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I did not know

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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she was a Latina. All the more reason to love her!

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[–] willjbeau (746) 2 years ago

Technically Hispanic, as her father was from Spain not Latin America. Also, her father was ethnically Romani.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Hollywood did a grand old job of 'Anglifying' her.

She was a doll in her Margarita Cansino days.

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rita-hayworth.jpg

https://thisrecording.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/dahlias_cansino.jpg

https://preview.redd.it/6t4p04i1ruv21.jpg?auto=webp&s=5667456cbc0f9d7ce932e9746e2da0f1b5a8f892

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/30/1c/2b301cd00f4f2430f821418febbe93a4.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Rita-Hayworth-Argentinean-Magazine-1935.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqM_IyFkv5ROeYKsNUU5FRwV7SadcRIhEFNKyjdtrHroEkrVFQ988MILHdmG7yHOx0aHo&usqp=CAU

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[–] liscarkat (19031) a year ago

She was born in Brooklyn, and her mother was of Irish-English ancestry. She was half Hispanic.

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