain things like, a hair product, or something like that, they’re like, ‘Oh, we want a Latina, we want a Latina,’ you go in you’re like, ‘I’m Latina!’ You go speak Spanish, you go do the whole deal, they’re like, ‘Oh, well, you know…’ “They go for a more fair skin Latina because that’s typically what you see, but we’re trying to break that mold.”

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