The weather girl phenomena began in 2000 when private networks were allowed to start broadcasting and competition grew fierce. “I put myself in the shoes of the viewer and if I see someone ugly on screen, I change the channel.” “It is important to have a good body,” says Gabriela Lozoya, 30, who works with Yante García at Televisa Monterrey. These are movements that have been rehearsed and practiced to the last detail. The girls purposely show their backs to the camera and sometimes bend down to point out a temperatureīut in some weather forecasts, the girls purposely show their backs to the camera and sometimes bend down a bit to point out a temperature on a map.
I am part of a serious newscast where the people judge you by your credibility,” she says. “I am not like the others who come here to model if I wanted to do that, I would go on the catwalk. “They say that we have to be beautiful and thin, but not too skinny,” explains Arlett Fernández, 35, who has been presenting the weather at the Multimedios y Milenio Televisión group for the past 11 years. The set on to which the girls march out looks more like a photo call on a Hollywood red carpet: they show up wearing miniskirts and high heels, or in dresses with low-necklines, or that tightly hug their bodies. And this is of great benefit for everyone.” Obviously, if a sponsor has a beautiful woman the product is going to have a greater impact. “We owe it to our viewers and also to our sponsors. “You have to remember that that this is a commercial station,” says Morales. They are to “be pleasant in front of the cameras” and also need to maintain a healthy diet.
Morales is in charge of the weather department at Televisa Monterrey, and is the one who shows the girls how they should act on set. “I give thanks to God for all the blessings, especially Mauro Morales, who pushed me and shows me every day how I should do things,” says García about her boss. I am part of a serious newscast where the people judge you by your credibility” “I am not like the others who come here to model. They are the owners,” explains Francis.īehind every weather girl is a man who has given them his support. They remind you that, at most, you are the foreman of the company. “And just when you think you have the best job in your profession, there is always that moment when they make you see you are no longer queen of the world. In the end, the only real evaluation for a woman is whether or not she is beautiful. “They tell you this all your life, it doesn’t matter if you study and train for a profession. “Sure, girls aspire to be like her,” says Ana Francis, a member of feminist movement Las Reinas Chulas (The cool queens). It doesn’t bother her that some have accused her of just being a sex object – a common criticism among those interviewed for this story, who consider that this form of entertainment is simply a way of encouraging more sexism in Mexico.
In just a few months, García has become the channel’s biggest star. Her athletic body recklessly defies gravity – the other presenters of Televisa Monterrey, where she works, jokingly warn viewers that she might be from another planet as she shows off her curves. The 25-year-old García has become a sensation in Mexico and the United States for her presenting style. The 25-year-old Yanet García has become a sensation in Mexico and the US for her presenting style
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