Released on: April 18, 2008, 12:30 pm

Press Release Author: Vicarious New York

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Annual awards event featured celebrities from the United
States and Latin America

Press Release Body: April 18, 2008 - Hollywood, FL. - Multimedia star Jade Esteban
Estrada hosted the 19th Annual South Florida GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April
12, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. GLAAD, the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, handed out awards to the Spanish-language media
for fair depictions of the LGBT community in television, film and music. Actor
Wilson Cruz (My So-Called Life) was honored with the Visibilidad Award and
platinum-selling R&B singer Deborah Cox performed. Segments of the event will be
broadcast on Bravo. For more information visit www.glaad.org or www.getjaded.com.

Christine Chavez, granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, presented a Special Recognition
Award to the social justice magazine "The Intelligence Report." Other presenters
included Teresa Rodriguez of "Aqui y Ahora," Jai Rodriguez of "Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy," Frank Cairo of "Paparazzi TV," and Judge David Young. Celebrities
included Dan Renzi of MTV's "The Real World: Miami" and Reggaeton singer Ivy Queen.

Estrada, who appeared in various hairstyles throughout the evening, presented the
award for Mejor Novela (Outstanding Novela) with celebrity talk show host Grenys J
of "In Fraganti" to Pablo Portillo and Alonso Espeleta of "Pecados Ajenos"
(Telemundo).

"The 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards gets jaded," raves GayNewsBits.com. Edmund
Tijerina of the San Antonio Express-News calls him "Mr. Emcee."

Estrada has been featured on "The Graham Norton Effect" on Comedy Central and "30
Rock" on NBC. His music can be heard on "The Shield" on the FX Network.

The former Charo choreographer and scratch vocalist for the Back Street Boys has
been known for his highly acclaimed solo theatre shows including "Tortilla Heaven"
and "ICONS." Estrada recently opened his tenth solo show "Chek It, Baby: A Fabulous
Explanation of Anton Chekhov's Fiercest Plays" at the Twin Cities Chekhov Festival
in Minneapolis.

Estrada also lent his golden voice to the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming
Out Day Project "Being Out Rocks" CD compilation along with Sarah McLachlan, Cyndi
Lauper and other stars.

In October 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher paid tribute to Estrada by
commissioning him the title of \"Kentucky Colonel,\" the highest honor awarded by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky that acknowledges outstanding ambassadors of goodwill and
fellowship around the world. The Texas native joined other honorary colonels which
include Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Johnny Depp,
Muhammad Ali and Pope John Paul II.

Estrada recently released his very own designer humor line of bilingual greeting
cards, "Jade Esteban Estrada for Nos Vemos Greetings."

He appears in the upcoming films "The Innocent Killers," "Callous," and "Crosshairs."

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and
ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the
media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender
identity and sexual orientation.

For further information or to request high resolution artwork or an interview,
please contact Greta Golding at vicariouspr@aol.com or visit www.getjaded.com.







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