9 Sizzling Latino heartthrobs of the 1990s
Let’s face it, everyone dreads Mondays because it means the weekend is over, but it can’t be that bad, especially when photos of hunks take…
Let’s face it, everyone dreads Mondays because it means the weekend is over, but it can’t be that bad, especially when photos of hunks take by storm social media.
The less-liked day of the week is most popularly known as #ManCrushMonday or #MCM on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and it’s the perfect time to showcase who you’re crushing on.
SEE ALSO: Man Crush Monday: Caribbean Edition
For this weeks’ #MCM, we go way back to nine muy caliente heartthrobs and teen idols of the 90s.
The Latino teen idols of the 90s
1. Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel during a press conference in the nineties. (Photo: Twitter/@OrneFossati)
There’s not much explication needed for “El Sol de Mexico.” Luis Miguel’s light eyes, messy dirty blond hair and tanned skin definitely had a way with the ladies back in the days; in fact, the 44-year-old star is still an eye candy for many.
2. Menudo
Puerto Rican Rock Group Menudo poses in a 1983 photo. (AP Photo)
Puerto Rican Latino boy band, Menudo, had teenyboppers going insane in the late eighties and early nineties. Though he’s not in the photograph above, a popular #mcm today is Ricky Martin, who also formed part of the group.
3. Chayanne
A young Chayanne has fun in the waves. (Photo: Twitter/@HeavenlyLov3)
Another Puerto Rican that was all the buzz in the nineties was Chayanne. Though the actor and singer looks flawless today, he surely was a great eye candy when his career was kicking off. Personally, an 8-year-old me loved watching him in telenovelas, such as “Volver Empezar” with singer Yuri in 1994.
4. Servando & Florentino from Salserin
FILE–Florentino Primera, left, and his brother Servando, fromt Venezuelan salsa group “Salserin,” are the sons of Ali Primera, a Communist revolutionary and folk hero who won millions of fans for his ’60s protest songs. (AP Photo/Yamelet Remecon)
Florentino Primera, left, and his brother Servando were the heartthrobs of the popular Venezuelan salsa group Salserin. They’re young faces, charisma and captivating fresh voices stirred up pubescent pandemonium across the South American nation in the 1990s.
5. Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias holds his award for Best Latin Pop Performance, during the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in New York Wednesday night, Feb. 26, 1997. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Enrique Iglesias is still a favorite today, especially with his cross-over and hit songs sounding on the radio. His sensuality does not play, as the Spanish singer drove thousand of women crazy during his beginning days in the mid-1990s.
6. The Backstreet Boys
Two of the members from the Backstreet Boys are of Puerto Rican descent, A.J. McClean and Howie Dorough. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Ahhh?The Backstreet Boys, every teenyboppers dream come true in the nineties. Little did you know that two of the BSBS members are of Puerto Rican descent, that would be A.J. McClean (middle) and Howie Dorough (fourth from left). Both men surely knew how to add sazon to that stage every time they performed.
7. Jerry Rivera
Salsa singer Jerry Rivera was a heartthrob in the 90s. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
He is known as “El Bebe de la Salsa” (“The Baby face of Salsa Music”) and it’s easy to see why. The gorgeous Jerry Rivera is the man behind classic salsa tunes such as “Cara de Niño” and “Que Hay de Malo?”
8. Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez was a huge hit in the 90s show “Saved By The Bell.” (Photo: Twitter/@MeLikeBees)
TV host and actor Mario Lopez has been making women gush since the beginning of his career, which goes back to the late eighties and nineties. Lopez, of Mexican descent, took television by storm with his manly and sexy character A.C. Slater on the hit-show “Saved by the Bell.”
9. Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga is a Mexican actor who made women crazy in the 90s. (Photo: Twitter/@PSLatinWorld)
Honestly, Spanish-language soap operas would not be the same if it weren’t for Mexican actor Fernando Colunga. In the 90′s, women tuned in to telenovelas such as “Maria la del Barrio,” “La Usurpadora” and “Esmeralda” just to catch a glimpse of this heartthrob.
